Generative AI
by sari and · updated 1mo ago
Generative AI
- The programmer Simon Willison has described the training for large language models as “money laundering for copyrighted data,” which I find a useful way to think about the appeal of generative-A.I. programs: they let you engage in something like plagiarism, but there’s no guilt associated with it because it’s not clear even to you that you’re copyi... See more
from Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | the New Yorker by Ted Chiang
Shachaf Rodberg added 1mo ago
- We are all products of what has come before us, but it’s by living our lives in interaction with others that we bring meaning into the world
from Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art | the New Yorker by Ted Chiang
Shachaf Rodberg added 1mo ago
Sarah Drinkwater added 1mo ago
Thinking of AI as talent rather than tech opens up an expansive yet familiar vocabulary for introducing this game-changing new teammate into our workplaces.
Some of the ways that AI is more HR than IT…
• AI is a long-term investment, requiring development and training in order to adapt, improve, and create new value over time.
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• AI can be a dynamic, ifrom August Newsletter: Start Thinking of AI as Talent, Not Tech. 🤖 by Mike Arauz
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
Start by releasing AI from the limiting mental model of “technology.” Start thinking of AI as talent, not tech.
from August Newsletter: Start Thinking of AI as Talent, Not Tech. 🤖 by Mike Arauz
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
High-quality inputs are rewarded with high-quality outputs; the software is a kind of mirror. What’s happening is data exchange between user and bot—but it is also a mutual manipulation, a flywheel, an ouroboros.
from The Age of Chat by Anna Wiener
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- The central lie behind these programs is that they are meant for artists. They’re not. We don’t need them and using them only hurts us. What our clients really need from us is what the A.I. button cannot and never will be able to give: a human expression in all its flawed, beautiful glory.
from The A.I. Lie by View Profile
Shachaf Rodberg added 5mo ago
- Because we are each an individual, infinitely complex being, our different physiological, environmental, and cultural variations bring us to infinite different endpoints. Like it or not, we all see the world slightly differently and our creative expressions reflect this.
from The A.I. Lie by View Profile
Shachaf Rodberg added 5mo ago
using AI should help us feel more human
- Meaning and point of view are essential for anything worthy of our attention. It’s about a sense of purpose and personality that goes beyond mere information transmission. It’s about paying attention, and not outsourcing observation. In a world increasingly populated by auto-generated content, the combination of substance and style will rise above
from On substance with style by Carly Ayres
Shachaf Rodberg added 5mo ago
- the challenge. What is good? What is interesting? That part of the work is taste. “Taste is what enables designers to navigate the vast sea of possibilities that technology and global connectivity afford, and to then select and combine these elements in ways that, ideally, result in interesting, unique work
from On substance with style by Carly Ayres
Shachaf Rodberg added 5mo ago