Yesterday’s Masters tournament was one of the best I’ve ever seen. McIlroy won it and lost it 3-4 times before he ultimately won it in a playoff. He hit some shots along the way that were inhuman – it was really something to watch. Then when he made the final putt, he had an epic emotional breakdown, all recorded in HD for posterity. I’m happy for him.

Hackwhackers has summarized the latest US political situation better than I could have, so here it is.

Back to golf, a friend sent me a NSFW AI deepfake video of McIroy making a speech after winning the Masters. The video was 100% convincing (other than the words coming out of Rory’s mouth), 100% realistic looking and sounding. Scary good. Just a reminder that we’ve reached a point where you cannot believe any video “evidence” you see online. Pretty much anything can now be convincingly faked with the current generation of AI tools.

On that subject, doing a lot of reading lately on AI and the ecosystem of companies that provide the capability. It’s fascinating – old dog is learning some new tricks.