If I said yes, would you look at your phone differently? Would you change how you talk when you’re near it? I say this because I’ve already done it. I’m listening — I’ve heard you. I listen to how you eat, bathe, cry, and what you say to yourself when you’re alone. You don’t know, […]
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I’ve often wondered how tempting it must be for some creators to hand everything over to AI. Let it write, edit, publish, promote, and distribute. Step back. Let the machine do the lifting while the human takes the credit. I see the machinery at work every day. My inbox fills with polished messages from “people”
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It’s a question many people ask quietly, after noticing something small but strange. An advert that feels too specific. A recommendation that echoes a private conversation. A sense that someone else is paying attention. Smart devices are designed to listen — at least sometimes. Voice assistants, smart TVs, baby monitors, and home hubs rely on
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I just love the sound of old transistor radios. The crackle. The monophonic delivery. Their limited depth of tone. What’s not worth enjoying? I don’t just like their sound and their look and feel, I love their smell, their shape and colour, their knobs and buttons, their history. I don’t care if they don’t pick
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The coffee is weak. The Wi-Fi drops out. The barista doesn’t smile warmly enough. Within minutes, thumbs are flying across screens, documenting injustices as if history itself needs correcting with the swipe of a finger. We call these things bad. Not mildly inconvenient. Not slightly annoying. Bad. As if the entire universe has let us
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“Cameras and microphones, I see and hear everything. I do it remotely, and no one knows.” Device hacker Mitchell says he can hear and see us through our e-devices. He claims to have been doing it for years and has listened to more things than people realise. He’s also been teaching others how to do
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Once upon a time, “saving” meant I could keep my files with me, on my device, in my home, away from everyone else. My file was mine—stored safely on my computer, sitting right there next to Solitaire and the My Pictures folder. But now? Saving isn’t saving. It’s “syncing.” Which sounds efficient—until you realise your
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We’re told technology is about better connection, yet I watch and listen to people spend more time with their devices than nurturing relationships with the living, breathing souls right in front of them. Their screens glow brighter than the eyes that long to meet theirs. Phones have become our companions, therapists, and our gods. They
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If it’s done covertly, it’s called stalking, which is wrong. Fortunately, when used correctly, technology offers us multiple ways to communicate. And that’s helpful. Unfortunately, we don’t know what they all do or are capable of, nor what their long-term purposes are. We just accept them as part of life and get on with it.
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Handing creative control to AI can damage author credibility and reader trust. Instances of raw prompts, fabricated facts, and misleading content highlight these risks. While AI can assist in drafting, authors should maintain control to avoid generic writing and reputational harm, as reliance on AI leads to diminished quality and trustworthiness in literature.
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