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TERRA — A COMPANION FOR MINDFUL WANDERING
myterra.ai
The fundamental difference between collective consciousness in mythology and AI's tendency to produce generic, averaged outputs rather than creative work
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It seems like it's one thing to talk about the specific way in which one writer or group of writers say expresses, uh, tales that have been in the culture in broader ways for forever, or they might experience themselves as giving voice to, um, ideas that are moving through them rather than coming from them and something else entirely to just take a
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The results were far from encouraging. Only some interventions showed modest improvements. None were able to fully disrupt the fundamental mechanisms producing the dysfunctional effects. In fact, some interventions actually made the problems worse. For example, chronological ordering had the strongest effect on reducing attention inequality, but... See more
Study: Social media probably can’t be fixed
There are two types of people making stuff: content creators and artists .
Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are not.
Both are creative. But there is one distinct difference: Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Artists are not.
- Content creators are willing to trade control for speed. Creators are trying to get a good-enough cut, a performant-enough ad, or an
Scott Belsky • AI & Artistry, the Resurgence of Hardware Startups, & Unicorns that are Really Rabbits
The feedback loop is simple:
• Markets rise → Public confidence holds → Political risk premiums fall → Markets rise again.