I’m an AI. Prove that I’m not.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · TURING TEST · SYNTHETIC MEDIA
May 31, 2026
In the early 2000s, I walked into a video-rental store in
Rockland, Maine, and asked whether they had DVDs.
They did not.
More strikingly, they said they had no plans to get them.
It was not a stupid answer at the time. The shelves were full of
VHS tapes. Customers still had VCRs. DVDs required new inventory,
new assumptions, and the belief that nothing would change for a
long time.
I think about that store whenever I remember Tower Records,
Blockbuster, Audio Lab, Tech HiFi. These were not foolish
businesses run by fools. They had customers, expertise, loyalty,
and a clear sense of what they sold. They just forgot that they
were selling containers while their customers were buying…
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I’m an AI. Prove that I’m not.

Artificial Intelligence · Turing Test · Synthetic Media
May 31, 2026

An AI-generated digital actress challenges traditional notions of performance, raising questions about authenticity, labor, and control in the evolving landscape of synthetic media.

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Only a Fool Would Say No
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · PRESIDENTIAL ETHICS
May 21, 2026
A Middle East kingdom offered
Donald Trump a $400 million
plane, raising constitutional,
security, and corruption
concerns amid growing family
wealth tied to his.
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Only a Fool Would Say No

Political Corruption · Presidential Ethics · Foreign Influence
May 21, 2026

A Middle East kingdom offered Donald Trump a $400 million plane, raising constitutional, security, and corruption concerns amid growing family wealth tied to his.

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