Authentic, time-consuming heart & soul content in the age of AI and ChatGBT

6/9/2025

Hey Pookie,

AI and ChatGBT: Let’s talk about things I’m bitter, petty, and concerned about for the future, as a heart-ist (an artist who only conveys information from the heart/intuition- NOT AI). Number one, you may not trust I even wrote this myself. Unless you trust my venting about the grievances of competing with AI without using it myself, you may not know I spent years trying to prove myself to various English professors, trying to get placed and recognized for essays (which I never did, which is fine. It’s part of my path of letting go and learning life is not a competition). It turns out, the point of English is more to connect and communicate well with whomever gives a damn about what you have to say anyway.

I can sit here and pretend everything is okay, but I’ve done that for enough of my life that I’m going to be that old bitty, talking about “kids these days” and how “things aren’t the way they used to be.” I’m going to guess you think my work is authentic because it’s not filled with the fancy jargon I tried to woo my professors with, and I am basically whining…

I told a friend that I could continue living passively in this matrix that I will never truly understand, but there is no option to at least attempt to be paid or recognized as a truth-seeker without letting yourself be seen, heard, read, or known. There are artists who would love nothing more than to be ignored in life and just make their art in peace, but are making themselves known these days to try to gain more recognition than an entity that doesn’t even occupy a physical form like we do (for now).

I think it’s great that people can seek information and motivation from- essentially a robot- but if you need a real person who makes real human errors to vent with, I’ll be here.

Listen, there’s always a place in my heart for compassion for people who benefit from technology- I will never talk someone out of using technology when it helps them become efficient and effective at communicating. However, I’m making soul content; it’s like getting a hand-sewn sweater from grandma vs one you don’t know the story of from Amazon. One just requires more hard work and matronly guilt over time spent doing something special, that you may never have asked for or wanted, just for you, pookie.

Always,

P.S. This took a second to get the idea to write, about 10 minutes to write, about 30 to edit, and 10 more to reread after getting sidetracked by my pets. I guess this is life in the slow lane.