Brad Barrish
@bradbarrish
Nerd
Brad Barrish
bradbarrish.com
AI AI Captain and
Man, Brian Eno's take on generative AI is a brutal read. I got to the end and whispered, "damn" under my breath.
The problem with dystopias is that dystopias are easy. You simply stop giving a shit about things or people that you should give a shit about, or things that don’t affect you directly, thinking they’re somebody else’s problem and boom—shit starts getting dystopian real quick.
How to stay hopeful
the danger isn’t that AI will deceive us in some dramatic, sci-fi way. The danger is that AI will make deception so cheap and so ubiquitous that we might stop trying to figure out what is true. Not because we are fooled, but because we are exhausted.
The Future of AI
AI and The Future
I continue to find immense inspiration in Nick Cave's wisdom, compassion and, of course, his art. His words are so precise and never cease to conjure emotion and introspection.
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The current instability of this world serves as a chronic perpetrator of anxiety for me. It is like we don’t really know if an event would be the trigger that cascades the collapse of civilisation, or is it just another terrible event among the many terrible events happening every day. I feel like we are living in the end times, but we don’t know... See more
there is only now
My instinct is to say that I’ve gotten more confident, but anyone who’s done this knows that confidence is an illusion. One day’s good work doesn’t mean anything. You’re still at the whim of the gods about how the next day is going to go.