Dean Millson
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Dean Millson
One of the misconceptions about AI is that it reduces the need for expertise. The opposite is true.
LLMs operate in a vast space of linguistic possibility: every word you input shapes what comes next. Ask it to write about walking through a city and you’ll get a generic response. But ask it to explore urban wandering in the style of Walter... See more
LLMs operate in a vast space of linguistic possibility: every word you input shapes what comes next. Ask it to write about walking through a city and you’ll get a generic response. But ask it to explore urban wandering in the style of Walter... See more
What matters in the age of AI is taste
French artist Mathieu Tremblin is known for a project called Tag Clouds, started in the early 2010s, where he intervenes directly on existing graffiti tags in public space.
Tremblin often uses neutral, default typefaces associated with digital interfaces. The city becomes filled with readable signatures that were... See more
therealnurtleinstagram.comJJ Good's Strategy
JJ Good, who has face blindness, finds cues to identify people, but worries about changes like new glasses.
To avoid repeating a past mistake, he treats every person entering his coffee shop as a potential friend.
He stares at everyone to see if he recognizes them, leading people to think he is very friendly.
Lucy Sullivan observed... See more
JJ Good, who has face blindness, finds cues to identify people, but worries about changes like new glasses.
To avoid repeating a past mistake, he treats every person entering his coffee shop as a potential friend.
He stares at everyone to see if he recognizes them, leading people to think he is very friendly.
Lucy Sullivan observed... See more
Like how I sharpened pencils as a child
Mel Brooks explains how Orson Welles tricked him into paying $25,000 for a $5,000 work for narrating 'History of the World Part 1' (1982):
"Orson Welles was supposed to do five days of work, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., everyday narrating scenes. I paid him for 5 days [$5000 a day]. He started to test his voice out about 10... See more
DepressedBergmanx.comValue based pricing?
Stealth Disorder
- Joe DeGutis calls face blindness a 'stealth disorder' because people often only realize they have it when faced with many new people.
- People with face blindness may attribute their difficulties to not paying attention or not caring about others.
- They aren't actually blind but can see facial features and emotions.
- Face recognition
Revisionist History • Face Value
Anapestic Tetrameter
- Ben Nadeff-Haffrey breaks down the formal qualities of the poem, focusing on its meter.
- The poem is written in Anapestic Tetrameter, a popular meter for light verse and satire.
- An anapest consists of two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one.
- Tetrameter means there are four of these anapests per line.
- The meter makes the
Revisionist History • Twas the Night Before Christmas
Anapestic Tetrameter
- The poem 'A Visit from St. Nicholas' uses anapestic tetrameter, a meter commonly found in light verse and satire.
- This meter is characterized by two unstressed syllables followed by a stressed one (da-da-DA).
- Tetrameter means there are four of these units per line.
- The rhythm makes the poem infectious and easy to memorize.
Revisionist History • Twas the Night Before Christmas
Cultural Invention And Poetic Form
- Early 19th-century newspapers used light verse widely, making anapestic tetrameter effective for memetic poems.
- The Knickerbockers used cultural invention to repurpose St. Nicholas into a domesticated, child-focused symbol.
Revisionist History • Twas the Night Before Christmas
Poetry's Cultural Role
- In the early 19th century, poetry played a significant role in public life, unlike today.
- Newspapers featured poems that were satirical, funny, and expressed popular sentiments concisely.
- Poems served as a way to navigate complex emotions and situations, functioning similarly to memes today.
- Poetry captured the pulse of