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Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.
Ted Chiang • Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
Another good read: Ted Chiang on why Ai isn’t going to make great art, for The New Yorker . I rather liked this analogy:
As the linguist Emily M. Bender has noted, teachers don’t ask students to write essays because the world needs more student essays. The point of writing essays is to strengthen students’ critical-thinking skills; in the same way t... See more
Meanwhile #213
Writers who use AI as a drafting tool might be seen as intentionality remixers, drawing copy from ChatGPT as raw material and weaving purpose into the syntax and language. But so far, the chatbot on its own, or even with the support of savvy prompt engineering, does not excel at this particular task.