To stand out from polished AI content, embrace unscripted or semi-unscripted video. Improv, baby! Your unique imperfections, spontaneous thoughts, and natural way of finding your words in the moment are solid signs of human authenticity.

Your on-camera charisma is like a multi-channel audio mixer. Basically, you don't want to turn up the volume on all your personality traits at once, or throw it out and make a fake personality from scratch. Take your relevant traits or goals, and increase volume on that stuff.

New episode about a NATURAL way to find your charisma. It should be unique to you, coming from a human spot, and make sense for your audience. Acting exercise designed to help you figure it out and get reps! Be HUMAN online. Human Internet Theory is wherever you get podcasts, and YouTube.

In an internet with these realistic avatars, and YOU want to make stuff as a human. Imperfections are your strength. Unscripted moments, natural pauses, and small mistakes are what prove you are human and help you build a real connection.

Truth, 100%

Online, trust is placed in the human being behind the content. And it has been studied and found to be extra fragile online (fewer signals). From the latest episode of Human Internet Theory, available on YouTube and where you get podcasts.

Data shows a growing "AI trust gap." Over 80% of audiences want creators to disclose when they use generated content, and most doubt the accuracy of AI output.

Btw the new OpenAI data centers will consume more power than the entire city of New York, brags Sam Altman

The pratfall effect is a concept from social psychology. Studies found that when a competent person makes a blunder of some sort, they are perceived as more attractive and likeable by other people. How does this affect your content?

Quit Reddit and it feels GREAT. #winning

The Pratfall Effect shows that a competent person who makes a small mistake becomes more likeable. This makes the person seem more approachable and real.  Learn more and how it applies to generated AI avatars in the latest episode https://youtu.be/_SYDGGY-uxU

The "Uncanny Valley" is a theory from robotics that explains our emotional response to human-like robots. As a robot becomes more human, our empathy grows, but when it gets almost perfect, our response suddenly drops into revulsion and unease.

Your audience is more focused on what they can get from your content than they are on you. They are watching because they believe you can provide them with value, solve a problem, or save them time. This is far more important to them than any of your perceived flaws.

Knowing is half the battle

Is it anxiety to wear a helmet on a motorcycle? Is it anxiety to wear a life jacket on a boat? Is it anxiety to wear a seatbelt? It’s smart to wear an N95 in a pandemic with a debilitating airborne virus. 😷

When learning a new skill like being on camera, it is important to be very forgiving with yourself. There will be setbacks and times where you feel you are not improving. Planning for these challenges is a normal part of the process and will help you stay encouraged.

Uncanny Valley: brains expect something that looks human to act perfectly human when it looks realistic. When it is super close to looking human, but slightly off, it creates a mental conflict that feels unsettling. Learn more and how it applies to our generated AI, see https://youtu.be/_SYDGGY-uxU

I think my girl cat is ready for the weekend:

Low-Stakes Practice Ideas: A great way to get comfortable on camera is to start by posting on platforms where the content has a short lifespan. Using Instagram or Facebook stories that disappear, or platforms where content moves very fast, helps lower the pressure when you are just starting.

I'm helping to set up a community of practice to end the bullying of autistic students in Australian schools. If you'd like to participate, please get in touch using the form below. Further details in the thread following. forms.gle/RFPJag4wffdq...

To really connect with an audience moving forward in an internet with growing ratios of generated content, your content really needs a human point of view and something relatable to say. Something unique. Maybe a bit of your soul attached, especially if it's truly creative. (continued)

The main principle for getting comfortable on camera is desensitization. This means the more you expose yourself to recording in a controlled way, the less power it has over you. Recording on camera is a learned skill that improves with practice and repetition.

Whether or not my mom took tylenol, I would have still turned out this way. And one of the "this ways" is understanding and believing science.

The desire to be perfect on camera often leads to stiff and unnatural performances because you are stuck in your head. This can create a negative loop where your inner critic uses the awkward footage as proof that you are not good at creating videos. Perfectionism is a trap.

Connect as a human. Digital marketing, online content, and education can focus on connecting with people as humans. It benefits you, and your audience. ESPECIALLY as the internet gets filled with generated content that lacks a lot of humanity. Doing content this way (optimizing it) can involve...

This is how to event/conference/convention/performance/theatre. It’s the ONLY way if you want to be inclusive of all humans. Thank you Gaylaxicon!

Meaningful content will get more and more valuable as the internet increases its ratio of generated content and automation. A great way to create meaningful content is to use our imperfect, mushy, messy... but real human brains. From "What is the Dead Internet Theory": https://youtu.be/4UDau5fVFps

Creators might struggle to sound natural when reading a script for their videos. Learning how to be more like yourself on screen helps build trust. But it can involve reps and confidence building in yourself to get there. From "What is the Dead Internet Theory": https://youtu.be/4UDau5fVFps

The fear of being on camera is not about the equipment itself. It is about a deep biological wiring in our brains. For most of human history, social rejection was dangerous for survival, so our brains evolved to be highly sensitive to social judgment.

Feeling anxious about being on camera is a natural and common human response. The root of this anxiety is often social. Understanding the science behind this feeling is the first step toward managing it and building your on-camera skills.

THREE EPISODES dropped on the podcast, and later today corresponding videos on YouTube. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts. Learn what the human internet theory is (responding to the dead internet theory with HUMANITY online amongst all the generated.... stuff.)

A more HUMAN internet in one that is getting murdered dead by bots? My goal is to help you make your message more human to stand out from automated content. Even if the internet is not in danger (kinda hard to fathom, but... okay), focusing on authentic and trustworthy communication...

Is the internet... kinda dead? The rise of AI generated content creation is causing a decline in authentic human interaction online. It is important to ask questions about how we can preserve real connection and stand out in a growing sea of generated articles, videos, and audio.

Companies are now generating thousands of podcasts with generated hosts & millions of episodes using AI. Probably an example of the "Dead Internet Theory" happening (as Altman has stated too). It is important for human creators to understand this changing landscape.

Greetings #catsky, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you I'm a very smart cat with a PhD. Sincerely, Dr. Crepes

“Based on experience, it can be said that the majority of physicians lack knowledge of the current scientific data. Many doctors likely obtain their information about COVID-19 primarily from mass media, rather than from serious medical journals and peer-reviewed scientific studies.”- 16 Doctors

Most have conveniently forgotten this, and the fact about half of all infections are asymptomatic. And still do damage to the body. Vax and relax is political. A lot of public health advice is political. Look to facts and science for medical safety.

IF the 95% would have never stopped masking in AT THE VERY LEAST in HC envrios. Ill bet people would be much nicer in there tone and message we cant doordash CT or root canal ya know yall over stepped and we are just gonna call it what it is...

In my opinion, medical settings are somewhere every single person- patient, staff, visitor- should be masked as much as possible , only removing for oral tests or similar events, or eating. Medical settings are full of sick AND immunocompromised people. They should be a forever-mask zone.

💯 - and +1. Voices and representation matters, so what we do matters. Recommend this entire thread.

So let's talk about why this sucks. I am so angry and so disappointed, but I also know that a lot of people might not understand why I and my queer friends are feeling this way. Read on for an explanation 🧵(1/14)

The fucked music industry with AI. It's everywhere. Great video here. youtu.be/plleJ0Zv0Ww

We're 5 years into the pandemic but at least it's common knowledge that everyone should be masking and all offices, public buildings and hospitals should have upgraded ventilation and air filtration. (Hand to ear) Hang on, I'm being told that the opposite is true and we're not doing any of those.

ICE reactivated its contract with spyware manufacturer Paragon Solutions. You can read more about it here, but what does that mean for using encrypted chat apps like Signal? 🧵(1/8)

Nearly every day i say "i wish your newsletter wasn't on substack" (so I could read/share) for what it's worth. reminder that this sentiment is not too rare, and is growing.

COMPLETE SEASON! Grack Public Access Season 1: 7 hours of #audiodrama comedy. Join Tog Chesterfield, "Jen deHaan" & Parker Spoon: one mystery gets solved, but a can of worms opens up right quick for Season 2 (out soon!) Original Audio Fiction Series: https://StereoForest.com/grack #audiodramasunday

The "rules" of improv are really just guidelines to help scenes flow better, or comedy happen. Understanding the principles behind the rules helps you know when to bend them creatively. And it can really help neurodivergent folx like us. #improvisation #acting #comedy

The question "if this is true, what else is true?" allows you to build a network of beliefs for your character in your own mind. You do not have to state all of them. Bits of your character will emerge organically through action in the scene instead of only through exposition.