All new technologies present a double-edged sword.  There's always an upside and a downside.  And I've made the decision to swear off of using generative AI.  Even though it helps you take impossible-to-get portraits like the image on the right of a man with his neighborhood cats.  

I go into all of the sorded details as to why in this month's blog post.  But you won't believe how I've been using it up until now!

Read the whole thing until the end: https://friedmanarchives.blogspot.com/2026/07/im-swearing-off-of-generative-ai.html 

Enjoy!

Sincerely, Gary

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