Sana AI conference inspo bits

“We made painting feel like typing, when we should have made typing feel like painting.” Our Interfaces Have Lost Their Senses by @Wattenberger https://t.co/zcXe0WAbyP

Duke Rem: How do you envision the future of AI research if the current mythologies surrounding it are dismantled?

Erik Larson: If the current mythologies surrounding AI are dismantled, I envision a future where AI research becomes more grounded and realistic. Instead of chasing the elusive dream of replicating human intelligence, researchers might ... See more

AI discovered wholly new proteins before it could count the ‘r’s in ‘strawberry’, which makes it neither vaporware nor a demigod but a secret third thing.

i never quite know what to make of the fact that there were many writers from decades ago who wrote about many of the problems that we grapple with today take Anton Zijderveld's "The Abstract Society" (1970), to pick a random-ish example. You could assume it was written in 2024 https://t.co/huB4aikOrt

This ethic carries over into Cowen’s analogy of AI as a creature to be trained. Not commanded, trained. Like a dog. Or perhaps more precisely, like a horse: intelligent, responsive, but fundamentally other. The human role is not to dominate but to guide, to shape through repetition, observation, and subtle correction. This, Cowen implies, is the ne... See more

Cultural works aren’t hedonic appliances dispensing experiences with greater and greater efficiency for audiences to passively consume. Creators and audiences are always engaged in an active process of outmaneuvering each other. Yes, I want more of what I already like, but I also want to be surprised. New patterns are discovered, repeated, become t... See more