Be real online

Dan Sinker, in "The Who Care Era," states AI is a "mediocrity machine," which is the culmination of reducing attention spans to short tweets, IG stories, and fast TikTok videos. Combating this means being more discerning about the content you consume and creating things that are generated by oneself, which are not filtered through, manipulated by, or entirely fabricated by AI.

Also see "Journalism Dreams" by Martha Bayne for an insightful look at the "Heat Index" AI slop in summer 2025.