"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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This AI stuff is out of control man

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This AI stuff is out of control man...don't want to sound like a perve but I've been copy and pasting some of the most cutest girls with their modest attires and turning them into skimpy scandily clad outfits lol....lol holy crap. It's like you can't tell the truth anymore, in the future there has to be an AI detector technology to tell what is real just in case crimes or forge situations starts showing up. I can see a lot of folks being framed for false crimes they didn't commit because of this. Holy smokes.
 

"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"

You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.

Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.

Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.

Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.

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It's very easy to tell if a woman uses AI to enhance her pictures....But I think in a 2-3 years you won't be able to tell if you're talking to a real woman or a scammer using woman's picture

Personally, I use AI to enhance my bio and even(SOMETIMES NOT A LOT) my openers saves me a lot of time and trouble
 

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AI is a tool, but it can also become a mirror. It tends to amplify whatever is already in the person using it.

So I don’t think the answer is just “AI is bad.” The internet had the same issue when it became mainstream. People used it for good things, bad things, learning, business, lust, gossip, everything. The technology opened doors, but the heart still decided which door to walk through.

That said, AI image manipulation is a serious issue because it can blur the line between real and fake, and it can be used to misrepresent people. So yes, I agree there will probably need to be better detection tools and stronger standards around this stuff.

But spiritually speaking, the older problem is still the same problem. Jesus talked about lust of the heart long before the internet or AI existed. Technology just makes it easier to act out what was already there. If someone’s conscience is bothering them, that’s probably something to bring honestly before God rather than just blaming the tool.
 
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@Travel memoir21 "...don't want to sound like a perve but I've been copy and pasting some of the most cutest girls with their modest attires and turning them into skimpy scandily clad outfits"

That's a much less creepy hobby than kidnapping co-eds in RL, then drilling holes into their skulls so that the inside of 'dem noggins can be doused with battery acid, in the hopes that this will transform them into sex slaves. Kudos to you, hombre!!!
 

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That's why with online dating, you never take anyone seriously unless you meet in-person. Not even going on video matters.
 

"Nervous Around Beautiful Women? There's a Rule for That"

I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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This AI stuff is out of control man...don't want to sound like a perve but I've been copy and pasting some of the most cutest girls with their modest attires and turning them into skimpy scandily clad outfits lol....lol holy crap. It's like you can't tell the truth anymore, in the future there has to be an AI detector technology to tell what is real just in case crimes or forge situations starts showing up. I can see a lot of folks being framed for false crimes they didn't commit because of this. Holy smokes.
There have been multiple cases of guys creating nude pics of girls they went to school with. As a result there are now laws on the books that make it illegal to create images without ones consent.

At some point the p0rn industry will be 100% AI generated content.
 

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There have been multiple cases of guys creating nude pics of girls they went to school with. As a result there are now laws on the books that make it illegal to create images without ones consent.

At some point the p0rn industry will be 100% AI generated content.
Grok has changed and doesn't allow users to do that anymore. AIs have guardrails against those things now. The wild wild west days of AI are coming to an end, just like the wild wild west internet did in the 90s/and early 00s before it all became commercialized and very regulated.
 

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AI is a tool, but it can also become a mirror. It tends to amplify whatever is already in the person using it.

So I don’t think the answer is just “AI is bad.” The internet had the same issue when it became mainstream. People used it for good things, bad things, learning, business, lust, gossip, everything. The technology opened doors, but the heart still decided which door to walk through.

That said, AI image manipulation is a serious issue because it can blur the line between real and fake, and it can be used to misrepresent people. So yes, I agree there will probably need to be better detection tools and stronger standards around this stuff.

But spiritually speaking, the older problem is still the same problem. Jesus talked about lust of the heart long before the internet or AI existed. Technology just makes it easier to act out what was already there. If someone’s conscience is bothering them, that’s probably something to bring honestly before God rather than just blaming the tool.
Do you think AI is like the apple from the Tree of Life?
 

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There have been multiple cases of guys creating nude pics of girls they went to school with. As a result there are now laws on the books that make it illegal to create images without ones consent.

At some point the p0rn industry will be 100% AI generated content.
I recall reading a reddit thread about OnlyFans, and one guy said that he bought a month membership to a gal he had gone to high school with; he said that seeing what was "under the hood" was an itch he wanted to scratch.
 

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It's very easy to tell if a woman uses AI to enhance her pictures....But I think in a 2-3 years you won't be able to tell if you're talking to a real woman or a scammer using woman's picture

Personally, I use AI to enhance my bio and even(SOMETIMES NOT A LOT) my openers saves me a lot of time and trouble
her ai, is talking to my ai. human interaction not needed.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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