This seems unlikely if local authors have contacted him directly to clarify questions about the story. His non-LinkedIn social media posts read as authentic vernacular English to me. It strikes me as more likely that, as is common for a lot of people, he’s maintaining a ‘LinkedIn presence’ by essentially acting like a bot - reposting or rephrasing a bunch of generic AI-related content to make it sound like he’s up to speed with tech transformation discussions.
As I clarify in the original post, these are not bots, they’re dummy accounts run by humans, who would have no trouble using vernacular English or responding to requests for comment
Name, age, name of wife, school location, home location, - in a suburb with a population of 8k people, employment history - including the date he left a job working for the office of the Prime Minister, information on the book of poetry he published, etc. He’s very clearly a real guy.
Sure but who is paying them, the commonwealth prize, as well as Granta Magazine?
I wouldn’t be surprised if the company was making these kinds of financial arrangements as well…
This seems unlikely if local authors have contacted him directly to clarify questions about the story. His non-LinkedIn social media posts read as authentic vernacular English to me. It strikes me as more likely that, as is common for a lot of people, he’s maintaining a ‘LinkedIn presence’ by essentially acting like a bot - reposting or rephrasing a bunch of generic AI-related content to make it sound like he’s up to speed with tech transformation discussions.
As I clarify in the original post, these are not bots, they’re dummy accounts run by humans, who would have no trouble using vernacular English or responding to requests for comment
There’s an interview with him in the Trinidad Guardian from 2018, complete with photo and location. Does that fit the model you imagine?
It doesn’t rule it out.
Name, age, name of wife, school location, home location, - in a suburb with a population of 8k people, employment history - including the date he left a job working for the office of the Prime Minister, information on the book of poetry he published, etc. He’s very clearly a real guy.
Whatever you say man