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The $5M AI Video Licensing Wave: Why AI Companies Pay $1-4 Per Minute For Video
Data matters; for AI, Video data matters more. AI companies paying $1-4 per minute for quality footage, creating a $5M+ marketplace. Learn what content…
May 9, 2025 • Declan Dunn
11:21
The Beginning is Near - The AI Bubble Finally Burst and that's the Best Thing!
"Stop hiring humans"? Really? The AI hype machine finally crashed. Free from billionaire hot air, build AI that works for you. Trust your voice. Amplify…
Sep 5, 2025 • Declan Dunn
19:11
What is AI's Perfect Question? Prompting Q&A
Explore a simple 5-step method to get the best answers from AI by asking good questions. Born from real-world trials, this approach turns AI confusion…
Jun 28, 2024 • Declan Dunn
16:42
AI Swallows Our Wildness: Why It Can't Live on Echoes Alone
We're taming creativity into extinction. AI feeds on wild human expression, then replaces it with optimized echoes. Without 'before,' there's no AI…
Jan 30 • Declan Dunn
0:58
Getty Loses AI Copyright Case: What the UK Ruling Means for You - Creator or Not
Getty Images—the most litigious photo company on Earth—just lost their AI copyright case. If they can't protect their $3B brand with armies of lawyers…
Nov 21, 2025 • Declan Dunn
9:34
AI Makes You Better at Something That Doesn't Matter
AI made everyone faster. More content. More everything. All built by the same rules, optimized by the same systems. Somewhere inside all that, there's…
Apr 3 • Declan Dunn
When Everything You Create Starts Sounding Like ChatGPT (And How to Fix It)
You thought AI would save time. Instead, you're editing endless drafts and everything sounds generic. The problem isn't the AI: it's how you're using…
Dec 26, 2025 • Declan Dunn
11:22
Zero Sum AI Game? Everyone Loses When Artists vs Engineers Make AI Dumber
AI may teach us the value of being human! Why artists and engineers are both losing the AI game, so simple a 5-year-old understands. Play together and…
Aug 15, 2025 • Declan Dunn
10:06
LinkedIn's Fake Followers: How 25% AI Bots are Flooding Your Feed
Daniel Hall exposes LinkedIn's bot problem, exploring the shift from genuine connections to algo manipulation. Dive into the murky world of pods, fake…
Sep 20, 2024 • Declan Dunn
26:37
Why Do People Cry Listening to AI-Generated Songs? Ask Xania Monet and Murphy Campbell Fans
A poet who didn't sing found a voice through AI. The voice found an audience that felt every word. The music is real. Is what the listeners feel real as…
Apr 10 • Declan Dunn
Is Using GenAI Ethical? I Asked an Alien, a Monkey, and a First Grader (for a friend)
I use AI. Then there’s GenAI Derangement Syndrome. They don’t like it and instantly cancel me, even when I do the writing. Like my first-grade teacher…
Mar 13 • Declan Dunn
AI Vampires: From Vampyre Theft to ChatGPT - Who Owns What They Create?
AI feeds on human creativity like vampires need blood. Who owns what digital vampires consume? From Byron's stolen vampire tale to AI art debates: how…
Feb 28, 2025 • Declan Dunn
20:29
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