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Wandering With Words: My First Experiments With AI-Written Haibun

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A haibun is one of those lovely poetic inventions that sneaks up on you. It is part story, part poem, and entirely its own creature. It comes from 17th-century Japan, made famous by the wandering poet Bashō, who mixed gentle prose observations with small, luminous haiku.

In modern hands, it feels surprisingly fresh: reflective, compact, and a bit like opening a window between the everyday and the poetic. No wonder it appeals to me. I’ve always believed curiosity keeps us young, and haibun offer the perfect excuse to wander, wonder, and watch what AI does with a few well-aimed prompts.

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A cosy wooden writing shed on a rainy afternoon, soft warm lighting, a desk with a mug of tea, open notebook, , slightly magical atmosphere, British countryside outside the window, gentle realism.
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Is AI the New Imagination? A Grandad’s Guide to Navigating Wonder

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I still remember the first time AI genuinely surprised me. Not the usual mild amusement you get when a new gadget works as advertised, but a proper jolt, the creative equivalent of discovering a forgotten ten-pound note in an old coat. I was in my shed, rain machine-gunning the windows, halfway through a cup of tea that had already gone cold thanks to my talent for distraction.

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When Six Images Became a Mini-Film: Testing Midjourney + ElevenLabs 

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How two AI tools turned still pictures into moving art, and why this is just the beginning

This week I tried a small experiment that turned into something surprisingly delightful. I took six still images created in Midjourney and asked it to turn each one into a five-second video. Nothing fancy, no complicated prompting, just a simple “animate this” test to see what it could do.

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What will education look like in the future with AI?
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The AI Revolution in Education: How Google Plans to Unlock Human Potential

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Google’s new report imagines AI as a personal tutor, teaching assistant, and global equaliser in education, but can it truly unlock human potential without losing the human heart of learning?

One of my favourite podcasts, that I listen to every week without fail, is called, ‘The Artificial Intelligence Show’. It was here that I first heard about this report, ‘AI and The Future of Learning’ published by Google, outlining what they see as the future of education and learning.

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The Puddle I’m Sitting In

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I quite often put an idea for a short story into one of my favourite chatbots just to see what it gives back to me. Every now and then I will post one on the blog for no other reason than it appealed to me. Hopefully these stories will resonate with you as well.

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