Taylor Swift & Deep Fakes

How Tech Can Undermine Reality and What We Can Do About It

Author's Note: No part of this article, nor any of the words you see or hear spoken in my video were created, edited, or suggested by any AI platform. I did use Grammarly as a spellchecker and some might consider that tool to be AI.

This was a thing in January of 2024.

For the 100th episode of my newsletter, I wanted to write about something important, entertaining, and timely. After all, one of the greatest benefits (and honors) of being a tech writer is that tech is ALWAYS evolving and changing. As a result, helping people to understand not just how it works but also its impacts on society are always important.

Always.

Therefore, for this big occasion, I needed an article that was powerful, eye-catching, and deeply important. Therefore, behold, good citizens of Medium: an entire video episode about the powers and dangers of artificial intelligence, also known now as “AI”.

I’ve started making videos because — as written content is now rarely written by humans — I want my articles (and now videos) to stand out as being authentic, real, believable, and different.

Enjoy.