So recently I looked at how I do—and do not—use AI.
And I promise… this Daily Reminder will be the last one for a long while where I talk about the topic, but I just couldn’t let this video slide.
As far as I can tell, it landed on social media for the first time two weeks ago, and since then, the original 1m46s video on Twitter/X alone has had more than 40 million views!!
😵💫
(Those kinds of numbers get the old Giles Ego Construct 📦 pretty twitchy and indignant about my YouTube channel’s statistics 😆)
Anyway, if you haven’t seen it, hold on to your hat and watch it now.
I say “hold on to your hat” because if you’ve yet to watch, or read about it, it’s going to be nigh on impossible not to have a visceral reaction to it.
(I end up yelling at the screen every time every time I watch it!!! 🤣)
This is a use of AI that—for me—takes us down a very, very slippery slope.
You may feel very differently. We all live in separate realities and I absolutely respect yours.
Enjoy the ride…
My 11½yo daughter—who lost her own beloved grandmother five years ago—watched this and concluded, “That is SUCH a bad idea!!!”
I am left almost speechless.
Almost.
On one hand I’m absolutely blown away at how effectively this taps into the 3 Principles – the fact that we live in—and crucially feel—a thought-created perceptual reality. Here’s a company taking that fact and running with it in a way I’d not even contemplated before. It’s astonishing.
And on the other hand… OMFG WTF were they thinking?!?! 😳😲😱🤯😩😠
I mean, seriously! Just ’cos you can do something, doesn’t mean you should!!
You only have to scan through the comments below the original Twitter/X post to get a flavour of some of the implications of technology like this (and other people’s visceral reactions to it).
Then put your phone down, go make a cup of tea and go out of your way to make a human connection with another living soul. Please!
I shall close with the words of someone else who’s no longer with us, and without whom, the Daily Reminders wouldn’t exist. He was a real person who said real things that implored you to look for a deeper truth to your life… rather than avoiding it!
If I could sum up how I feel about the video above, it would be with this simple statement:
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Giles
p.s. On the subject of grief and grieving, here's me in conversation with Dr Amy Johnson on her podcast Changeable:
The stories we tell ourselves about grief, and what that means for our experience.
In this 1h40m Video Masterclass we pick apart the social norms, examine the beliefs we hold and hear lots of stories of grief and loss, as we work towards two goals:
- Seeing that there are no rules when it comes to grief (so any experience of it is ok)
- Learning how to be fine with whatever emotions show up.
It’s a gentle, thought-provoking 1½ hours that will provide you with an entirely fresh perspective on grief, loss and death, so settle in and listen for insight.