I wrote about my theory that AI image slop is becoming a core part of the online MAGA aesthetic. (gift link below in the thread)
@cwarzel
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Waymo Honking: Autonomous Vehicles as Internet Art and Culture
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Wrote about the honking Waymos, a lovely little internet art project, and why we can't stop watching the machines boop around in the night
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AI Culture War Strategy Exploits Social Media Anger and Confusion
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interesting strategy bound to play very well with the confused audience of social media users that like to get angry on facebook about fake ai culture war slop
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Trump Embraces Hypersaturated AI-Generated Images Strategy
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Trump (or his social media handlers) are really all in on the hypersaturated, overstylized gen AI images right now
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Writers’ Word Choices Echo in Technical Error Coverage
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as the dude who wrote it i can assure you the "issued talking point" you're reaching for is just writers working after hours and reaching for adjectives to describe a technical error that hasn't yet been confirmed by anyone and stumbled on a similar word choice. not a conspiracy
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GenAI Backlash: Silicon Valley’s Audacity Crisis Deepens
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For today's column I tried to capture a feeling I'm seeing more. Of people cooling on genAI and how the audacious, manifest destiny rhetoric coming out of SV is grating on people. https://
theatlantic.com/technology/arc
hive/2024/07/openai-audacity-crisis/679212/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGcok43b8aWmdu7RNywzq6Xo&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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Growing skepticism toward generative AI and Silicon Valley hype
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For today's column I tried to capture a feeling I'm seeing more. Of people cooling on genAI and how the audacious, manifest destiny rhetoric coming out of SV is grating on people.
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Politics as spectacle: understanding democratic theater
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politics is a lot of things but it's also a big dumb spectacle!
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Musk’s Influence: Questioning Tech Project Promotion
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lots of people cant get past the headline on this one (fair!) the piece is really about the influence Musk purchased two years ago and how everyone who posts here has to ask themselves some uncomfortable questions about whose project they're furthering
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AI Image Generation Speed Versus Real Imagery Authenticity Today
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wrapping my head around how wild it is that we live in a moment now where you can just conjure up any image in like 2 seconds and yet some of the most unbelievable images i've seen showed up here today and they were real.