But while the camera became the de facto method for content creation long-ago, for capturing reality, it has never served as the best method for interrogating it. To pull up information about the monument you’re standing in front of, you navigate to Google and ask a question. To see how well-regarded the restaurant you just passed is, you visit Map... See more
Meaning and point of view are essential for anything worthy of our attention. It’s about a sense of purpose and personality that goes beyond mere information transmission. It’s about paying attention, and not outsourcing observation. In a world increasingly populated by auto-generated content, the combination of substance and style will rise above
think we'll see both extremes - a lot of stuff made private, and a lot of stuff made public. interesting to note that this tweet was from 2020, before the big rise in LLMs. a normal response to from media cos and others to foundational models crawling the web is to make more things private.
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