Doom & Gloom
Are we too scared? Or not scared enough?
June 11, 2025
Benign explores how emerging tools like AI are reshaping art, authorship, identity, and access—without the hype or the fear. Each piece cuts through the noise to ask a deeper question:
What does this mean for how we create, and who gets to?
Grounded in personal insight and cultural clarity, Benign treats technology as a mirror—not a monster.
I use a custom GPT like a writing partner. I give it my full thoughts, then reshape its draft until it's done. It lets me move fast, stay focused, and actually finish essays I’d otherwise overthink into oblivion.
Are we too scared? Or not scared enough?
June 11, 2025
Why AI may revolutionize art, but not the business of fame
June 9, 2025
What Natasha Lyonne’s AI Controversy Really Says About Us
June 3, 2025
Why Some People Fear the AI Art Renaissance
June 2, 2025
Writing with AI is Still Writing
May 26, 2025
Fatboy Slim, AI Music, Race, and Representation
May 19, 2025
How AI Let Me Create the Music I Love—And Helped Me Understand Its Power for Others
May 12, 2025
Producing AI Music Is Still Producing
May 5, 2025
Directing AI Is Still Directing
April 28, 2025
How America Learned to Fear Technology—And Why It’s Holding Us Back
April 21, 2025
A Manifesto for Post-Capitalist Creator
April 14, 2025
We worship pain. We punish ease. And we all suffer for it
April 7, 2025
The Myth of the Autonomous Art Generator
February 4, 2025
The Misunderstood Tech and Its Hollywood Misrepresentation
January 21, 2025
Decentralization's Redemption Arc
January 19, 2025
Why This Perspective Is Ignorant and Dangerous
January 9, 2025
Navigating the Tension Between AI Innovation and Artistic Freedom
December 22, 2024
Unpacking GPT-4’s Persistent Propensity for Patterned Phrasing
April 2, 2024
How ASCII Art and Misleading Headlines Fuel Unnecessary Panic
March 11, 2024