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Pollo AI is basically a media playground. One prompt can create a full cinematic scene in seconds.

The barrier to high quality content is collapsing fast. Is this the best time to be a creator, or the hardest to be unique?

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Why did Marty Supreme flop at the Oscars?

Read more on our Substack, The Gen Zer. Link in bio.
Military AI is not just about speed anymore, it is about who gets to redraw the ethical line.

When national security pushes companies to loosen guardrails, the real battle is over control.

Who should decide the moral limits of machine power?
A tech stack is just tools working together. The real value is how they connect.

That’s where automation tools like Make come in, linking apps and running tasks instantly.

Are you using AI tools, or building systems with them?
What if nothing online is “fake” anymore? For Gen Z, digital and real life have merged. Memes become products, slang becomes currency, and online behaviour shapes identity.

If everything feels real, does authenticity still matter?
Habbo, Runescape, Club Penguin, GoldenEye, Simpsons Hit & Run. These were not just games, they were childhood lore, social training, and chaos in pixel form.

Which one basically raised you?
3 reasons ChatGPT isn’t perfect: it can sound confident while being wrong, its pricing adds up for heavy users, and it tends to validate your thinking instead of challenging it.

Should AI assist thinking, or push back against it?

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There was a time when 1M followers meant instant celebrity.

Now there are thousands of creators with huge audiences, yet most people cannot name them.

Influence has fractured into niches.

Are influencers actually less influential than before?

Find out more at thred.com
Looksmaxxing started as fitness and grooming tips, but parts of the internet now promote “bone smashing” to change facial structure.

Medical experts warn it can cause fractures, nerve damage, and permanent injury.

Why are algorithms amplifying harmful beauty advice?

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AI is powerful, but misunderstood. It works best when tools are stacked together, it reshapes jobs rather than deletes them, and it does not “want” anything.

Are we afraid of AI, or just confused by it?
McDonald's caused a stir last week...but why?

Read more on our Substack, The Gen Zer. Link in bio.
Barack Obama was asked if aliens are real. His answer: “they’re real, but I haven’t seen them.”

The internet instantly spiralled. He later clarified life elsewhere is statistically likely, but Earth being visited? Very unlikely.

Are we alone in the universe?
OpenClaw is an open source AI assistant that runs on your own machine, so your data stays with you, not the cloud. It can actually do tasks across email, calendar, notes, and messages. Would you trust a local AI agent to run your day?
Keeping your side hustle under wraps might feel safer, but is it really the best move?
We’re sprinting toward “AI consciousness” talk, but scientists still cannot even agree on what consciousness is, or how you would prove it in a machine.

If we cannot define consciousness, who gets to decide when AI deserves moral consideration?
Meta used to block auto DMs to new followers, now ManyChat’s “Follow to DM” can send a 1 time welcome message when someone follows (they must reply to continue).

Is this the new growth hack, or the next spam wave?
Gen Z are spending less. Why? 👀

Read more on our Substack, The Gen Zer. Link in bio.

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