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- Human expression was perfected into pithy thought-capsules (Twitter, LinkedIn), glamour shots (Instagram), and performative soundbites (TikTok), all perfect carriers for human emotions and — most importantly — ADVERTISING, which we were also now expected to do, newly equipped with our “personal brands.”
The dominance of these formats and mindset mad... See morefrom Formulary for New Media by Yancey Strickler
- The answer is not a new tool or technology. The answer is a new spirit. The world does not need more media, it needs New Media.
from Formulary for New Media by Yancey Strickler
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- It’s not about automating your process, but guiding you on a life-long one. I’d rather alchemize minds than automate words.
from Mega-Update by Michael Dean
love this from Michael Dean - reminds me of how i think of AI’s role in Sublime. building a knowledge repository isn’t a chore to optimize, it’s an infinite game.
- An over-dependence on artificial intelligence is often just lethargy disguised as efficiency, and the “outsource everything to AI” crowd ignores the fact that the work is often more valuable than the output.
I have two predictions regarding the broader use of AI as a crutch:
First, folks who are willing to go out of their way to add a human touch to... See morefrom The Purpose of Things Isn't to Stop Doing Things. by Jack Raines
“the purpose of things isn’t to stop doing things”
- I don’t write to simply generate a 1,200 word output. I consider writing to be an extension of my curiosity, and the writing process itself is what turns a rough idea into a finished product. I begin with a vague idea based on some observation of the world, and I put that on paper. As I’m writing that idea, two distant synapses in my brain connect,... See more
from The Purpose of Things Isn't to Stop Doing Things. by Jack Raines
Art, AI, and the Courage to Create
“I’ve always seen it as a community that has a very specific attitude, intellect, aesthetic,” he said. “The one thing that you can’t really define is what it is, but you feel it is. It exists. It’s present. It’s clearly there. That’s a very important thing for me. It’s also what I like very much about fashion brands. I think most people know, from previous talks and interviews, that I am very specific, and I like a very little amount of brands. That is what a brand needs to have for me to love it: the -ness.”
“At the same time, art cannot be understood in terms of purpose. As the sculptor Charles Ray has said, art is “for absolutely nothing.” To make, or experience, art is to enter a kind of free zone; it slows us down, places us in some epistemological estuary, takes us into the wild. We make art from our flaws, fragilities, perversities, from our need
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