18/10/2025
No videos I post on my Rising Crane channel use AI, or are sped up, sound effects added etc. Unfortunately, there is so much of this stuff, that the 'real stuff' can seem a bit dull.
But I will stick to this principle : NONE of my posts, courses, or articles have EVER been written with AI (Even for a first draft, or creative ideas) NONE of the pictures I post have been AI. No video is enhanced or sped up. What you see is what you get.
Lots of Kung Fu and Tai Chi teachers were afraid to post on social media, and suddenly they are now posting constantly, because they have the ability to use AI to enhance, or cover up their flaws. In the short term- this will work.
Remember when the Hollywood stars thought they looked great with all the plastic surgery and fillers? Now they don't look so good, right? The ones who didn't go that route are now obviously much more attractive.
Similarly- when people are bored with AI and no longer trust anything they see, they will crave genuine authenticity and connection to an actual conscious human, maybe people will go back to the old stuff.
Or maybe I'm a dinosaur and the way I feel about AI, is just how my parents felt about the internet, right?
But let's be honest: All of the technology and social 'progress' of the last 20 years seems to have resulted in MORE suffering, MORE hatred, MORE mental health problems, MORE obesity and health problems associated with looking at screens and eating ultra processed foods.
Everybody my age thinks life was much better in the 90's -(People were certainly happier and healthier according to the data), but it could just be what middle aged people always say.
OK, got that off of my chest.
I'm unplugging now to go for a walk in the forest.
