Mobile ads that promise to help me easily make money always get me. I am so quick to sign up for free webinars so I can hear more about their promises.
Then I started seeing ads featuring older people who have jumped into a second career with the help of AI. Once they learned how to use it, they were more marketable. Ooh! Tell me more.
That’s how I ended up learning as many apps as Coursiv could teach me. One of the first projects was learning how to correctly prompt DeepSeek to produce images.
My featured image here is supposed to be a man scaling Mount Everest. Then we ask it to “add a snowstorm.” Why is the sun shining with so few clouds? There’s no danger or struggle in this image.
I’ve seen critiques on LinkedIn that point to the lack of emotion that a human director brings to imagery. When AI asks what’s missing, it’s calculated. But you or I see more and express the high stakes differently.
Maybe it’s not a struggle, but I’m still missing the story. Playing in this short form hasn’t set me up to know exactly how to prompt AI to create stronger imagery. I am seeing plenty of boosted posts and ads, though, from people who want to teach me how…


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