by Kristy Mapp | Jun 4, 2026
A tiny history of AI image style, and us too. I have been watching AI-generated images change over time, and it has been interesting: at first it felt like a toy, then a tool, then a miracle, then suddenly everything is on fire. Not metaphorically. Literally. Fire...
by Kristy Mapp | Aug 4, 2025
If machines do the work, what are humans for? Let’s just say the quiet part out loud: it feels like robots are coming for our jobs. And not just factory jobs or warehouse gigs. We’re talking lawyers, doctors, designers, therapists, writers, coders, baristas. (Okay,...
by Kristy Mapp | Aug 4, 2025
Before ones and zeros, there was a rock and a hard place. Last year, we took a family vacation to Belize. One of the items I added to our itinerary was a spelunking tour through Actun Tunichil Muknal, a place so steeped in history and reverence that National...
by Kristy Mapp | Jul 17, 2025
The machines won’t enslave us. We’ll do it to ourselves. Not because of some grand collapse, but because someone saw a market opportunity afforded by AI—and jumped. We’re staring down the barrel of an AI race we never even signed up for. There is a very real...
