My name is Jake. I’m a researcher and writer in my 40s based in the US. I use minimal stick-figure animations to deliver maximum inconvenient truths.
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I get asked a lot if this channel is 'AI-generated.' Here’s the reality: I am not anti-AI, but I am firmly anti-being-stupid-with-AI.
One would be quite mistaken to treat this technology as useless. On this channel, AI is used on a very tight leash to assist in production—specifically to validate deep research and polish the grammar in my scripts. However, the narrative arc, the analysis, the conclusions, and the comic relief are written and narrated by me. The animations are drawn by human editors.
My consistent take is that AI is supremely useful, but it is not a tool that can automate or replace human judgment. I’m just here to document what happens when people forget that.