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Justin Mather

I wanted an AI to do my chores so I could do art, but AI makes art, and I still have to do my chorеs.

I don't think enough people consider the constraints when choosing their creative medium. I was contemplating whether to make productivity videos, but

The question of if a drum machine has no soul keeps coming back to me. No matter how sophisticated the AI gets, how much processing power we throw at

Reading and storytelling are empathy engines in disguise . They force you to inhabit someone else's inner world—not just understand their actions, but

LOGS: 202523
Justin Mather

I wanted an AI to do my chores so I could do art, but AI makes art, and I still have to do my chorеs.

I don't think enough people consider the constraints when choosing their creative medium. I was contemplating whether to make productivity videos, but

The question of if a drum machine has no soul keeps coming back to me. No matter how sophisticated the AI gets, how much processing power we throw at

Reading and storytelling are empathy engines in disguise . They force you to inhabit someone else's inner world—not just understand their actions, but

explorable explanations2
Justin Mather
PROBLEMS (I'm thinking about)2
Justin Mather

Problem: Solutions that don’t address the real problem

Problem : Modern technology takes away our agency in exchange for addiction (dependency)

PATTERNS (I'm noticing)0
Justin Mather
visual essays3
Justin Mather

Generation Screwed

shitty first drafts3
Justin Mather

"In fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."

“It doesn’t matter if it’s good right now, it just needs to exist.”

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” —Terry Pratchett

questions I'm pondering0
Justin Mather
private equity will kill everything you love1
Justin Mather
do things that don't scale0
Justin Mather