November 9, 2026

"What happened today?"


ADDED: The video identifies itself as "Made with AI/Sounds or visuals were altered or fully generated." Mental note: Everything good is fake.

ALSO: I tested my "Everything good is fake" hypothesis on Grok, and it told me that's "too strong," because "Real versions of those moments still happen all the time; they’re just harder to find in the algorithm because they tend to be messier, less optimized, and less consistently produced. The AI ones are often cleaner, more consistent, and engineered to hit the emotional beats efficiently."

That made me think of how fiction works on us — I was recently entranced by the first 9 minutes of the movie "Moonstruck." I realized that I was invested in the story and the characters in a deep way. Everything was so clear and effective. So strategic. That's fiction. Of course, it's fake.

 

2 comments:

mccullough said...

The AI ruins it

rcommal said...

AI or not, that there is some excellent grandparenting! Great example for excellent parenting, too.

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