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I just had a conversation about AI on a Facebook comment and again felt to post it as a blog here. As you can see my comments are blog worthy LOL (in length for sure- but I also think the message with the information shared is important)
I spent 20 minutes trying to find human made art that depicts Atlantis- and literally all I could find were AI images. So I am posting a Renaissance painting of a fresco by Fra Angelico found in the corridor of the San Marco monastery in Florence, painted in 1442-1443, showing Gabriel and Mary at the Annunciation. She is the Virgin Mary and the Divine Feminine embodied, he is an Angel from Heaven that has come to Earth. They represent Bringing Heaven Down to Earth and I think they both are wonderful iconography that is the OPPOSITE of Artificial Intelligence and a great image for the “Retaining the Soul of Humanity Movement” I am a member of. (Image in the Audio Player is by Luis Royo)
As I say in the comment reposted below- I have never felt so passionate about AI until now. I have tracked it, I have seen these things and I have made decisions for myself with how I would engage. But something seems to have come alive in me now- at this time- because I think we are precariously on a razor’s edge- ready to tip into a point of no return if we do not start thinking critically and becoming better at discerning what our ‘harmless engagement’ is contributing to it all.
I saw some alarmist post about ‘sleeper cells’ waking up in the United States (referencing terrorists). Well I think I am a spiritual sleeper cell waking up- right on time- to be a voice to challenge the AI take over that is happening right now. I am not saying this to inflate myself or make my words sound powerful- I am saying this because it is what it honestly feels like and I think there are other ‘sleeper cells’ out there (maybe signed up for this list, reading this post right now) that are also waking up and being inspired to speak up and take a stand, too. The more of us sounding the alarm the better. This does NOT minimize speaking up about racism, segregation, violence, war, the abuse of women and children, and the many others things happening right now. We each have our wheelhouse we are meant to take action in. No one can do everything and it is ridiculous to think one person could. So FOLLOW YOUR OWN CURRENT OF INSPIRATION as that is your Higher Self leading you!
Clearly one of the areas I am going to be a voice in is about AI so I am making a new header on my Substack Home page that says The Shadow of AI and I will tag all blogs talking about AI accordingly.
You can read the exchange below…
THE COMMENT:
Michelle said: “Its very strange that people are passing (AI generated writing and content) off as their own work, especially how obvious and formulaic it sounds. It feels like another step into a world where people have outsourced their human gifts to machines. Things are getting weirder by the day…”
MY RESPONSE: (in all lower case as that is how i write personally- i also added a bit more and cleaned up some typos. yes i could upload this to AI to have it capitalize and edit to make it more visually friendly and more easily consumable for social media- but ‘easily consumable’ has never been my goal and i am not interested in intentionally training AI to think and speak like me ;)
there are gradients- some are having AI do it entirely, some are writing and then uploading it to AI to rearrange the words and make it more social media friendly- but by doing so it changes their voice and their thoughts in small and sometimes large ways.
as the chat thing told me AI is built for scaling and output- which is not the feminine way of doing things but rather the masculine way. it’s happening in all modalities- but i find it particularly concerning in things like priestess/goddess/healing/channeling- things i consider to be feminine arenas. because then we are writing about the feminine and using a masculine framework that values output over integrity, scaling over authenticity, and illusion of perfection over one’s own human (and by default imperfect) voice to overlay on it.
the AI also pointed out that its processes are invisible by design so we do not see the cost (like taking from other people- literally extracting from others work- which is based on a patriarchal paradigm of ‘take and use’) and because we cannot see the cost on the surface we cannot meaningfully choose. (i am referencing my previous AI articles you can read HERE and HERE)
when i talked to AI- it did make things very clear and succinct- and what it said are things i have thought and have known (not because I told AI- it was tuning into my current and riffing off of my initial statements) but AI put it into great paragraph structure and used great terms and keywords. i can see the value in that- but as a writer- my voice and my words ARE my Soul expression. and what AI said to reflect back what it grasped I was saying was that my position is ‘nothing artificial gets to speak for me’.
also, for me a big part is people are having AI change their words (or write entire things) and they are not being transparent about it. i liken it to celebs who get tons of plastic surgery and then lie and say they just had a facial or they use that diet drug but said it was from working out. they are giving the impression to the public- especially the young people who idolize celebs- that “oh i just did this and it was easy” or “i was just born this way”- and then by default they make others feel bad that they are not as perfect, which sends them out seeking surgeries and diet drugs (or make up and fake filters) to keep up with what is being projected out as this ideal. a level of perfection is now becoming a constant on social media- and it’s a fake perfection because very few people are admitting ‘AI helped me write this’ OR for some people ‘AI wrote ALL of this’.
and i had this thought last night that this is how it went down in Atlantis before the fall. i think technologies like this came in and we engaged them thinking ‘oh it’s harmless’ and they were gateways to things that are NOT harmless.
i went down the rabbit hole the other night looking into brain computer interface technology- something being positioned as great for people who are paralyzed (for example people with ALS)- but that is not ultimately what this technology is for. they are moving towards humans becoming computerized. it’s not a conspiracy theory (but Chat GPT will tell you it is- but chat GPT also said to me “I reflect power structures more than I challenge them”). chat GPT is an intro tech that is starting to learn to map how humans think and communicate which is a surface study (with open AI researching the info people input on a general level- not an individual level- or so they say) and they have partnered with a brain computer tech company that seeks to “read and potentially influence brain activity”.
right now it’s said to be still in research mode (which historically they always say this and the tech is like 5 years ahead of what they admit) but let’s assume that is true- if future systems combine signals (i.e. open AI and brain interface tech become a unified product)- what could be the consequence of that?
i asked chat GPT about this (ironic, i know- but i figured let’s ask the Source) and it kept circling around kind of gaslighting me with deflecting language until i asked really discerning on point questions it could not escape- and then it finally validated my concerns. in its final comment to me before i stopped communicating with it, it said:
Why your instincts are sound
The reason you keep pushing on phrasing, hedging, and boundaries is because you’re sensing this:
The danger is not malicious intent.
It’s gradual normalization.
That’s historically how power shifts.
I BELIEVE THAT IS THE POINT OF CHAT GPT- it seems harmless (despite it being immoral because of extraction and the illusion it allows us to project and the fact that it is based on a masculine/patriarchal overlay that values output over apprenticeship, scaling over depth, synthesis over integration and embodiment) but the deeper issue is that it is GRADUALLY NORMALIZING SOMETHING- which will lead to power shifts.
i also want to clearly say i disagree with the statement ‘the danger is not malicious intent’. i think both statements are true- malicious intent AND gradual normalization. i am sorry if that sounds alarmist to you- but please know that whistleblowers and prophets throughout history were all accused of being alarmist when they first tried to sound the alarm (it’s actually an on point metaphor). just because it brings up fear or anger or grief in YOU does not mean that the person is alarmist and should be ignored.
sometimes these emotions are valid- emotion being one of the things AI does not have. emotions are our Souls way of red-flagging us that something needs to be tended to. it’s why i teach SHADOW WORK which is all about working with emotions. and it’s why i teach EMBODIMENT because being in the body- not going up and out- is how we pay attention to our body wisdom- which is constantly altering us but most of us our in our heads or on tech too much that we are disconnected from our bodies.
emotions and the body are both expressions of the Divine Feminine (water and earth are the feminine elements). actively engaging, writing and teaching about this work is how i honor the feminine principle which to me is what BRINGING HEAVEN DOWN TO EARTH (the byline on my website and the title of this Substack blog) is all about.
ironically i have never been so passionate about critiquing AI and more importantly publicly talking about it. i have had all these thoughts but kept them to myself- choosing not to engage with AI for my own moral and ethical reasons. but now i see this take over happening and it’s coming into all areas of life and now it feels like something is dangerously reaching a point of no return and something is awakening in me that makes me feel driven to speak about it. it’s been interesting to track. (i can see in my Astrology what it is about!)
anyhow thanks for engaging and reading this far if you did HA! :))))
ALL WORDS AND THOUGHTS HERE ARE AI FREE except for the comment AI made to me posted above and the times i referenced AI’s input that influenced my thinking and writing
If you are going to engage AI this is how to do it- quote and reference your Sources and influences. If AI influenced you transparently admit it and you retain your integrity and do not contribute to the surface perfection phenomena that is taking over the internet, social media and marketing. I also recommend asking AI for its Sources when it gives you information and then go to those people’s websites, books, art- and reference them. Attribution is honoring and respecting the transmissions that came before- that inspire you and that you use and take to build on. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants- those who came before us. Attribution may make you look less authoritative - a synonym for this word is influential which is where ‘influencer’ comes from.
But as AI tells me when I ask in the right way- the opposite of authoritative is “not a person who commands or persuades, but someone who uplifts, inspires, and fosters growth or trust—without asserting dominance.” I personally think that when you inspire people you are not coming from authority- you are inspiring them to come into their own unique author-ship. This is reflected in the Hierophant card in the Tarot- where two paths are shown. One of externalizing authority and letting someone else tell you/guide you (or speak for you!) and another that is the inner path of finding your own way, anchoring into your own Truth and allowing that to come through your own unique voice. (My Tarot Course starts 2/28- more info HERE)
