everything is a remix
creativity is defined by the uniqueness and appeal of the combination of elements
sari and
everything is a remix
New discoveries often have to be conceived initially as variations of existing things,
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
even by their discoverers
, because there isn't yet the conceptual vocabulary to express them.
Paul Graham • How to Do Great Work
All authors are just very refined plagiarists, recombining tokens based on formulas to produce strings that copy patterns found in their input. “Intelligence” is nothing more than the appearance of intelligence, and imitation is the same as the real thing
Orion Magazine • The Magic in the Machine
Tiktok, Emergent Creativity, The Limits of Social Graphs, and whatever else Eugene talked about (E1)
youtube.com
When something fits into a lucid, logical continuum, it’s generally remembered for how it (a) reinterprets the entity that influenced its creation, and (b) provides influence for whatever comes next.