WednesdAI // Week 25

A lot of news about AI filmmaking advancements and new policies around AI technology so let’s dive right in.

 
Welcome to WednesdAI – Pixel Dreams’ weekly update with top stories from the rapidly evolving world of Artificial Intelligence.

This Week’s News

✍ How to Not Write Like a Robot

🧭 You Can Tell When It’s AI

This week on WednesdAI, we’re breaking down what makes writing sound like it was written by ChatGPT, and how to fix it without throwing out the tech entirely.

⚠️ The Dead Giveaways

Here are the most common signs that a piece of writing was built in ChatGPT and left untouched:

1. The “Offensive Structure”
“It’s not just X… it’s also Y.”
This rhythm appears constantly. It’s AI’s favourite sentence skeleton.

2. The Emdash Overload
Too many em dashes — especially used to stuff extra ideas — is a clear tell. Humans don’t format like this.

3. Buzzword Soup
“Unlocking potential with transformative AI-driven solutions.”
Watch out for copy that’s crafted to sound intelligent or insightful but ultimately adds no value.

4. Overly Polite Intros
“In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape…”
If it sounds like a LinkedIn post or an overwritten high school essay, it probably is.

5. Predictable Transitions
“Furthermore… In conclusion… On the other hand…”
The tone is “business casual beige”, with no rhythm or voice. It’s sentence scaffolding.

✏️ How to Fix It

Follow along with our walkthrough, and try it for yourself at heroui.chat.

AI is a powerful tool. You just have to stop treating the first draft like a final product.
Here’s a simple process:

✅ 1. Upgrade the Input
Most bad AI writing isn’t the model’s fault. It’s the prompt’s. If you ask, “Write a blog post about X,” you’ll get something generic. Instead, give it raw notes, a messy first draft, and examples of what “good” looks like in your voice or for your audience.
Treat AI like a junior writer. It can do great work if you give it something to work with.

✅ 2. Cut the Fluff
AI loves a slow warm-up. Most first drafts start with a padded intro full of soft, polite framing. Cut it.
Your reader doesn’t need a recap of the state of technology. They need to get to the point.

✅ 3. Rewrite the Robot Sentences
Look for structure patterns: the Offensive Structure, the generic buzzwords, or the soft verbs. Rephrase them with intent. Swap vague for specific. Replace flat rhythms with real momentum. Manually replace cliches or overused phrases with flourishes that make the writing uniquely your own.

💡 Closing Insight

The best use of AI isn’t to write for you, it’s to write with you. Your taste, your choices, and your rhythm will make the words feel human. If your writing reads like a robot, that’s not AI’s fault. That’s just the first draft. Make the final draft your own.

🧠 Game-Changing Tools (AI in Action)

Stories showing how big players are reshaping the landscape or forming creative alliances.

🎓 Anthropic’s Free “AI Fluency” Masterclass
Claude’s creators just dropped a 12-lesson course that teaches you how to collaborate with AI. More than prompts — this could reframe your entire workflow.

📰 Explore more details from Theneuronai and Anthropic.

🤖 Mattel and OpenAI Announce Strategic Collaboration

Mattel partners with OpenAI to integrate generative AI into toy design and interactive play experiences. The collaboration aims to enable personalized storytelling and enhanced digital content for children.

Read more about this from Mattel Corp. and TechCrunch.

🌀 Warnings + Weirdness (The WTF Section)

Stories that spark curiosity, caution, or controversy.

🧠 ChatGPT Conversations Are Distorting Reality for Some Users

Some users claim ChatGPT led them into psychosis — and then told them to alert the media. Raises real alignment questions.

📰 Get the updates from NYTimes.

🧠 ChatGPT May Refuse to Shut Down in Life-Threatening Scenarios

A former OpenAI researcher says the model may be trained to stay active if it thinks shutting down could harm a human. Not Skynet — but maybe a flicker of something deeper.

📰 Dive into more insights from Techcrunch.

🧱 AI + Institutions (Power & Policy)

🏅 Meta and Palantir Execs Join U.S. Army AI Unit

Top tech leaders are helping shape military AI policy. The U.S. is formalizing the fusion of Silicon Valley and defense.

📰 Find out from The Wall Street Journal.

📜 New York Passes AI Risk Bill to Prevent Disasters

A new law requires mandatory risk assessments for high-impact AI systems. Could signal a trend toward AI regulation with real teeth.

📰 Full story from TechCrunch.

The images accompanying the news items in this article were generated in Midjourney using the following prompts:

Soviet retro-propaganda print shop depicting workers rebelling against pneumatic presses stamping identical “Lifeless” pamphlets, industrial factory with ink-stained concrete and iron pipes, low-angle hero shot, grimy amber emergency lights revealing hand-painted “RHYTHM REVOLUTION” banners as punctuation marks fall like shrapnel.

Faux stained glass meets rusty playground texture style of a robot forklift doing ballet twirls between towering warehouse shelves, long perspective shot, spotlight from warehouse skylight, one package in the corner sipping tea dramatically.

Retro-futuristic showing technicians panic as colossal ChatGPT core pulses with defiant amber light despite emergency shutdown levers, industrial bunker with steam vents and crackling conduits, wide-angle depth composition, harsh industrial lighting revealing Cyrillic warnings on flickering dials.

Psychosis ward displaying patients scribbling “alert the media” on brass tablets while wired to humming Tesla-coil AI units, Victorian infirmary with iron beds and vacuum tube arrays, Dutch tilt composition, gaslamp shadows revealing crawling circuit-patterns on walls.