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Something Stinks – Episode 10: Foxy.ai Selling the Dream Behind the Bikini
There are certain advertisements that make you stop scrolling because the product looks interesting. Then there are advertisements that make you stop because somebody apparently decided subtlety was for cowards. Foxy.ai landed firmly in the second category. Over the last several days, Facebook has repeatedly served us advertisements from Foxy showing attractive female creators, bikinis,…
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To AI or Not to AI: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should
Artificial intelligence has become the technological equivalent of hot sauce. Somebody discovers that it improves one thing, and suddenly there is a person standing in the kitchen wondering whether it belongs on breakfast cereal. AI is useful. Sometimes astonishingly useful. It can help organize enormous amounts of information, identify patterns that would take a human…
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Something Stinks – Episode 07: Your “Viral AI Influencer in Minutes” May Take a Little Longer Than That
There is a particular kind of advertisement becoming increasingly common on social media. It usually begins with a beautiful artificial person staring back at you from a carefully designed screen. The software promises that you can create your own AI influencer almost instantly. No expensive camera. No model. No photography experience. No technical knowledge. No…
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Human-Tempered Content: Why AI Is a Tool, Not the Final Authority
Artificial intelligence can do some remarkable things. Give it a subject and it can suggest ideas. Give it a pile of scattered thoughts and it can help organize them. It can research, outline, draft, reword, brainstorm, compare approaches, and save an enormous amount of time staring at a blank screen wondering where the hell to…
