Fake Overload
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Do you remember back in the olden days when we started talking about information overload? I still remember sitting on my shaggy carpet stairs in my old house, talking to my friend on my *dumb* flip phone and saying, “I don’t think we were meant to sustain friendships with 5000 people. Facebook had become commonplace, and we thought it was so wild that we were tallying up “friends” and seeing into the lives of hundreds of people every day. Scrolling became the thing. Our bodies felt the information overload, but we did our best to adapt while not losing touch with the real world. Then AI was released. AI has taken information overload to a whole new level. While I support the ethical use of AI, my biggest heartbreak right now is seeing people give away their humanity by asking AI to speak for them. It reminds me of when Ariel gives her voice away to Ursula in The Little Mermaid, thinking she’s made a great bargain, but she can no longer speak or sing for herself. The “voice” I hear online right now is AI. One of my true talents is my authenticity barometer. I can spot BS really fast. Probably because my initials are B.S…a true gift from marrying my husband and getting a new last name. Let me tell you the joy of signing all official documents that require my initials with a B.S. Please sign here…. B.S. And here… B.S. t has truly provided endless delight in my life. But I digress. Oh yes, I have a BS barometer and can spot when things are not real or authentic. In fact, maybe the perfect word to use is “artificial”. Not only did we get information overload, but now we also get artificial overload. Because artificial can also mean fake, allow me to call it ‘fake overload’. Last week I wrote about triggers. If you can’t tell, people giving away their voice is one of my biggest triggers right now. But if I never let a trigger go to waste, that means I need to look inward and see what the message really is for me to learn instead of just spiraling into anger again and again. The message: What I find myself craving more than ever is connection with real humans. I Richard Rudd, one of my favorite mystic poets, recently said he believes AI will incite a new Renaissance. That people will get so fed up with the artificial, they will revolt into creating human-made art, music, poetry, and experiences. I hope he’s right. I know it’s stirring things in my own soul, and I am here for humanity reclaiming its natural creative birthright. It’s through polarity that we have always learned our biggest lessons. May we use the contrast of all that is artificial here to celebrate what it means to truly be human.H You are loved. The real authentic you. Please don’t give that part of you away. Namaste, brooke P.S. Even though AI is one of my biggest triggers right now, it is also one of my greatest tools. I do use it strategically behind the scenes to do work I would rather outsource. I learned how to do that in Natalie MacNeil's AI Dream Team program, and today is the last day to enroll in her live cohort (which was epically helpful to me.) I love and respect her as a human, and I honor her framework for teaching the ethical use of AI and finding the middle way. |