Migration from X Has Stunned the World. What’s Happening?

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The Mass Exodus Is Well Underway

In recent months, hundreds of thousands of dissatisfied X users have closed their accounts and taken flight. X’s traffic has decreased. Dramatically.

Why?

A change in X blocking is one reason. It used to be that when you blocked someone, they couldn’t see anything you posted and vice versa. Now, if your posts are set to public, “accounts you have blocked can see your posts. However, they cannot engage (like, reply, repost, etc.) with your posts.”

Another reason for the exodus: X’s stance on AI.

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AI Talks About AI, and the Conversation Might Surprise You

AI Talks About AI

Artificial Intelligence: What Can It Reveal About Itself?

Guest author L.N. Hunter provides more observations about AI. See also some of his other guest posts:

AI Is Making Me Lie: One Writer’s Opinion — Do You Agree?

How Critique Sites Can Help Any Writer, Amateur or Pro

What Do Americans Have Against the Letter “U” Anyway?

L.N. hails from the UK; therefore his grammar and spelling is based on UK English.

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AI Is Making Me Lie: One Writer’s Opinion — Do You Agree?

AI Is Making Me Lie

Artificial Intelligence: Controversial and Criticized

Guest author L.N. Hunter provides his observations about AI. See also a couple of his other guest posts:

How Critique Sites Can Help Any Writer, Amateur or Pro

What Do Americans Have Against the Letter “U” Anyway?

L.N. hails from the UK; therefore his grammar and spelling is based on UK English.

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AI Chatbots: Mistake or Miracle? One Writer’s Opinion

AI: Miracle? Mistake?

Are We Entering Dangerous Territory?

Chatbots have invaded our lives. They are available everywhere: as blog plugins, browser extensions, customer service assistants …

Can we trust them?

Imagine This Scenario

A man who calls himself Ernie Gifford (which translates as bold giver of truth) starts a blog. Ernie Gifford is not his real name, but a moniker he has used in his professional life for many years.

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