I have been given Academia.edu's AI to make podcast and cartoons of my writings. Mixed results. Neutral? Sometimes, but it really didn't like my freudian critique of gaylib and reparative therapy. podcast here

It was better on the straightforward history of gaylib culled from memoirs. podcast here

and fine with disability podcast here

But unhappy with my take on transgenderism, despite loudly insisting it was neutral. podcast here

It was poor on political Islam. It referenced spirituality ironically. podcast here

Shallow on great games. No handle on imperialism. podcast here

Good on the environment

based on https://www.ericwalberg.com/peace-socialism/965-sacred-economics-part-iii-using-money-to-destroy-money podcast here

and good on social media

based on https://www.ericwalberg.com/culture-religion/1063-our-double-whammy-social-crisis-internetization-and-feminization-of-everything podcast here

It was enthusiastic on ping pong podcast here

Its personal touches were creepy. 'how many times have I had to listen …' Occasional witting puns. Better with short articles than books.

In January 2025 I let AI write a book for me. I haven't read it yet. How's that for irony: I published my book which I haven't yet read, let alone written! Twilight of Hegemony: A Multipolar Dawn

It cites books I haven't heard of and seems to be crazily formatted. What I read was woolly thought, fence-sitting, vague. I tried to clean it up. A quick glance suggested it was thrown together without much actual use of my writing. Hey, that's my review of my book which I didn't write. Lol.

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