Imagine this: Netflix, the streaming giant, acquires Warner Bros. That sounds like hyperbole. But in an age of consolidation, vertical integration, and arms‑race content spending, maybe it’s not just inevitable - maybe it’s smart. Before you jump to “media monopoly bad,” hear me out.

There’s a lot of noise in the AI world, but let’s cut through it: not all AI is created equal, and not all of it is revolutionary. In fact, most of it isn’t.

Let’s start with the numbers. The global AI market in 2025 is expected to hit somewhere between $244 billion and $757 billion (Statista, Forbes), depending on which crystal ball you're staring into. Generative AI—the darling of boardrooms and brainstorming sessions—is pegged at $38 to $63 billion. That’s just 5–10% of the pie. So despite all the headlines and hand-wringing, GenAI is still the sideshow, not the main event.

Green AI: Why New Mexico Might Just Save the Future

Let’s set the record straight: AI isn’t the planet-scorching Skynet some headlines make it out to be. Yes, AI needs energy. A lot of it. But so does crypto, Netflix, and your always-on Ring doorbell.

The question isn’t whether AI uses energy. The real question is how we power it. And here’s where New Mexico enters the chat.

Let’s cut through the keyword-stuffed fog: SEO is in freefall, and the data backs it up. Web traffic is down. Google click-throughs are tanking. Users aren’t clicking search links anymore—they’re getting what they need directly from AI.

A recent Quartz piece lays out the stark data: entry‑level job postings are down 35% since 2023, and many new grads can’t find full‑time work aligned with their degrees.  Even more alarming: nearly half say they don’t feel ready even to apply.  Meanwhile, AI is creeping into what used to be safe entry jobs — paralegal work, tax prep, other routine tasks — shrinking the very foundation of the ladder.

If you haven’t jumped on the AI learning train yet, you’re already losing pay. Across industries, job postings requiring AI skills offer a 28 % salary bump—that’s roughly $18,000 more per year. And if a role expects two or more AI skills? The premium spikes to 43 %.

When people talk about threats to Hollywood - loss of jobs to AI, deepfakes, streaming wars - they’re mostly pointing at symptoms. But the disease is deeper: concentrated corporate/conservative ownership and the growing overlap between media, politics, and ideology.

In Johnny Mnemonic, Keanu Reeves plays a poor bastard with a data storage implant in his head, risking brain melt because he’s smuggling too many megabytes. That was 1995 portraying 2021, written by William Gibson in 1981. The future was wired, glitchy, and punk AF. Fast-forward to now, and guess what? You’re Johnny. I’m Johnny. We’re all Johnny.

Welcome to the uncanny era of encore performances—from artists who never left the stage, or better yet, never made it there in the first place.

Let’s get something straight: creativity isn't on sale at the prompt store. The idea that AI has suddenly turned the masses into creators is not just naïve - it’s insulting. Anyone can create. Always could. But the act of creating - with guts, taste, vulnerability, and vision? That’s still rare. And it always will be.

AI is stuck in a shouting match between two tribes. On one side, the hype squad. They’re convinced we’re a single algorithm away from a world-shaking transformation. They pound the table, prophesying an incoming tidal wave that will wash away industries, careers, and maybe entire ways of living. Adapt or die, they shout.

Creating a human-centered AI operation that prioritizes ethical considerations involves designing and implementing AI technologies in a way that focuses on the well-being, rights, and interests of humans. This approach ensures that AI operations not only achieve their intended efficiency and productivity goals but also safeguard and enhance human values and ethics. Here are key elements to consider and steps to follow in building such an operation:

Hollywood’s been accused of many things—navel-gazing, risk aversion, an addiction to reboots—but optimism hasn’t been high on the list lately. Especially not when the conversation turns to AI.

A lot of talk about “AI adoption” sounds inspiring on stage or in slide decks—but it rarely translates into lasting behavior change on the job. If you want AI to become part of your organization’s DNA, it’s time to let go of some popular but misguided approaches and focus instead on the reality of how people work and learn.

Let’s get one thing straight: we are at war. Not with tanks or drones, but with forces equally potent—complacency, mediocrity, and the slow erosion of democracy itself. The battlefield? Creativity, truth, and the soul of our culture and nation. Two books that have guided my life and philosophy are The Art of War and The Art Spirit.

For me, the temptation to write a book about AI is very low. Why? I believe that to write an authentic essay or book on whatever aspect of AI, you need to truly have expertise. That is why I would rather focus on fiction and the ideas and stories in my own brain. The market is flooded with new authors promoting their take on AI. Whether a ghost writer, or AI wrote it for them, what matters most is authenticity. Authenticity leads to trust and AI needs a lot of trust these days. So, I have compiled The Most Authentic AI Books: Top 9 Authors Including LinkedIn Top Voices to help guide you through the menagerie.

America, as an idea, is vanishing before our eyes. The pillars of democracy erode, and the so-called bastions of free speech crumble under the weight of corporate interests, leaving independent media as the last true voice of the people. While mainstream media exists in a self-sustaining bubble, insulated from the streets, the streets themselves are waking up.

Eight months in, Brian Lesser isn’t just sweeping the floors at GroupM-he’s bulldozing the building. The world’s biggest media buyer is now a cautionary tale, as 45% of its North American workforce gets “reorganized” (read: laid off, reassigned, or simply vanished), and the once-mighty GroupM brand is quietly euthanized in favor of the corporate moniker “WPP Media”. If you thought this was a rebrand, think again. This is a root-and-branch rewrite of the agency playbook.

Lights, Camera, Algorithm: The New Power Player in Tinseltown. Hollywood doesn’t have a choice anymore. AI has arrived—on set, in the writers’ room, inside the edit bay, behind the camera, and in the boardroom. Whether you see it as the villain in a dystopian reboot or the unsung hero behind the curtain, artificial intelligence is already reshaping the entertainment landscape. And no, it’s not just about ChatGPT generating fan fiction or some basement nerd feeding prompts into Midjourney for a fake movie poster.

Let’s get one thing straight: “Creative Director” has become the "middle management" of the creative world. A safe title. A warm, squishy buffer between strategy decks and execution timelines.