Anna Morgan
@annagrace
Anna Morgan
In a world where we can outsource productivity to technology, the people who reap the biggest rewards aren’t those who work the fastest.
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more
They’re the people who make things that are wonderful, original, weird, emotionally resonant, and authentic. As our feeds become flooded with instant, AI-generated content, the most dangerous thing you can do is... See more
Sari Azout • The End of Productivity
An over-dependence on artificial intelligence is often just lethargy disguised as efficiency, and the “outsource everything to AI” crowd ignores the fact that the work is often more valuable than the output.
I have two predictions regarding the broader use of AI as a crutch:
First, folks who are willing to go out of their way to add a human touch to... See more
I have two predictions regarding the broader use of AI as a crutch:
First, folks who are willing to go out of their way to add a human touch to... See more
Jack Raines • The Purpose of Things Isn't to Stop Doing Things.
so true - we can’t outsource effort - because effort creates art, true meaningful work, and progress
A less cynical way to think about the postmodern tech revolution is that it hasn’t completely subsumed the real, brilliant, chaotic world, but merely emphasized it as vital and precious. Artificial intelligence, in my view, continues this tradition. The only singularity it can truly achieve is one that understands humanity at its most inhuman (and... See more
Haley Nahman • #138: Do you pass the Turing test?
I learned jiu-jitsu while preparing for a r*pe trial, and it was the best thing I could have done to preserve my sanity and confidence during the court process. Thank you to my therapist, who suggested a fighting sport for me to deal with the anger and frustration. Grappling with a room full of grown men once a week does wonders.
There are frequent attempts to equate pornography and eroticism, two diametrically opposed uses of the sexual .
Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
eroticism to serve men and eroticism for self empowerment
When it comes to AI, we need to aim higher than the question: “What if you could press a button to generate an essay?” AI can produce infinite amounts of content; quantity is its game. Quality, intention, taste, originality, vision—that’s where we come in.
Our interfaces should facilitate prose-sculpting, meaning-architecting, memory-augmenting, and
... See moreSari Azout • The End of Productivity
As women, we have come to distrust that power which rises from our deepest and nonrational knowledge. We have been warned against it all our lives by the male world, which values this depth of feeling enough to keep women around in order to exercise it in the service of men, but which fears this same depth too much to examine the possibilities of... See more
Audre Lorde. • Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power
we have narrowed feminism and femininity through the lens of the male gaze and male expectations
cities need more cozy enchanting late night cafes to work & read from til 1am
