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Oliver Emberton

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Thoughts on AI, life, and building things that matter. By Oliver Emberton, founder-CEO of Silktide.

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29 from 3 Oct 2011 to 8 Jan 2026
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now and then (2 in the last year)
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personal blog

2026 2

  1. If you think AIs hallucinate, have you met humans?AI8 min·Jan 8, 2026
  2. AI | Oliver Emberton

2025 3

  1. How to make AI videos that don't suck (and why most do)
  2. I am AIAI8 min·Jun 3, 2025
  3. Oliver Emberton’s personality

2014 11

  1. The problem isn’t that life is unfair – it’s your broken idea of fairnessLife6 min·Nov 24, 2014
  2. Life | Oliver Emberton
  3. How to find your passion
  4. If you want to follow your dreams, you have to say no to all the alternativesLife4 min·Oct 28, 2014
  5. How to debug your brain
  6. If you’re not pissing someone off, you probably aren’t doing anything importantLife4 min·Mar 5, 2014
  7. We’ve all been raised by evil love storiesLife6 min·Feb 13, 2014
  8. Life is a game. This is your strategy guideLife7 min·Feb 5, 2014
  9. Life is a maze, not a marathon
  10. You should be amazed
  11. The Cube: how to connect deeply with anyone in 5 minutesLife5 min·Jan 13, 2014

2013 11

  1. The secret to successful new year’s resolutions is walking through doors
  2. How to win your first clients
  3. A crash course in design for non-designers
  4. How do I get over my bad habit of procrastination?
  5. The ultimate guide to becoming an entrepreneur
  6. You can do anything, if you stop trying to do everythingLife4 min·Sep 23, 2013
  7. How to master your life, by playing The Sims
  8. How do I figure out what to do in life?
  9. Why neediness is unattractive
  10. How to master your time
  11. The bullied grow up

2012 1

  1. What would a modern-day evil genius have to do in order to take over the world?Stories6 min·Sep 16, 2012

2011 1

  1. Why I gave up web design after 10 successful years