sparks
you can rest assured that whatever kaleidoscope of stimulation (or even intoxication) AI conjures, you will get bored of it; getting bored is what we do, and it turns out to be a rather profound feature of our consciousness
Mills Baker • The irrepressible monkey in the machine
“So preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.” While
Bob Dylan asks Cohen: "How long did it take you to write Hallelujah?”
“A couple of years” - Cohen replied.
It was a lie — it took him 7 years but he wanted to play it down
Cohen then asked Bob Dylan: “How long did it take you to write Just Like a Woman?”
Dylan replied: “Fifteen minutes”
“A couple of years” - Cohen replied.
It was a lie — it took him 7 years but he wanted to play it down
Cohen then asked Bob Dylan: “How long did it take you to write Just Like a Woman?”
Dylan replied: “Fifteen minutes”
George Mack • High Agency In 30 Minutes
there’s no "one way” to do things
Me-As-A-Service
AI people think they’re creating some superintelligence apocalypse, but really it’s just the final, hyper-optimized chapter of the existing Internet.
“don’t complain about being in traffic. you are the traffic.”
“Life is not like formula fiction. The villain has a heart, and the hero has great flaws.”
— Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Sam Kriss is great