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Jon Rafman and Dasha Nekrasova on the Horror We Call Life
It is no wonder that under the influence of these pulls, tensions, and clashes (in addition to the supposed responsibility for cultural “transformation”) we become unable – and dis-abled – to cope, let alone act.Imagination requires energy and the mental capacity (space and time) to dream. With unrelenting pressure to get by, perhaps to make it, to... See more
Jess Henderson • Dude, where’s my 22nd century? – On the Burnout of Future Images
Margaret Heffernan: Embracing Uncertainty and Creativity
Creativity and the Writing Process
Heffernan emphasizes collaboration and critique: “That dissent is absolutely fundamental to the creative process,” she notes, explaining how colleagues’ pushback can turn a raw idea into something “marvelous” .
She argues that supportive environments spark crea
"Consciousness must necessarily play a role in both the creation and the consumption of art. Otherwise, there is nothing to communicate. Technological machines running on algorithmic processes do not think, feel or experience. Therefore, they have nothing to communicate about what it is like to be."
-Steve Sangapore
Our discomfort with this indifference manifests in a predictable pattern: we try to turn AI into a comprehensible villain. In reference to Girard, every society is built, in part, on the ritual of scapegoating, a mechanism by which collective anxieties, rivalries, and fears are projected onto a villain or outcast, thereby restoring temporary order ... See more
Tina He • AI, Heidegger, and Evangelion
