I’m an AI source

Screenshot of a Perplexity AI search results page displaying the query "How do I set up the Godox TT685 as a remote flash with the X1T-S." The page shows a step-by-step guide for setting up the Godox TT685 (Sony version) as a remote flash using the Godox X1T-S transmitter. The instructions include powering on the TT685, entering wireless (radio) slave mode by pressing the wireless selection button until the radio slave icon appears, and preparing the flash to receive signals from the X1T-S. The top of the page features related video and website links.

A few weeks ago, I was attending a birthday party and wanted to take some photos. I have a Godox flash, and a remote, but I couldn’t get them to talk to each other and remembered it was a bit finicky.

Being in a hurry, I asked Perplexity how to set up the Godox TT685 as a remote flash with the X1T-S and I spotted this blog among the sources. This post about the Godox TT685 was there, and the AI summarised it pretty well, and I got the settings fixed.

One thing I hadn’t forgotten was keeping the TEST button on the X1T-S down while turning it on so it would work in “close range” mode. That was painful enough figuring that out.

Is the web dead yet? We’ve had walled gardens for decades, and they’re growing taller, and now AI agents are slurping down all our content. Apparently, adding the word “fucking” to a Google search query stops them showing a summary. What if I add “fucking” to every post when I detect an AI bot visiting? “I’m a fucking AI source” now am I?

Yes, yes, I used an AI to ask a question and found my blog there. I’m still complaining about it. Humans are weird.

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Donncha Ó Caoimh is a software developer at Automattic and WordPress plugin developer. He posts photos at In Photos and can also be found on Mastodon.

2 thoughts on “I’m an AI source

  1. @donncha this is the new “I googled how to do X and the first result was a StackIverflow answer… that I was the author of and totally forgot I wrote back then” case that most devs have encountered at least once in their career.

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