Yours is a philosophical argument disconnected from the reality of AI. There comes a point where pressing a button to produce "creative" output requires no agency and does not have any value, and we've reached that point. Which of these automatic systems do have value and why?
CULTURE
-
AI Lowering Skill Ceiling While Quality Soars in Creative Work
By
–
Man, it's moving too fast… The skill ceiling is dropping while the output quality is skyrocketing. Soon, the only bottleneck will be how well you can articulate your vision, not technical expertise. I've spent 15 years in advertising. I was always pretty sharp on Photoshop,
-
Karen Hao’s New Book Receives Praise from Leading Experts
By
–
This book is the hardest and most important thing I've ever worked on. I’m deeply grateful to @DAcemogluMIT
, @jovialjoy
, @Moonalice
, and @shoshanazuboff for their extremely generous endorsements. To quote Zuboff, “Empire of AI is a heroic work.” 14/ -
DeepMind Employees Escape Clauses and Recruitment Pressure
By
–
Dear @GoogDeepMind ers, First, congrats on the new impressive models. Every week one of you reaches out to me in despair to ask me how to escape your notice periods and noncompetes. Also asking me for a job because your manager has explained this is the way to get promoted, but
-
Brain Adaptation to GPT-4.5 Feels Normal Now
By
–
Our brains adjust way too quickly. GPT-4.5 just feels normal now.
-
Napster Acquired for $207M to Build Music Metaverse
By
–
Napster Snapped Up for $207 Million to Build Music #Metaverse (via @decryptmedia
) -
Pokemon Game Event with AI Agents and Claude in SF
By
–
THIS SUNDAY IN SF COME PLAY POKEMON WITH AI AGENTS AND CLAUDE WITH SPECIAL GUEST @DavidSHershey AND VMS FROM @JESSEMHAN 100 SEATS ONLY
-
Seeking Female AI Leaders for Podcast Appearances
By
–
I know, and I hate it. I actually had a female AI leader on the pod a couple of weeks ago, and she didn't like how it turned out, so it got scrapped All ears if you have any suggestions for female AI leaders to bring on the pod. I'm constantly on the hunt for this.
-
Sora Update: small artists cooked, end of image absorption
By
–
Honestly, with the Sora update, I understand the artists and AI… Now a large part of the small artists, you are cooked like carrots, finito, bye, hasta luego. Strength to the artists. RIP mass image data absorption….
-
OpenAI Imagegen vs Google: AI Image Generation Comparison
By
–
Ok. Imagegen from OpenAI does look pretty good. Excited to get my hands on it and test it side-by-side with Google's native Image generation. Sidenote, what's with OpenAI and Google just using the same name for products lately? Imagen Vs. Imagegen, Canvas, Deep Research…