- What I say
- A catalog of more than 100 AI-music tracks has crossed 20 million streams, generates recurring catalog income, and carries an indicative value of approximately $250,000.
- What it means
- The value is an income-based estimate for the catalog with 100% of rights retained, using the approach standard in music-catalog transactions. Streams, revenue, and catalog value are separate measures — none of them can be derived from another.
- What it does not prove
- The catalog is not listed for sale, and no transaction has taken place; this is an indicative estimate, not a formal appraisal. These results reflect my own catalog and do not promise the same outcome for a client.
- What I say
- In an essay-writing experiment, the ChatGPT group showed the weakest and least connected brain activity of the three groups and had trouble quoting its own work accurately.
- What it means
- The researchers measured brain activity while people wrote essays. Fifty-four people completed the first three sessions and 18 completed a fourth session.
- What it does not prove
- This was one small study of one writing task, and it has not yet been peer reviewed. It does not prove that using AI makes everyone less intelligent. The earlier “55%” shortcut has been removed from this site because the paper does not support such a simple number.
- What I say
- In a survey of 319 workers, people who trusted AI more reported doing less critical thinking. People who trusted their own judgment more reported doing more.
- What it means
- The workers shared 936 examples of using AI at work and described how much thinking they used in those tasks.
- Where it comes from
- Lee et al., CHI 2025, “The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers.”Microsoft Research publication ↗DOI ↗
- What it does not prove
- This was a survey, so it shows a link rather than direct cause and effect. It does not prove that every use of AI harms thinking.
- What I say
- These numbers come from work done through Hybrain and related AI programs before the current AI Music Strategy service.
- What it means
- The training number counts people who attended delivered programs. The project number counts work launched for clients, not experiments or social posts.
- Where it comes from
- Project, client, and program records. Hybrain is linked from the About page.Hybrain ↗
- What it does not prove
- This shows wider AI experience. It does not show what a client will achieve from an AI Music Strategy session.
- What I say
- Nik describes Bitcoined as, to his knowledge, the first Bitcoin community on Facebook in 2011. The Khrushchev–Kennedy liaison story is family history about his grandfather.
- What it means
- These are personal stories, not proof of business results. The site labels them that way.
- Where it comes from
- Personal and family archive. Public corroborating material is incomplete.
- What it does not prove
- Until a dated archive or independent historical source is published, readers should treat these as first-person and family-history statements.