> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.gilespcroft.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Syd would not approve - URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/syd-would-not-approve/ - Published: 2025-11-27T07:00:12.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-13T19:57:04.000Z - Description: There are no ‘bad’ ways to grieve. Avoiding grief itself is not one of those ways. 😥 - Author: Giles P Croft - Tags: Grief, AI, Acceptance, Video, Principles, Relationships, Sydney Banks, #vm-promo, IMPLICATIONS So [recently I looked at](https://www.gilespcroft.com/using-ai-as-a-tool/) 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](https://x.com/CalumWorthy/status/1988283207138324487?ref=gilespcroft.com) 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](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLfJ4-7usHSPUYJ6ENsYAww?sub%5Fconfirmation=1&ref=gilespcroft.com) 😆) 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… 0:00 /1:47 1× **My 11½yo daughter—who lost her own beloved grandmother five years ago—*[**watched this*](https://youtu.be/UFenaK4wIsw?ref=gilespcroft.com "Opens YouTube in a new browser window") *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!!* 😱 Are we **this* afraid of our own natural human emotions now, that we go to **these* lengths, to avoid them? You only have to scan through the comments below the [original Twitter/X post](https://x.com/CalumWorthy/status/1988283207138324487?ref=gilespcroft.com) 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: [![Syd Banks Quote - Change the world](https://img.simplerousercontent.net/scaled_image/6178991/bd5d6fed5f05226fd1d92625c0272bde1e7f1343/Syd-Banks-Quote-Change-the-world-600w-902h.jpg)](https://sydneybanks.com/?ref=gilespcroft.com#video) [Watch some Syd videos](https://sydneybanks.com/?ref=gilespcroft.com#video) for free! 💟 Giles p.s. On the subject of grief and grieving, here's me in conversation with Dr Amy Johnson on her podcast Changeable: [EP94: Grief and Death with Giles CroftPodcast Episode · Changeable Podcast · 04/05/2020 · 52m![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/icon/favicon-180-2.png)Apple Podcasts![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/thumbnail/1200x1200bf-60.jpg)](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep94-grief-and-death-with-giles-croft/id1434131959?i=1000473501885&ref=gilespcroft.com) The stories we tell ourselves about grief, and what that means for our experience. READY TO GO DEEPER? [![CTA Image](https://storage.ghost.io/c/9b/f3/9bf3d316-7d32-494b-814f-a7d94d6358c3/content/images/2025/11/Grief---Digital-Download-1.png)](https://payhip.com/b/nGoKp?ref=gilespcroft.com) 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: 1. Seeing that there are no rules when it comes to grief (so any experience of it is ok) 2. 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. [Visit The Store ](https://payhip.com/b/nGoKp?ref=gilespcroft.com)