Today’s tech inverts the value of the creative process by Brian Eno.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen’s wildly hubristic visions of the future downplay any downsides, dismissing these as “safety-ism.” I for one wish there had been a few more “safety-ists” around when the algorithms for social media were being crafted.
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The experience of what happened with social media is a bad omen for what might happen (and is happening!) with AI. Two words —“maximize engagement”— were all that was needed to send social media into the abyss of spleen-venting hostility where it now wallows.…
For me, using AI all too often feels like I’m engaging in a socially useless process, in which I learn almost nothing and then pass on my non-learning to others. It’s like getting the postcard instead of the holiday. …
The joy of art isn’t only the pleasure of an end result but also the experience of going through the process of having made it.
Via Damon Krukowski.
