My youth was spent in the surf on Sydney’s northern beaches.
From time to time after suffering a wipeout well before the days of leg-ropes on surfboards, I would find myself pounded by a succession of large broken waves that severely tested my lung capacity, and ability to push back on a creeping feeling of panic.
I am getting the same feeling from the waves of AI generated and enabled bullshit hitting me progressively, it seems every minute of the day.
Our capacity to distil meaning from the avalanche of words, images, theories, selective fact presentation, and complete bullshit is being drowned.
When being crunched by this set of waves, ask yourself 5 questions.
- What is the source of the data/story
- What does it really show/mean?
- What action is required?
- Who is responsible, by when?
- What are the anticipated, testable outcomes?
Finding answers will not stop the waves coming at you, but it will help you push back, take a deep breath, and swim for solid ground.
