AI Writes Faster Than Me and Lies Better
Honestly, I can’t keep up with AI news anymore. It feels like my blog got hijacked by neural networks: I publish seven posts a week and still can’t cover everything from education to dating. But the scary part isn’t speed. It’s quality.
In September, there was a nasty story: TSPI ran election polls that turned out to be completely fake. The methodology was generated by AI, and the data had nothing to do with reality. I don’t get why this isn’t a criminal offense yet. It’s not a joke—it’s manipulation of public opinion. AI isn’t just helping create content. It’s also great at producing disinformation.
Privacy: Are They Listening Now?
Alibaba got slammed for using a computer’s audio system to create a unique digital fingerprint of the device. That means you can be identified even without cookies or old-school tracking. Cybersecurity experts are nervous for a reason: users have almost no control over this kind of data collection. We already live in an era where privacy is fading, and now sound waves are becoming a surveillance tool too.
Science, Cancel Culture, and My Silence
There was a lot of talk about “Woke 1”—a wave of cultural conflicts that made many scientists and experts go quiet. Matt Iglesias wrote that even people who knew some claims were weak didn’t want to push back out of fear. I’ve done the same: I picked which battles to fight and which ones to sit out. That’s dangerous. When competent people stay silent for safety, public discourse suffers.
There was also a scandal around Nature. The journal published an obituary that drew heavy criticism. I read with irony how Nature demanded “deep reflection” in a context where it sounded almost comical. Even respected scientific outlets lose trust when they try to please trends at the expense of objectivity.
Psychology, Surveys, and Social Bubbles
Here’s an observation I love: if you have good qualities—intelligence, kindness, charisma—you start to feel like people around you are weaker in those areas. But that’s subjective. You just spend more time with similar people and create your own bubble. Social media algorithms only make this stronger.
I was also struck by a survey of psychology professors. Only half said truth should come before social justice. I’m harshly against the “it’s complicated” stance. In questions like this, there shouldn’t be compromises. It shows a problem in academia: ideology sometimes replaces scientific rigor.
What Actually Helps: Rest, Money, and Critical Thinking
On the useful side: the best way to recover is walking outside with friends, not scrolling on your phone. I’ve also noticed how attitudes toward money change with age. The fear of minibar prices in a hotel stays for decades, but eventually you learn when paying for comfort is actually worth it.
Overall, September 2026 showed that AI is crawling everywhere—into content, manipulation, and our privacy. Meanwhile, human weaknesses haven’t gone anywhere: fear, silence, distorted perception. We need to build critical thinking and separate real innovation from noise. For business, that means: adopt AI, but build information-checking systems so you don’t become a victim of automated disinformation.
