
Single best description of AI I’ve ever read, from the great Ted Chiang. https://t.co/d2qK0nJpKh

Kyle Chayka • My writing robot
People keep asking me about AI and I really think how you feel about AI comes down to whether you believe art is about producing things (images, objects, data files, “content”) or about a way of operating in the world as an intellectual, spiritual, and emotional creature.
Austin Kleon • AI can’t kill anything worth preserving - Austin Kleon
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
People assume that generative AI will lead to a tsunami of garbage content. I think the opposite problem is more interesting: what if you were drowning in amazing content? What if you’re so inspired and overwhelmed by awe that it’s stressful and addicting and life disorienting?