Brad Salomons
@poets.8r4d.com
Thoughts on the rise of machine intelligence in a human-centred world. Short essays, AI insights and algorithm activism publishing every weekday.
🇨🇦 A 100% human account profiling my blog, Of Poets & Processors, at https://poets.8r4d.com
🇨🇦 A 100% human account profiling my blog, Of Poets & Processors, at https://poets.8r4d.com
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/05/valley-tales/
Why does a game like Stardew Valley feel more human than some more graphically advanced triple-A title?
#GameDesign #Gamers #MediaMonday #PixelPerfection #GamesAmpReality
Why does a game like Stardew Valley feel more human than some more graphically advanced triple-A title?
#GameDesign #Gamers #MediaMonday #PixelPerfection #GamesAmpReality
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poets.8r4d.com
October 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/05/valley-tales/
Why does a game like Stardew Valley feel more human than some more graphically advanced triple-A title?
#GameDesign #Gamers #MediaMonday #PixelPerfection #GamesAmpReality
Why does a game like Stardew Valley feel more human than some more graphically advanced triple-A title?
#GameDesign #Gamers #MediaMonday #PixelPerfection #GamesAmpReality
100% Human Made Content: training day
We’ve anthropomorphized this action with verbs like “training” and “learning”...
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/02/training-day/
#Anthropomorphize #AnnotatingData #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
We’ve anthropomorphized this action with verbs like “training” and “learning”...
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/02/training-day/
#Anthropomorphize #AnnotatingData #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
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October 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
100% Human Made Content: training day
We’ve anthropomorphized this action with verbs like “training” and “learning”...
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/02/training-day/
#Anthropomorphize #AnnotatingData #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
We’ve anthropomorphized this action with verbs like “training” and “learning”...
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/10/02/training-day/
#Anthropomorphize #AnnotatingData #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
Wrapping our heads around the palpable hate for systems that try to be human isn’t quite as obvious as it seems at first glance.
"fear loathing"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/31/fear-loathing/
#Metabytes #InevitabilityOfAi #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
"fear loathing"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/31/fear-loathing/
#Metabytes #InevitabilityOfAi #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
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poets.8r4d.com
October 2, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Wrapping our heads around the palpable hate for systems that try to be human isn’t quite as obvious as it seems at first glance.
"fear loathing"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/31/fear-loathing/
#Metabytes #InevitabilityOfAi #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
"fear loathing"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/31/fear-loathing/
#Metabytes #InevitabilityOfAi #MarketingHype #FearAmpLoathing
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/20/screens-watchers/
#MemoryAndTechology #BigBrains #WhoseWatching #ScreensAmpWatchers
#MemoryAndTechology #BigBrains #WhoseWatching #ScreensAmpWatchers
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October 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/20/screens-watchers/
#MemoryAndTechology #BigBrains #WhoseWatching #ScreensAmpWatchers
#MemoryAndTechology #BigBrains #WhoseWatching #ScreensAmpWatchers
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/29/right-answers/
And I don’t have a clear answer to which even I personally mean on a given day.
#SchoolDaze #ArtificialIntelligence #DefiningAI #RolesAmpPerspectives
And I don’t have a clear answer to which even I personally mean on a given day.
#SchoolDaze #ArtificialIntelligence #DefiningAI #RolesAmpPerspectives
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September 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/29/right-answers/
And I don’t have a clear answer to which even I personally mean on a given day.
#SchoolDaze #ArtificialIntelligence #DefiningAI #RolesAmpPerspectives
And I don’t have a clear answer to which even I personally mean on a given day.
#SchoolDaze #ArtificialIntelligence #DefiningAI #RolesAmpPerspectives
#Canadian Content ahead: "authenticity synthesis"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/24/authenticity-synthesis/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #GaugingHumanity #HumanMadeContent #SocialMedia #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/24/authenticity-synthesis/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #GaugingHumanity #HumanMadeContent #SocialMedia #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
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poets.8r4d.com
September 29, 2026 at 2:15 AM
#Canadian Content ahead: "authenticity synthesis"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/24/authenticity-synthesis/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #GaugingHumanity #HumanMadeContent #SocialMedia #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/24/authenticity-synthesis/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #GaugingHumanity #HumanMadeContent #SocialMedia #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
Jaynes thesis was considered either radical or nuts, but it is a milestone in the long journey for humans...
"bicameral minds"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/28/bicameral-minds/
#ScienceFiction #MediaMonday #SeekingConsciousness #FuturesAmpVisions
"bicameral minds"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/28/bicameral-minds/
#ScienceFiction #MediaMonday #SeekingConsciousness #FuturesAmpVisions
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poets.8r4d.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Jaynes thesis was considered either radical or nuts, but it is a milestone in the long journey for humans...
"bicameral minds"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/28/bicameral-minds/
#ScienceFiction #MediaMonday #SeekingConsciousness #FuturesAmpVisions
"bicameral minds"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/28/bicameral-minds/
#ScienceFiction #MediaMonday #SeekingConsciousness #FuturesAmpVisions
100% Human Made Content: virtual labour
I started watching a weird genre of video that has taken me down a simulated farming rabbit hole.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/21/virtual-labour/
#Storytelling #Gamers #DoingItTheHardWay #TheJourney #GamesAmpReality
I started watching a weird genre of video that has taken me down a simulated farming rabbit hole.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/21/virtual-labour/
#Storytelling #Gamers #DoingItTheHardWay #TheJourney #GamesAmpReality
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poets.8r4d.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:52 AM
100% Human Made Content: virtual labour
I started watching a weird genre of video that has taken me down a simulated farming rabbit hole.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/21/virtual-labour/
#Storytelling #Gamers #DoingItTheHardWay #TheJourney #GamesAmpReality
I started watching a weird genre of video that has taken me down a simulated farming rabbit hole.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/21/virtual-labour/
#Storytelling #Gamers #DoingItTheHardWay #TheJourney #GamesAmpReality
Don't let the robots win! Read something written by a human: alien mine
What have we lost? What have we missed out on because we’re making jokes and scams and filtering our selfies?
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/15/alien-mine/
#ComputationalPower #Aliens #Crowdsourcing
What have we lost? What have we missed out on because we’re making jokes and scams and filtering our selfies?
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/15/alien-mine/
#ComputationalPower #Aliens #Crowdsourcing
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poets.8r4d.com
September 26, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Don't let the robots win! Read something written by a human: alien mine
What have we lost? What have we missed out on because we’re making jokes and scams and filtering our selfies?
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/15/alien-mine/
#ComputationalPower #Aliens #Crowdsourcing
What have we lost? What have we missed out on because we’re making jokes and scams and filtering our selfies?
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/15/alien-mine/
#ComputationalPower #Aliens #Crowdsourcing
#Canadian Content ahead: "organic randomness"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/25/organic-randomness/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Authenticity #GenerativeSlop #Watermarking #Calculations #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/25/organic-randomness/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Authenticity #GenerativeSlop #Watermarking #Calculations #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
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poets.8r4d.com
September 25, 2026 at 7:03 PM
#Canadian Content ahead: "organic randomness"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/25/organic-randomness/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Authenticity #GenerativeSlop #Watermarking #Calculations #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/25/organic-randomness/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Authenticity #GenerativeSlop #Watermarking #Calculations #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
100% Human Made Content: understood voice
I had one of those glorious “fuck you” moments when I was submitting a short blurb of text I’d written through a form one otherwise unexceptional day last winter.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/08/understood-voice/
#ChatBots
I had one of those glorious “fuck you” moments when I was submitting a short blurb of text I’d written through a form one otherwise unexceptional day last winter.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/08/understood-voice/
#ChatBots
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poets.8r4d.com
September 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
100% Human Made Content: understood voice
I had one of those glorious “fuck you” moments when I was submitting a short blurb of text I’d written through a form one otherwise unexceptional day last winter.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/08/understood-voice/
#ChatBots
I had one of those glorious “fuck you” moments when I was submitting a short blurb of text I’d written through a form one otherwise unexceptional day last winter.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/08/understood-voice/
#ChatBots
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/24/code-race/
#VibeCoding #MoralStruggles #ExistentialChoices #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
#VibeCoding #MoralStruggles #ExistentialChoices #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
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poets.8r4d.com
September 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/24/code-race/
#VibeCoding #MoralStruggles #ExistentialChoices #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
#VibeCoding #MoralStruggles #ExistentialChoices #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
Don't let the robots win! Read something written by a human: infinity abundance
We are overloaded. We are flooded. We are catered to with curated personal collections of increasingly worthless art.
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/03/infinity-abundance/
#Metabytes #Abundance
We are overloaded. We are flooded. We are catered to with curated personal collections of increasingly worthless art.
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/03/infinity-abundance/
#Metabytes #Abundance
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poets.8r4d.com
September 24, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Don't let the robots win! Read something written by a human: infinity abundance
We are overloaded. We are flooded. We are catered to with curated personal collections of increasingly worthless art.
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/03/infinity-abundance/
#Metabytes #Abundance
We are overloaded. We are flooded. We are catered to with curated personal collections of increasingly worthless art.
My #blog post is at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/03/infinity-abundance/
#Metabytes #Abundance
#Canadian Content ahead: "extra credit"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/23/extra-credit/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#GhostInTheMachine #MarketingHype #GeneralIntelligence #ApotheosisAmpCraft
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/23/extra-credit/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#GhostInTheMachine #MarketingHype #GeneralIntelligence #ApotheosisAmpCraft
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 23, 2026 at 7:09 PM
#Canadian Content ahead: "extra credit"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/23/extra-credit/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#GhostInTheMachine #MarketingHype #GeneralIntelligence #ApotheosisAmpCraft
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/23/extra-credit/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#GhostInTheMachine #MarketingHype #GeneralIntelligence #ApotheosisAmpCraft
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/04/simply-tech/
#Metabytes #WritingAboutTech #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
#Metabytes #WritingAboutTech #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
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September 23, 2026 at 12:10 PM
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/04/simply-tech/
#Metabytes #WritingAboutTech #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
#Metabytes #WritingAboutTech #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/04/definition-ai/
Genuine honest discourse too quickly becomes blurred in this balancing act of trying to define it all.
#Definitions #ClarityOfConversation #Zeitgeist #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
Genuine honest discourse too quickly becomes blurred in this balancing act of trying to define it all.
#Definitions #ClarityOfConversation #Zeitgeist #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
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poets.8r4d.com
September 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/04/definition-ai/
Genuine honest discourse too quickly becomes blurred in this balancing act of trying to define it all.
#Definitions #ClarityOfConversation #Zeitgeist #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
Genuine honest discourse too quickly becomes blurred in this balancing act of trying to define it all.
#Definitions #ClarityOfConversation #Zeitgeist #CalculatorsAmpCollaborators
Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in a simulation. If that's true then even human-made #blog posts like this one are technically generated by some unknowable algorithm. Everything would be slop! Just imagine that for a moment!
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
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poets.8r4d.com
September 20, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in a simulation. If that's true then even human-made #blog posts like this one are technically generated by some unknowable algorithm. Everything would be slop! Just imagine that for a moment!
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
100% Human Made Content: wabi sabi
To generate perfection from an algorithm is to give something a history that starts with no story.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/18/wabi-sabi/
#CreativeGaps #GenerativeSlop #StoryAndBeauty #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
To generate perfection from an algorithm is to give something a history that starts with no story.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/18/wabi-sabi/
#CreativeGaps #GenerativeSlop #StoryAndBeauty #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
100% Human Made Content: wabi sabi
To generate perfection from an algorithm is to give something a history that starts with no story.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/18/wabi-sabi/
#CreativeGaps #GenerativeSlop #StoryAndBeauty #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
To generate perfection from an algorithm is to give something a history that starts with no story.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/18/wabi-sabi/
#CreativeGaps #GenerativeSlop #StoryAndBeauty #AuthenticityAmpSynthesis
Bringing #blogging back one post at a time!
Resist the corporate algorithms and support indie content today.
"potential loss"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/10/potential-loss/
#Metabytes #Capitalism #LostPotential #PotentialAmpLoss
Resist the corporate algorithms and support indie content today.
"potential loss"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/10/potential-loss/
#Metabytes #Capitalism #LostPotential #PotentialAmpLoss
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 18, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Bringing #blogging back one post at a time!
Resist the corporate algorithms and support indie content today.
"potential loss"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/10/potential-loss/
#Metabytes #Capitalism #LostPotential #PotentialAmpLoss
Resist the corporate algorithms and support indie content today.
"potential loss"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/08/10/potential-loss/
#Metabytes #Capitalism #LostPotential #PotentialAmpLoss
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/17/strategic-alliance/
#VibeCoding #CodeMonkey #SecurityHoles #FearAmpLoathing
#VibeCoding #CodeMonkey #SecurityHoles #FearAmpLoathing
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poets.8r4d.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM
If you like this #blog post share a link to your site as a comment and follow for weekday updates: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/17/strategic-alliance/
#VibeCoding #CodeMonkey #SecurityHoles #FearAmpLoathing
#VibeCoding #CodeMonkey #SecurityHoles #FearAmpLoathing
#Canadian Content ahead: "introduction week"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/02/introduction-week/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #Introductions #WritingWords #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/02/introduction-week/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #Introductions #WritingWords #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
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poets.8r4d.com
September 17, 2026 at 4:19 AM
#Canadian Content ahead: "introduction week"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/02/introduction-week/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #Introductions #WritingWords #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/06/02/introduction-week/
I write daily about #AI on a blog called "Of Poets & Processors"
#Metabytes #Introductions #WritingWords #IntroductionsAmpMetabytes
Sips tea.
Writes words.
Posts them just for you...
"third (mis)placed"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/23/third-misplaced/
#ThirdPlaces #SocialMedia #CommunityCollapse #CapitalAmpAttention
Writes words.
Posts them just for you...
"third (mis)placed"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/23/third-misplaced/
#ThirdPlaces #SocialMedia #CommunityCollapse #CapitalAmpAttention
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 16, 2026 at 12:05 PM
Sips tea.
Writes words.
Posts them just for you...
"third (mis)placed"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/23/third-misplaced/
#ThirdPlaces #SocialMedia #CommunityCollapse #CapitalAmpAttention
Writes words.
Posts them just for you...
"third (mis)placed"
https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/07/23/third-misplaced/
#ThirdPlaces #SocialMedia #CommunityCollapse #CapitalAmpAttention
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/15/un-subscribe/
Bosses want numbers, and they want those numbers to move in the right direction.
#Corporations #FollowTheMoney #Enshittification #CapitalAmpAttention
Bosses want numbers, and they want those numbers to move in the right direction.
#Corporations #FollowTheMoney #Enshittification #CapitalAmpAttention
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September 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
A real human wanted you to read this: https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/15/un-subscribe/
Bosses want numbers, and they want those numbers to move in the right direction.
#Corporations #FollowTheMoney #Enshittification #CapitalAmpAttention
Bosses want numbers, and they want those numbers to move in the right direction.
#Corporations #FollowTheMoney #Enshittification #CapitalAmpAttention
Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in a simulation. If that's true then even human-made #blog posts like this one are technically generated by some unknowable algorithm. Everything would be slop! Just imagine that for a moment!
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 15, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in a simulation. If that's true then even human-made #blog posts like this one are technically generated by some unknowable algorithm. Everything would be slop! Just imagine that for a moment!
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
...but until we know for sure, consider this one written by a human:...
100% Human Made Content: the nothing
...is all too real and often found in our fingertips as we type prompts into algorithms.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/14/the-nothing/
#HumanMadeContent #Storytelling #MediaMonday #MediaMondays #FuturesAmpVisions
...is all too real and often found in our fingertips as we type prompts into algorithms.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/14/the-nothing/
#HumanMadeContent #Storytelling #MediaMonday #MediaMondays #FuturesAmpVisions
poets.8r4d.com
poets.8r4d.com
September 14, 2026 at 6:35 PM
100% Human Made Content: the nothing
...is all too real and often found in our fingertips as we type prompts into algorithms.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/14/the-nothing/
#HumanMadeContent #Storytelling #MediaMonday #MediaMondays #FuturesAmpVisions
...is all too real and often found in our fingertips as we type prompts into algorithms.
Check it out at https://poets.8r4d.com/2026/09/14/the-nothing/
#HumanMadeContent #Storytelling #MediaMonday #MediaMondays #FuturesAmpVisions