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William Essex

William Essex⁠

Former everything. I still write books, I still write stories. My podcast is The Library of Solitude (Spotify). Author, The Journey from Heaven, Escape Mutation

Where’s The Intelligence?

Never mind the beef.

Sep 1, 2026

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Correct me if I’m hallucinating, but have we really now developed AI-detection software capable of identifying everything as AI-generated?

It’s just — how crazy are we?

AI’s going to transform our lives, very exciting, blah, blah, says everybody, and then all of a sudden — oh no! — an author’s actually used AI. Cancel! Cancel! shouts everybody.

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[Here’s another em dash, by the way — if you’re counting.]

AI’s been about to transform our lives for nigh-on a decade now, I think. I remember going to fintech conferences and being told that AI was very exciting, oh, years ago. Quantum computing was also very exciting back then, if I remember rightly.

They’ve spent so much. They have to get us to want it that much.

But we don’t.

Oops.

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William Essex
William Essex

Written by William Essex⁠

Former everything. I still write books, I still write stories. My podcast is The Library of Solitude (Spotify). Author, The Journey from Heaven, Escape Mutation