James Hamilton
@jameshamiltonwriter.com
Emmy nominated wordclown. Head Writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld (Netflix) and Dogs In Space (Netflix).
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
Creator of award winning horror-comedy-mock-doc Murder for Dummies (murderfordummies.com).
Londoner lurking in LA. jameshamiltonwriter.com
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James Hamilton
@jameshamiltonwriter.com
· Nov 25
I'd love to connect with more creatives on here, so: intro post!
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
I'm a screenwriter from London who moved to LA just before the ol' panny-D. I'm head writer of Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld, which comes out on Netflix Dec 5th! If you like Buffy, you'll like this:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcZE...
Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
www.youtube.com
In case you missed it: Jentry Chau Vs The Underworld has been nominated for THREE Children's & Family Emmy awards, including... Outstanding Writing!
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
Series creator Echo Wu and I were privileged to work with incredible writers on this show, and I'm over the moon that our work has been recognised.
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It's all about this. Rampant impunity everywhere. Men who think rules are for other people. Because they are rich. Because they have nukes. Because they own the tech. Sometimes all three.
There is a crisis of impunity. The Musk/Grok stuff is just one f many examples of people who are counting on there never being any consequences. And it all makes me just incandescently mad.
Elon Musk Cannot Get Away With This
If there is no red line around AI-generated sex abuse, then no line exists.
www.theatlantic.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 AM
It's all about this. Rampant impunity everywhere. Men who think rules are for other people. Because they are rich. Because they have nukes. Because they own the tech. Sometimes all three.
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I don't think any TV people follow me except James, but if you're a TV person who isn't James, you should hire James and also watch his shows. He's rather good.
One week into 2026, Murder for Dummies won "Best Series" at the Utah International Film Festival!
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I don't think any TV people follow me except James, but if you're a TV person who isn't James, you should hire James and also watch his shows. He's rather good.
One week into 2026, Murder for Dummies won "Best Series" at the Utah International Film Festival!
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
One week into 2026, Murder for Dummies won "Best Series" at the Utah International Film Festival!
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
You should watch and/or hire me to write for you!
murderfordummies.com
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It's the New Year, and I'm available for New Work!
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It's the New Year, and I'm available for New Work!
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
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Live your life in such a way that people won't smile when they read the news of your passing. If the worst people on the planet feel the need to explain to others that they should be humane and respectful when you finally kick, you've done fucked up.
January 13, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Live your life in such a way that people won't smile when they read the news of your passing. If the worst people on the planet feel the need to explain to others that they should be humane and respectful when you finally kick, you've done fucked up.
One of many reasons the Nazis were able to take over Germany was because there was no shortage of people willing to justify smaller acts of cruelty and brutality if it only stretched their existing biases a little at a time.
January 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
One of many reasons the Nazis were able to take over Germany was because there was no shortage of people willing to justify smaller acts of cruelty and brutality if it only stretched their existing biases a little at a time.
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There’s no “fighting back” or “winning” when the platform is making money from illegal material! Your continued activity on that platform just supports that!
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 12:44 PM
There’s no “fighting back” or “winning” when the platform is making money from illegal material! Your continued activity on that platform just supports that!
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It's Eric, isn't it
This person went on a buying spree over the past 24 hours. Fresh wallet. Only existed since Dec 27th and has only bet on Venezuela-related markets.
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
polymarket.com/@0x31a56e9E6...
January 3, 2026 at 2:03 PM
It's Eric, isn't it
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The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
January 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
The way the press is treating chatbots, like they have agency and they “know” things all of a sudden, crossed the line recently from dumb and obsequious to something else entirely. Treating them as alive and making conscious decisions is an almost religious belief. It won’t age well.
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fantastic piece. chilling.
What if the apocalypse didn’t hate us? What if it just wanted to help? Pluribus ends with a village deemed obsolete and an atom bomb delivered on request. Gilligan’s calmest horror about uniformity and AI.
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
www.waleed-shahid.com/p/pluribus-f...
Pluribus Finale, or The World’s Most Helpful Apocalypse
Gilligan's hive mind doesn’t conquer you. It politely completes your onboarding.
www.waleed-shahid.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
fantastic piece. chilling.
It's the New Year, and I'm available for New Work!
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
January 2, 2026 at 6:23 PM
It's the New Year, and I'm available for New Work!
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
If you'd like to work with a RECENTLY EMMY NOMINATED FOR OUTSTANDING WRITING comedy screenwriter whose work was described by the NYT as "consistently smart and deft", you should hire me!
I'm also really nice, and hiring nice people is good! #nice
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
It’s me trying to get one of my employers to answer a question I have been asking since September
Cracking up since a robotext earlier couldn't make up it's mind on what to text, so it just sent EVERYTHING AT ONCE
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It’s me trying to get one of my employers to answer a question I have been asking since September
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From being unable to program the VCR to the VCR reprogramming you.
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
From being unable to program the VCR to the VCR reprogramming you.
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I’ve been saying this trend will emerge since this time last year. Apple, most notably, have started doing this in recent months. Not to get too Don Draper about it, but ads rely on human connection to do well. AI is the antithesis of that and people know it.
Saw a couple marketing articles about how 2026 is going to be the year of human ads. And another advising freelancer and small businesses to pitch their humanness first.
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I’ve been saying this trend will emerge since this time last year. Apple, most notably, have started doing this in recent months. Not to get too Don Draper about it, but ads rely on human connection to do well. AI is the antithesis of that and people know it.
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A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A jury of my peers? TWELVE murderers?!
I’ve been saying this trend will emerge since this time last year. Apple, most notably, have started doing this in recent months. Not to get too Don Draper about it, but ads rely on human connection to do well. AI is the antithesis of that and people know it.
Saw a couple marketing articles about how 2026 is going to be the year of human ads. And another advising freelancer and small businesses to pitch their humanness first.
December 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I’ve been saying this trend will emerge since this time last year. Apple, most notably, have started doing this in recent months. Not to get too Don Draper about it, but ads rely on human connection to do well. AI is the antithesis of that and people know it.
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People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
December 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
People say AI is a magic shortcut to creativity & success. I’ll tell you the real secret and it’s voraciously reading, being interested in everything, being diligent in the pursuit of learning, paying attention to the interior lives of others & keeping a heart open to the world.
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I dunno what if space lasers from Mars are the only way to restart the world's idea machine? What if global spouse swapping is the only way to restart it? What if everyone learned Esperanto after all to restart it? What if we didn't have to live by paycheck chosing between food rent and healthcare?
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I dunno what if space lasers from Mars are the only way to restart the world's idea machine? What if global spouse swapping is the only way to restart it? What if everyone learned Esperanto after all to restart it? What if we didn't have to live by paycheck chosing between food rent and healthcare?
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the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
December 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
the “you should love ai” line is best outlined by a recent joe rogan episode. he LOVES ai music and always tells guests this. a guest pushed back on him saying “i’ve heard ai podcasts are amazing too” and joe rogan immediately pushes back. losers love it until it comes for them
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Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.
🚨 The UK government just published a breakdown of the responses to its consultation on AI & copyright:
- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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- 95% of respondents want AI companies to pay for their training data (made up of 88% saying strengthen copyright law, & 7% saying leave it as is)
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December 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Remember how biased and leading the questions were in favour of the AI companies? And this was still the response.
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Mr. Cuban doesn't understand fuck-all about the creative process. As a gatekeeper, I'll try and execute an idea, and if I fail to get the results I want, I LEARN FROM MY FAILURE. Or maybe I accidentally discover something better! That evolution through trial and error is what makes real art.
I have grown to believe that excessive wealth does something to your brain that is analogous to a serious head injury
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Mr. Cuban doesn't understand fuck-all about the creative process. As a gatekeeper, I'll try and execute an idea, and if I fail to get the results I want, I LEARN FROM MY FAILURE. Or maybe I accidentally discover something better! That evolution through trial and error is what makes real art.
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Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Michael C. Rockefeller got shipwrecked in 1963, washed up on an island, and was promptly eaten by cannibals.
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is there a free way for me to cost them $5 every 10-seconds? ah but think about the energy usage and water waste. tempting but not even out of spite will i do this thing
'Sora cost $20 a month & subscribers can generate an unlimited number of AI videos... this costs (Sora owners) OpenAI "at least $5 per 10-second video"'.
Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?
Journalists, please ask more questions about how this tech could ever in a million years make a profit?
studio execs & major outlets claim AI is "inevitable" and poised to take over Hollywood. the reality is much different. i spoke with filmmakers, producers, and editors about how AI is actually showing up in productions – and what it still can't do:
December 13, 2025 at 10:34 PM
is there a free way for me to cost them $5 every 10-seconds? ah but think about the energy usage and water waste. tempting but not even out of spite will i do this thing
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