Laura Bryan

We need gateopeners just as much as we need gateclosers , because culture ought to exist as an artery of abundant rivers, not just as a system of tightly controlled dams.

The enthusiast - like the snob - deals in knowledge. But instead of hoarding and protecting, they are driven by an urge to shepherd people beyond the sea of mediocre slop to discover awe-inspiring music, literature, art and food. To guide them towards the light.

While the snob hoards information as a mark of superiority, the doorman deals in vibes and clout

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LLMs are word-prediction machines, and good writing is not one of the ways that human beings are predictable.

The emotional tension rises when we try to reconcile these free-to-use chatbots with the endless media hype around AI, the philosophical polarisation between doom and abundance, the thinly veiled shilling on X and tasteless slop almost everywhere else

My fear is not that robots are coming for our jobs but that if we don’t attend to it, the people creating the technology will be single-handedly in charge of how it changes our lives. We urgently need voices from outside the tech industry to help shape its future.