Prince Esien
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Storyteller at the intersection of tech and truth. Exploring AI, culture, and the human edge of innovation.
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Ambient AI and the Collapse of First-Person Truth
Three months ago, Sarah Chen discovered her smart glasses had been recording a private conversation with her business partner one that, when processed through ambient AI interpretation, painted her as the aggressor in what was actually a heated but collaborative brainstorming session. The AI's summary, complete with emotional sentiment analysis and "conflict probability scores," had already been archived in her corporate wellness profile.
By Prince Esien6 months ago in Futurism
The Night I Couldn't Tell if My Best Friend Was Real
It started with a video call that felt wrong. My best friend Jake was telling me about his weekend trip to Barcelona. The story was perfectly him wandering into random tapas bars, getting lost in the Gothic Quarter, charming locals with his terrible Spanish. He looked like Jake, sounded like Jake, even had that familiar smirk when he made fun of my pandemic hair.
By Prince Esien6 months ago in Futurism
The Ones Who Never Learned to Numb
I’ve always admired people who can shut things off. The ones who can bury their emotions like they were never there. The ones who don't cry in public. The ones who can read the news and not flinch. The ones who can walk past a homeless man and not carry his story in their chest for the rest of the day.
By Prince Esien6 months ago in Confessions
Stop Trying to Hack Medium and Start Actually Writing
I’m writing this poolside, trying to get some deep work done before the pool cleaner showed up and killed my flow. But maybe that interruption was perfect timing because what I’m about to say might interrupt your flow too.
By Prince Esien6 months ago in Writers
Even Your Weakness is Anointed: When God Uses Your Lowest Point to Birth Your Greatest Purpose
It’s 2 AM, and I can’t sleep because the weight of inadequacy sits on my chest like a boulder. My phone buzzes with another rejection email number 47 this month. I’ve applied to over 200 jobs in the past six months. Two hundred. The math is cruel: that’s roughly one rejection for every dollar I don’t have in my bank account.
By Prince Esien6 months ago in Motivation
