Andrew McCluskey

what more does one want from art but hope?

I hope the Next Big Thing in technology is naps, so that we just start shoving naps into everything, absolutely everything.

– @aud@fire.asta.lgbt

As AI commodifies "high-skill" work, your value depends on what algorithms cannot mimic: relationships, trust, nuance, a touch of the ineffable. We're witnessing a reconfiguration of expertise, where technical acumen intersects with distinctly human qualities that defy easy replication.

There is so much freedom to play and experiment in these shared non-monetized spaces, but the music industry is deeply broken and it is making music matter less, not at its core, but the consequence of diminishing its monetary value while placing the burden of popularity on broke artists means the whole thing feels like a demoralizing shakedown.... See more

I tested a landing page that was translated with AI versus the same AI-translated landing page edited by a native German speaker. Conversion rate improvement from implementing this framework was 173%.

The stories our culture tells about creativity almost always concern individuals: think Steve Jobs, Albert Einstein, Kanye West. These stories are tempting because they are simple, because they appeal to our veneration for individualism, because we love our heroes. We have very few models for storytelling that concern small groups of people, or... See more