
the creative arena

And I think more and more, this dynamic is going to show up outside of art.
Things will appear simple or easily replicable on the surface.
You’ll hear people say:
“Anyone could’ve made that with ChatGPT.”
But the more and better access everyone has to tools, the clearer it becomes that the final bottleneck to great work is not knowledge or information.... See more
Things will appear simple or easily replicable on the surface.
You’ll hear people say:
“Anyone could’ve made that with ChatGPT.”
But the more and better access everyone has to tools, the clearer it becomes that the final bottleneck to great work is not knowledge or information.... See more
Sari Azout • Becoming unLLMable
“Why did I love that essay and not this one? What about that painting made me stop and stare?
Someone’s sense of taste also involves recognizing the gap between what they have made and what they intended to make.
To train our own taste, we must become cooks who aren’t scared to make food that may end up tasting terrible. To live in ‘the gap’ as Ira G
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In a word, we’ve struggled for two years to find someone with taste—with an eye for what stands the chance of being interesting, entertaining, or useful to an audience.
We’re not alone. I’ve talked to authors, podcasters, documentarians, late-night TV writers, YouTubers and TikTokers, and they all share this problem. Most of these creators are
... See moreBilly Oppenheimer • The Cup of Coffee Theory of AI
Art, AI, and the Courage to Create
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