Art in Meta

art works better as a way of seeing than as a way of showing. The arts can document and sometimes pre-empt changes in how people view the world around them, pointing to multiple perspectives or clashes, deconstructing and reconstructing, taking people up to the cosmic or down to the microscopic. They can do this in compelling ways that reach large

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Kit Williams, who could come across upon first meeting like one of the timid creatures of the forest he so delighted in painting, wasn’t quite what he seemed. His psyche harbored unexpected seams of stubbornness, pride, competitiveness, and even showmanship.

What interests me most, however, are David Montgomery’s intricate character studies of the treasure seekers, as well as his insight in connecting their consuming passion to a modern-day lack of faith in mainstream media and politicians. As usual, it is the very human stories of desire, belief, and commitment that provide the most fascinating elemen... See more

AI companies have long claimed that generative AI “reads” or “learns from” these books and articles, as a human would, rather than copying them. Therefore, this approach supposedly constitutes “fair use,” with no compensation owed to authors or publishers.