Andalucia Steve

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When I'm 64 I'll learn how to read

How I finally discovered the joy of audiobooks
When I
Something weird happened to me this year that I want to share with you. I've long been aware that I have a problem reading books. I heard the term "regressive reader" years ago and immediately thought it described the issue to a T. I don't take information in particularly well, and often find myself flicking backwards, rereading sentences and paragraphs that have already passed my eyes. While I've always enjoyed what books have to teach me, I've found the process of getting it off the... read more
 

AI Accelerated Writing

If there is a book in you can AI get it out?
AI Accelerated Writing
A few months ago I blogged about a business plan as a joke. This month I’m writing about a real business plan. My first novel has just dropped on Amazon. Somerset Maugham wrote in 1937: “There is an impression abroad that everyone has it in him to write one book… but if that means a good book, that impression is false.” What he’s really saying is that the difference between amateur and professional writers is craft, something arrived at through learning and practice, then maintained... read more
 

Breaking: AI unlikely to take over the world!

AI Isn't Coming for Your Brain – It Can Barely Sell You a Subscription
Breaking: AI unlikely to take over the world!
I'm sure you will have had some truck with AI of late, either as a user, an observer, or, increasingly, a victim. We all seem to be victims of AI at present. Every social media platform is rapidly filling up with 'AI slop' - machine generated content, either memes or videos that no matter how impressively realistic they are than last years 'AI slop', they remain annoyingly identifyable as 'AI slop'. Even if you're not a social media victim of this invasion, as an observer it’s hard... read more
 

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