My Top 5 Prompting Tricks (That Actually Work)
Help for eliminating robotic AI responses — and to start sounding like you. Why This Matters You’ve heard me say it: garbage in, garbage out. But honestly — sometimes the out
We’re Not Failing AI. We’re Failing People.
Ok, taking a moment to pause…If you’ve been reading along, you know I’ve spent the last few weeks writing about the promise of AI — how it can unlock creativity, assist wit
Prompting Ain’t Plug-and-Play: Why AI Still Needs an Artist
A deeper dive into prompt engineering as a creative discipline *WARNING* — Controversial take, but true:Critics often say AI outputs feel soulless. That they’re cold. Generic.
How to Build Your First SLM
Train a small language model to sound like you — without breaking the bank. Large language models (LLMs) are great, but they’re not personal. They don’t know your tone. They
The Devil’s Dance
Writing lyrics by hand. Prototyping the sound with AI. I wrote the lyrics to The Devil’s Dance. Every rhyme, every stomp, every shout in the chorus — all mine. I grew up on Joh
The Model That Remembers My Dad
Why the future of AI isn’t just smart. It’s personal. My dad has Parkinson’s. His memory is starting to slip — and with it, his independence. He also has stage 4 bone cance
AI Didn’t Write this Song. I Did.
Why showing your work matters when machines can fake it — and how AI helped me finally hear what I wrote I’ve been writing about AI and creativity — the tension, the promise,
When Prompts Become the Pipeline
What that means for those of us who built the old one Right now, prompts are just the beginning.A sketch. A seed. A shortcut to a concept. But we’re getting close to something bi
Garbage In, Garbage Out: Why My Kids Use AI Better Than Most Adults
And what that says about the future of creativity AI isn’t magic. It’s not cheating. And it’s definitely not thinking for you. It’s a mirror — fast, pattern-hungry, and l
You Don’t Become Irrelevant for Using the Tool. You Become Irrelevant for Ignoring It.
Every generation of artists faces the same question: If you use new technology, are you still a “real” artist? When Photoshop was released, many traditional photographers dismi