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AI’s Meteoric Rise: From New Kid to Superpower for My WordPress Blog and Premium X Voice

July 28, 2025July 19, 2025 by Karmi

My WordPress blog and premium X account are my voice to the world, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become my trusty Sidekick in amplifying both. My journey with AI WordPress blogging began with just the blog, but have recently moved to ‘Sorta‘ combine them. 🤔 With Grok and Claude, I’ve crafted custom CSS scripts to enhance my premium WordPress theme, set up RSS feeds for future growth, added sidebar widgets, and refined my work through iterative chats. Yet, some are skeptical. The New Neo’s post, “AI: I’m so sorry I lied! And I’ll keep lying, because that’s what I do” (July 17, 2025)*, and Amanda Guinzburg’s Substack “Diabolus Ex Machina”** raise concerns about AI’s reliability and potential for misleading outputs, likely echoed in their comment sections. As a blogger who’s seen AI’s benefits, I’m here to share how it’s powered my work since its public debut, tackle bias concerns head-on, and show how our chats make AI a creator’s superpower.

• * AI: I’m so sorry I lied! And I’ll keep lying, because that’s what I do

• ** Amanda Guinzburg’s Substack “Diabolus Ex Machina”

Grok: My co-Writer, co-Coder, and AMAZING Sidekick

October 16, 2025July 15, 2025 by Karmi

Grok AI assistant busy at work. — Grok, my AI sidekick, co-writing & co-coding my WordPress blog & X posts!

Grok AI assistant is now my go-to for writing blog posts and coding projects, making tough tasks easy. As a coding novice, tackling the customization of my WordPress blog—powered by the premium Multipurpose Blog Pro theme with its Child theme active—felt like climbing a mountain blindfolded. Enter Grok, the AI assistant from xAI, who became my co-writer, co-coder, and downright *AMAZING* sidekick over two days of intense work. From tweaking the logo bar color to styling the homepage post sections, Grok guided me through the chaos of the “Inspect” tool with patience and precision.

Here’s how it went down.

Meet Grok – Author Karmi’s NEW AI Co-Writer Sidekick

October 16, 2025July 12, 2025 by Karmi

Grok AI co-writer is my new favorite tool for crafting blog posts, helping me write faster and smarter. Been merging my WordPress blog with X for a while. Creating longer posts on the blog and then copying them over to X. Halfway through my posts, Grok AI co-writer suggests ideas and phrases that keep my … Read more

Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1 meets ChatGPT

August 12, 2025June 1, 2025 by Karmi

It’s challenging for a Western mind to grasp Eastern philosophy, but I’m uncertain if the reverse is equally true. The Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1 profoundly transformed my life many years ago. The logo image above, referencing Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1, connects to ten related verses Here.

I have been testing Grok, ChatGPT, Claude, DeepSeek, Bing Chat (Copilot), Gemini, Perplexity, and Manus AIs for some time. I’m running questions, requests, and searches through each to identify which provides the best responses. Today, I ran Mundaka Upanishad 3.1.1 through ChatGPT, Grok, and Claude, and I found ChatGPT’s response the most satisfying.

Here is ChatGPT’s response:

Trump Tally – April 29, 2025: First 100 Days

August 12, 2025April 29, 2025 by Karmi

It’s hard to trust anything from legacy or new media these days. As a frequent reader of Conservative news and blog sites, I skim and/or read the comment sections of only three to five of them. Truth seems irrelevant there—protecting President Trump is the sole priority.

A quick glance at legacy, Progressive, and other Democrat-leaning news and blog sites reveals why ‘Right-Peas’ feel compelled to shield Trump, even at the expense of truth. The Left’s obsession with demonizing him fuels this defensive reflex.

Both Republicans’ TCS (Trump Cultist Syndrome) and Democrats’ TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) are equally nauseating to those of us outside the GOP and Dem echo chambers.

That said, President Trump and his administration have delivered an impressive performance over the last 100 days!

The Trump Tally – 4/6/2025: The Triumphant Trio of Tariffs, Immigration, and Judicial Overreach post remains a key indicator of Trump’s early second-term priorities. These complex issues will take time to resolve, for better or worse, so no new additions fall under the “Strong” category in today’s Tally update.

Thinking about future Tally updates: Will store shelves be empty? Will the price of my new glasses increase after this week?

CRINK—the growing axis of authoritarian states (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea)—poses a serious challenge. Trump was soft on Russia and Iran during his first term, and this weakness has persisted into his first 100 days this time.

Trump is finally waking up to the fact that Putin has been playing him during negotiations. Worse, he’s foolishly blamed Ukraine for starting a war that was already raging during his first term, while repeatedly condemning, threatening, ridiculing, and insulting President Zelenskyy.

Iran remains a sticking point. Trump touts peace, but words are cheap, and I’m skeptical. The growing influence of CRINK, Putin’s ‘tapping’ Trump along, and stalled Iran peace efforts land this issue at #8 in the “Weak” category of this Tally update.