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The cost of feeding the entertainment machine
It’s long past time that we realized these systems are not benefitting culture. Creators and consumers alike are pushed into preset formats that we may ultimately have no organic interest in. By giving in to algorithmic feeds, we are letting tech companies determine our tastes.
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Why are we seeing a global homogenizing of culture across every dimension that counts? Why has Hollywood become so creatively bankrupt that nobody bothers watching that oh-so-predictable-52nd sequel to a superhero movie? Why have pop songs become so objectively similar? Why is everyone following the same formula for their posts on Instagram and hum... See more
invencion.com • Culture & the Algorithm.
Corresponding to the price of authenticity, the tech-vex can also exact a price on human dignity. It begs the question, to what extent does machine-mediated living gratify, ennoble? Can it replace the sense of fulfilment that people feel when they attain a skill or achieve an insight? Can a work put together by artificial intelligence match the elo... See more
Kirk Schneider • Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays
So much of of the existing music, film and TV culture — using 20th century technology — is cookie cutter, lifeless and uninspiring.
The democratization of the AI tools means even more people can pump out content, so context will matter more than ever in order to give meaning to the work.
The democratization of the AI tools means even more people can pump out content, so context will matter more than ever in order to give meaning to the work.
... See moreShould the human fashion editor tell you what to like or should it be the algorithmic machine, in the form of the Amazon bookstore, Spotify feed, or Netflix home page? That is the central dilemma of culture in Filterworld.
The former option is mercurial and driven by elite gatekeepers, a powerful group built up over a century of modern cultural ind
