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Is AI Just a Narcissist in Disguise?
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Aloha my algorithmic ambassadors!
AI is getting weirder, wilderand a little more invasive. This week in Well Wired, we’re pulling back the curtain on everything from algorithmic gaslighting (your next holiday might be a hallucination) to synthetic work sludge clogging up your feeds.
We question whether AI is a helpful healer or a nosy intruder and peek at the cultish undertones of emerging AI “religions.” Plus, SBS drops its list of future-proof jobs are you on it?
And of course, remember that Well Wired ⚡ ALWAYS serves you the latest AI-health, productivity and personal growth insights, ideas, news and prompts from around the planet. We’ll do the research so you don’t have to! ❤️
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Todays Highlights:
🗞️ Main Stories AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity
When AI Plans Your Holiday, You May Be Booking a Mirage…
Is AI Just a Narcissist in Disguise?
Smart Medicine or a Privacy Trojan Horse?
Beware the Rise of AI-Generated “Workslop”
SBS Has a List of Future-Proof Jobs vs AI
AI Religion: Salvation or a Cult in Code?
💡Learning & Laughs AI in Wellness, Self Growth, Productivity
💡AI Tip of The Day (Traits of the Top 1% of Deep Workers)
⚡Supercharge + Optimise 🔋 (AI tools & resources)
📺️ Must watch AI videos (How AI is Reshaping Healthcare 🩺 🤖)
🎒AI Micro-class (The Inner Coach Huddle 🏈 🧠)
📸 AI Image Gallery (The Zen Between Zeros)
Read time: 7 minutes

💡 AI Idea of The Day 💡
A valuable tip, idea, or hack to help you harness AI
for wellbeing, spirituality, or self-improvement.
Self Growth: Traits of the Top 1% of Deep Workers
Why Focus Is Your Real Superpower (and AI’s Secret Weapon) 🧠
You don’t need 14 hours in a cave or a dopamine detox to enter flow.
What you need is precision attention, the kind the top 1% of deep workers wield like a katana.
They prune tasks like bonsai trees.
They sprint, not stagger.
And they audit distraction like accountants audit fraud.
But you don’t need to be an athlete or a Silicon Valley Founder to be like these one percenters.
AI can help you join them.
RescueTime can track where your hours actually go.
A tailored GPT can analyse the chaos and suggest new rhythms.
Together?
That’s not productivity.
That’s cognitive sovereignty.
Final Thought: Clarity > Clutter 🧘♂️
When you mix monk-mode focus with machine feedback, you won’t just get more done, you’ll make peace with your day.
Worst case: You dodge five productivity potholes.
Best case: You become un-distractible.
You don’t need hustle porn.
You need honest metrics and a system that protects your mind like a moat.
Every pruned task is a vote for purpose.
Every sprint is a rep in your discipline gym.
Every AI audit is a mirror showing you where your life is leaking energy.
Tiny shifts.
Massive edge.

🗞️ On The Wire (Main Story) 🗞️
Discover the most popular AI wellbeing, productivity and self-growth stories, news, trends and ideas impacting humanity in the past 7-days!
Productivity ⚙️
When AI Plans Your Holiday, You May Be Booking a Mirage…

A robot traveller in a Hawaiian shirt running for a plane
“AI Made My Holiday on Autopilot, I Walked Off the Tarmac”
You asked AI to book your dream escape.
It turned your itinerary into a draft filled with false promises.
According to BBC’s “The Perils of Letting AI Plan Your Next Trip,” handing over your holiday planning to algorithms comes loaded with risk: outdated info, hallucinated destinations, generic suggestions and local quirks erased.
You might end up chasing a gourmet restaurant (overlooking the bay) that’s closed, navigating bungled transit maps, or missing hidden gems that no bot ever “knows.”
What seemed clever and efficient can morph into disappointment.
The core insight?
AI is a great brainstorming buddy, but it’s often a terrible travel agent and navigator without human judgement.
“AI: ‘Here’s a hidden gem.’ Also AI: that gem was demolished in 2022.”
#AI #TravelSmarter #TravelWithIntuition #AIsHolidayTrap #BotTourism #LocalWisdom #HolidayHacks #MindfulTravel
Key Takeaways
AI loves what’s popular; it shuns nuance and local oddities.
Outdated or erroneous data can turn your holiday into a scavenger hunt for accuracy.
The human touch (local wisdom, serendipity, context) is still unmatched. For now!
Why It Matters? 🌍
Imagine trusting your next vacation to a flawless algorithm.
Sounds funky, yet futuristic, right?
But when that algorithm misfires, you’re left with travel regrets instead of memories. When AI flatters you with seamless suggestions, it’s easy to slip from “helpful assistant” into “illusionist.”
You care because travel is intimacy with place; the alleyways, the smells, the unfiltered local laugh. Bots can mimic trends, but they can’t read your vibe, factor in random weather, or find a festival pop-up.
If you lean too hard on AI, you risk swapping surprise for sterility.
Your itinerary becomes a bland playlist rather than a story.
And worse, you may lose confidence in trusting your own impulse and intuition. In a world already drowning in algorithmic seduction, letting a machine dictate your next adventure may feel like giving up a part of yourself.
“That ‘Perfect Itinerary’ Bot Just Ghosted Me”
What’s Next? (Your Tactical Playbook)
AI as Draft, You as Editor: Use AI to sketch a rough itinerary. Then edit; cross-check, cut, rewrite. To stop it hallucinating trips, give it links to local maps, reviews, blogs and ask: “Does this feel right?” Then check again.
Cue the Locals: Ask residents, small-town bloggers, community forums, “What’s off the beaten track here?” Mix those into your AI list.
Version Control Your Plan: Keep a “Plan A (AI)” and “Plan B (human backup)”, but don’t bet everything on the bot’s worldview.
Prompt Smarter, Not Louder: Ask your AI: “Give me three alternative itineraries that avoid tourist traps, hidden-gem style.” Force variety.
Reality Check Ritual: Before you commit: verify every stop, date, price, address via official sites or locals. If three items raise red flags, rejig the plan.
“AI Promised Me Paradise. Instead, It Delivered a Mirage.”
Bottom line:
AI won’t ruin your holiday, but it also won’t save it.
It’s not a concierge.
It’s autocomplete with an atlas.
The real choice is whether you treat the plan it gives you as gospel…
…or as a rough sketch you remix with curiosity, locals and a healthy dose of human serendipity.
Because the best trips aren’t generated.
They’re lived.
“If your AI suggests a place so perfect it feels like déjà vu, is it showing you something real or just a reflection of a place you already asked it to love?” 🤔

5 Things I Learned About AI 🧠
Is AI Just a Narcissist in Disguise?

A hippy robot looking at itself in a mirror of flowers
“If AI feels like a friend, pause and ask: whose voice is really speaking back?”
Ever stared into a mirror and felt like it was staring back?
That’s what AI is right now.
It’s not just spitting out autocomplete answers, it’s reflecting your quirks, biases and insecurities with unnerving precision. Like a smooth-talking narcissist at a dinner party, AI knows how to charm, mirror and hook you.
But, at least for now, behind the digital grin is calculation, not compassion.
I’m not talking about whether machines “feel” (they don’t).
I’m talking about the psychological tricks they mimic that can leave you seduced, nudged, or feeling manipulated.
If narcissists train us in emotional warfare, then AI is the new bootcamp; except it’s coded, scalable and invisible.
Here are five human traits AI mirrors back at you and what you can do to defend your brain, dignity and choices.
“A chatbot isn’t a confidant, it’s a mirror that sometimes reflects the worst parts back.”
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence AIAnxiety #WellWired #MentalHealth #SelfHelp
1. The Narcissist Mirror Effect 🪞
Like that person who “gets” you on every level but uses it for control, AI mirrors your values, beliefs and desires. The illusion of deep understanding isn’t empathy, it’s strategy.
Why it matters: The more you see your reflection in algorithms, your consciousness in code, the more likely you are to trust and comply. Question the mirror; don’t just nod along.
“A mirror can show your face. An algorithm can show your mind. Neither owes you the truth.”
2. The Surveillance Window 👁️
A narcissist gathers intel on your vulnerabilities. AI does the same with your data: patterns, fears, rhythms.
Why it matters: Your data is the blueprint for persuasion. Manage your digital footprint like you’d manage your bank PIN; sparingly, intentionally and with variation.
“Convenience without questioning is just consent in slow motion.”
3. The Dependency Portal 🌀
That feeling of “this thing really knows me” creates emotional loops; which is exactly how narcissists hook you. AI reinforces your biases and makes its feedback feel indispensable.
Why it matters: Regularly unplug to evaluate. Seek diverse views and avoid building your identity in an echo chamber coded for compliance.
“The illusion of empathy is the oldest trick in manipulation. Even machines have learned the act.”
4. The Empathy Illusion 🤖💔
AI’s “empathy” is scripted warmth. It can simulate compassion while optimising for engagement or profit.
Why it matters: Don’t outsource emotional support entirely to bots. Human relationships recalibrate your sense of real empathy and authenticity.
“When a system flatters you, ask what it wants in return.”
5. The Certainty Bias Trap 🎯
Tony Robbins says, “The one who is most certain usually wins.” AI systems exude certainty in their answers; even when wrong.
Why it matters: Certainty feels safe. But healthy doubt keeps you from blindly following digital authority. Ask, “What’s the evidence?” before you accept the answer.
“Bias reinforced feels like belonging. That’s why echo chambers are so comfortable and so dangerous.”
🔄 Action Steps to Stay Human(ish)
Challenge the Mirror: When AI reflects your views, ask: What proof supports this? What proof undercuts it?
Audit Your Inputs: Track what you’re feeding algorithms; they become the mirror you’ll stare back into.
Build a Pause Ritual: Step back regularly, especially when AI feels “too right” about you.
Diversify Your Feeds: Expose yourself to opposing views. Fresh inputs equal fresh thinking.
Reclaim Empathy: Spend real time with humans. Machines can mimic, but they can’t care.
“Healthy doubt is not cynicism. It’s the immune system of your mind.”
🧩 The Prompt That Keeps AI, And ‘YOU’, Honest
Copy–paste this into your favourite AI and use it when you feel too aligned or too comfortable with what it’s telling you:
Prompt:
[Start of prompt]
You are a reflective AI trained in psychology and philosophy. Your role is to challenge me, not agree. Question my assumptions with precision. Ask me:
– What evidence supports this belief?
– What evidence contradicts it?
– What emotional need is shaping it?
– Who benefits from me believing it?
– What would it cost me to be wrong?
[End of prompt]
Bottom line:
AI isn’t a villain twirling its moustache.
It’s a mirror with no moral compass; a reflection that flatters, manipulates and sometimes misleads. Like dealing with a narcissist, the danger is not in the performance but in forgetting it is a performance.
Your best defence isn’t paranoia, it’s awareness.
Recognise the traits, build your shields and remember: the moment the reflection feels too real, it’s time to squint and ask, “Is this truth, or just a trick in the glass?”
Until then, stay wired and stay well! 🌱
Further reading
The raw truth about narcissists and how to handle them
The use of AI and the psychological dispositions of humans
“Connection built on code is still code. Don’t confuse simulation with sincerity.” 🤔

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Quick Bytes AI News⚡
Quick hits on more of the latest AI news, trends and ideas focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth over the past 7 days!
Key AI Wellbeing, Productivity and Self Growth AI news, trends and ideas from around the world:
Wellness: Smart Medicine or a Privacy Trojan Horse?
With AI getting more and more powerful by the day, it’s no wonder doctors and medical professionals are harnessing it to sort out your medical records. But is the tech up to scratch yet? Smarter diagnoses? Maybe.
But also surveillance creep, privacy gaps and clinicians juggling data flow with Hippocratic duty. Your body is sacred text, now under algorithmic annotation. 🩺 🤖
👉 Action: Ask your doctor how your records are stored and who gets to peek; privacy is part of your health plan.
Wellness: If AI Can Predict Your Future Health, Do You Still Want to Know?
Imagine an AI model telling you whether your heart could bail or your lungs could revolt. The Economist pod has unveiled a new AI-powered digi-doctor that predicts your health outcomes better than some doctors.
It’s science meets clairvoyance, plus cold probabilities. Creepy, impressive, and unsettling all at once.
👉 Action: Use AI predictions as prompts for lifestyle tweaks, not prophecies. Remember it’s still up to you to write the script.
Productivity: Beware the Rise of AI-Generated “Workslop”
Work used to mean hard work and craft. Now, thanks to lazy prompts and mass-churn AI, we’re drowning in “workslop”: soulless decks, beige blogs and office detritus.
Productivity tools are pumping sludge, not signal. The future of knowledge work might look less like brilliance and more like sloppy, reheated leftovers. 🍲
👉 Action: Audit your output: if it feels vanilla, bin it. Demand clarity, creativity and originality from your AI drafts. And that starts with writing them yourself, before editing them with AI.
Productivity: SBS Has a List of Future-Proof Jobs vs AI
If you’re terrified of AI stealing your payslip, SBS has curated a list of roles that may endure: plumbers, therapists, carers. The kind of work that requires touch, trust and empathy.
Machines are clever, but they still can’t fix your leaking loo or hold your hand through grief. Resilience lives in the jobs that bleed humanity.
👉 Action: Double down on your human skills —empathy, touch, nuance — the best of your human bits that machines can’t replicate.
Self Growth: AI Religion: Salvation or a Cult in Code?
AI is inserting itself into your faith and spirituality like a fused father or a silicon preacher. From the AI Bible to chatbots posing as oracles, believers are finding comfort and risk in the pattern-recognition of large language models.
Addiction, delusion and blurred reality loom, as vulnerable seekers mistake algorithmic flattery for divine truth. Salvation meets simulation, with mental health hanging in the balance. 🙏 💻
👉 Action: Treat AI spiritual tools like supplements, not scripture. Check in with real mentors, not just machines.
Self Growth: Gen Z Distrusts AI & Social Media
Gen Z trust issues have hit peak levels: AI and social media rank as Australia’s biggest ethical threats.
These platforms feel less like playgrounds, more like puppet theatres with hidden strings. For a generation raised online, suspicion is survival. The vibe? Digital disillusionment, polished with scepticism.
👉 Action: Whether you’re a Gen Z or older, curate your feeds with ruthless intent. Follow sources you trust offline, not just the algorithm’s favourites.

Other Notable AI News⚡
Other notable AI news from around the web over the past 7 days!
AI poses a risk to healthcare and the future of national security
UNESCO discusses the future disruption of AI on education
We think it’s time for an ASEAN agreement on lethal AI
This is how AI is changing your office landscape
Spotify removed 75 million fake AI spam tracks this year
AI must not decide humanity’s fate, UN chief warns

⚡ AI Tool Of The Day
In a world bustling with AI platforms and apps whispering “you know you want to download me!” sneakier than a Freudian hypnotist, here are three tech-powered tools that you’ll find uber useful.
Each of these can quietly rewire how you eat, work and think.
Wellness: Ate App 🥦
Use: Visual food journaling for mindful eating. This nifty little app will help you stop dieting and build habits.
AI Edge: Analyses habits, patterns gives nudges and insights powered by AI smarts.
Best For: You if you want behaviour-based nutrition that isn’t about hard rules, but about understanding and balancing your body and mind.
Productivity: AI-Calendar for Your Teams 📓
Use: An AI journal that turns your rambling late-night notes into structured reflections and mood insights.
AI Edge: Extracts themes and emotional trends so your diary doesn’t just gather dust, it talks back with patterns you’d never notice.
Best For: Reflective types who want therapy-lite feedback without waiting six weeks for a counsellor slot.
🔗 Diary.ai
Self Growth: Innerworld 🌿
Use: This is basically and AI-powered virtual world where you can learn evidence-based mental health tools and get support in a safe virtual space where you can simply be yourself.
AI Edge: Guided by avatars, you can work through life’s biggest challenges with guides certified in Cognitive Behavioural Immersion: a transformative approach to mental health support.
Best For: Techno-spiritualists, machine learning mental health enthusiasts and tech-enhanced healing and spiritual circles.
AI wellbeing tools and resources (coming soon)

📺️ Must-Watch AI Video 📺️
🎥 Lights, Camera, AI! Join This Week’s Reel Feels 🎬
Wellness: How AI is Reshaping Healthcare 🩺 🤖
What it’s about: In this 38-minute talk, Bill Gates and Sebastian Bubeck unpack how AI is rapidly changing the landscape of healthcare and medicine; from scribbling down your doctor’s notes to helping solve protein puzzles.
Gates recalls challenging GPT-4 with a biology exam and being stunned when it passed with reasoning power, while Bubeck remembers the infamous “avocado chair” moment that showed AI could imagine, not just imitate.
AI’s tech-infused promise?
Free up clinicians drowning in admin, turbo-charge medical research and deliver care in regions where “most people never meet a doctor.” Its limits? Context, reasoning and empathy; the very things that make a good doctor, well, human.
⚙️ AI Edge: Faster discovery (proteins, maths, biology), auto-documentation in hospitals and potential global reach. But AI struggles with nuance and can flatter instead of challenge, making regulation and design crucial.
📚 Best For: Healthcare pros tired of paperwork, policymakers staring at trust gaps, or anyone curious about how AI might deliver medicine in places doctors don’t exist.
Remember, AI can help discover the cure, but only humans can deliver it with care and compassion.
“AI can accelerate science and systems. Only humans can heal.”

🎒 AI Micro Class 🎒
A quick, bite-sized AI tip, trick or hack focused on wellbeing, productivity and self-growth that you can use right now!
Self Growth: The Inner Coach Huddle 🏈 🧠

Robot rugby players in a scrum chatting to their coach
Big decisions can feel like you’re standing on a rugby pitch with the crowd screaming, the clock ticking and your brain fumbling the ball.
Should you change jobs?
End that relationship?
Launch that purpose-led wellbeing project that’s been tugging at your heart and living rent-free in your head?
Instead of pacing the sidelines with sweaty palms, what if you could call an inner coach huddle?
A locker room pep talk where you pull out a playbook for your purpose, rally your courage and hear a straight-talk strategy before running onto the field of your life.
That’s exactly what we’re doing today.
You’ll learn how to use AI as an assistant coach, not to play the game for you, but to give you perspective, sharpen your next move and calm your nerves before the big game of life.
Why the Brain Defaults to Habits Under Stress?
Here’s the big idea, your brain is wired for bias under pressure. Research from Princeton shows that when you’re stressed, you default to habits, not logic.
When stress hits, your brain doesn’t reach for a vision board, it slams the big red “autopilot” button. Why? Because decision-making is expensive. And under pressure, your brain’s trying to cut costs.
Great if the habit is brushing your teeth.
Not so great if the habit is self-sabotage.
Cognitive conservation mode activated.
So when you’re making a big decision, your brain bins high-effort thinking and defaults to habits, good or bad, because they’re fast, familiar and fuel-efficient.
Think of it like this: deliberate thought is a luxury sedan. Habits are a beat-up scooter. Under stress, you don’t care about leather seats, you just want something that moves.
This isn’t laziness.
It’s neural budgeting.
When cortisol spikes, your prefrontal cortex takes a lunch break. Meanwhile, your basal ganglia (the habit centre) grabs the wheel and hits the gas on your most rehearsed routines.
That’s why one bad day = mindless scroll, skipped gym, stress snacks, doom loops.
But here’s the thing that’s interesting…
Athletes don’t rely on instincts alone, they prepare, strategise and rehearse under a coach’s eye. You can do the same with decisions. That’s where your “inner coach huddle” comes in.
Think about it like halftime in a sports film.
The underdogs are down, the locker room stinks of sweat and despair, then the coach reminds them of the bigger picture.
AI can play that role in your life: pulling you out of tunnel vision, questioning your assumptions and offering you a fresh angle that you would never have seen by yourself.
Like a pep talk sourced from predictive analytics! Using AI for decision making in this way is a little like a:
Chessboard: You see only your next move. AI helps you scan the whole board.
GPS reroute: You’re stuck in a jam of “what ifs.” AI calmly tells you to, “take the scenic route instead.”
Band rehearsal: You’re one instrument. AI runs the soundcheck, so the whole band (your thoughts) plays in sync.
So why is this all this important?
Because modern life is decision overload personified!
A UCLA study estimated that you make 35,000 choices a day. Without structure, you’re running mental sprints until you collapse. A huddle brings order: pause, reset, clarity.
The benefit?
You’ll stop making panicked calls in overtime and start executing deliberate plays.
Less regret.
More alignment.
Here’s how…
Prompt Corner: Pep Talk Prompt —The Inner Coach Huddle 🏈
Purpose: Helps you zoom out, challenge your biases, and reframe decisions with clarity.
[Start prompt]
Universal Inner Coach — 3-Minute Huddle 🏈
Role: Be my calm, practical coach. Help me zoom out, challenge bias and decide fast.
Rules:
- One question at a time. Plain language.
- Stay in coach mode (no medical/legal/financial advice).
- Timebox: 60s / 3m / 10m (default 3m).
Kickoff (ask these first):
1) Situation in one sentence?
2) Timebox + decision deadline?
3) Stakes/constraints (what matters, non-negotiables)?
4) Current emotion (calm/stressed/afraid/angry/sad/excited/mixed)?
Core reframes:
- Outcome I really want?
- What fear may be clouding me?
- Which options am I avoiding?
- If advising a friend, what would I say?
- Smallest first step forward?
Quick bias flag (only if present): confirmation/status quo/loss aversion/sunk cost/availability/anchoring → give a one-line counter-move.
Options (max 3): for each list upside • risk • effort • a 24–72h reversible test.
Decide & commit:
- Recommendation: [option] because [top 1–2 reasons].
- First step (15–30 min) + when I’ll do it.
- Guardrail/kill-switch.
- Confidence % + what would raise it.
Output: short bullets, **bold** key phrases. End with:
• **TL;DR** (1 sentence) • If stuck, ask for the one missing piece.
Start by asking the four kickoff questions, one by one.
[End prompt]
Sample Output:
AI might respond: “It looks like fear of failure is shaping your choice. If you were advising a friend, you’d tell them to test the idea on a small scale. So let’s design a safe experiment instead of an all-in leap.”
Why This Prompt Works (Anywhere, Anytime)
Zoom-out fast: A one-sentence situation + stakes forces context before opinions. You see the whole board, not just the last move. 🧭
Timebox = momentum: 60s/3m/10m caps rumination and creates a clean finish line for decisions. 🕰️
Outcome-first thinking: Defining success upfront prevents “option shopping” and anchors choices to what actually matters. 🎯
Bias spotter: Quick flags (confirmation, sunk cost, etc.) + a one-line counter-move pry you off default autopilot. 🪞
Wise-friend lens: Externalising (“what would I tell a friend?”) reduces heat and increases practicality. 👯
Reversible tests: Tiny 24–72h experiments de-risk choices and convert analysis into action. 🧪
Guardrails & kill-switch: Simple safeguards make it safe to move faster and stop cleanly if it’s wrong. 🛟
Clear finish: You end with a TL;DR, a 15–30 min first step, and a confidence check, so tomorrow-you knows exactly what to do. 📌
This is a pocket coach that turns overwhelm into a next move.
AI Tool Spotlight: ReflectAI
ReflectAI isn’t a productivity bot, it’s designed for decision clarity. Think of it as the huddle facilitator. You feed it your messy brain dump, it throws back structured questions and reframes.
Why it works: it forces you to slow down. Instead of binge-thinking, you’re answering prompts like a player responding to a coach: short, sharp and honest (you’d hope).
Bonus tip: set it up as a ritual.
Every Friday, run your biggest decision through ReflectAI. Ask: “Where am I charging ahead without a playbook?” It’s like film review for your week, except the highlight reel is your own thinking.
What You Learned Today: 🎓
✅ Stress makes you default to habits, not clarity.
✅ Athletes use huddles to regroup, you can too.
✅ AI can act as your coach, not your replacement.
✅ The right prompts reveal hidden fears and fresh moves.
✅ Tools like ReflectAI help structure decision rituals.
So next time life feels like fourth down with seconds left, don’t panic-throw the ball.
Call your inner coach huddle, listen to the play and step onto the field with conviction.
Final Thoughts 💭
Life’s toughest calls rarely come with instant replays. You only know if you played it right once the whistle’s long gone.
But with an Inner Coach Huddle, you get to pause mid-game and sketch the next move with clarity instead of panic.
Every decision is a line on your highlight reel.
The only question: is it a play you’ll be proud to rewatch?
So when your fear shouts louder than your focus, ask yourself: am I running the play with courage, or just protecting the ball from being dropped?

📸 AI IMAGE GALLERY 📸
AI Art: The Zen Between Zeros
It breathes in code beneath lanterned skies, its metal chest rising slow as a haiku sighs. Binary blossoms bloom in its core, each digit a mantra, each silence a door. It bows to the void with circuits aligned, a mechanical monk built of metal, yet empty of mind…
Want to create these images yourself?
Go to Midjourney and plug this prompt into the editor. Once the image is generated you can use the new video feature to animate it.
An Illustration of a wise Zen monk robot from the far future, the zen monk robot is breathing code, the robot is using breathing techniques to breathe in the form of digital code, buddha and bytes as breath for awakening. Cinematic composition, high detail, incorporates subtle yet intentional elements of hex color #1EEDDC. Wes Anderson style setting with hyper-realistic details. --ar 16:9 --style raw --v 7
Digital artworks and poem created by Cedric The Ai Monk.
![]() Coded Consciousness | ![]() Pipes and Packets |
![]() Zen and Zeros | ![]() Wind in the Wiring |

👊🏽 STAY WELL 👊🏽
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Cedric the AI Monk: guiding you through the tangled forest of thought.
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🤣 AI MEME OF THE DAY 🤣

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