Hidde de Vries writes in »The writer, the text and the audience« for hidde.blog What the artist puts in and what the audience experiences could amount to a lot or to very little. Either side could pretend. And surely, just not all art is made or enjoyed with a lot of care. But when it is, art can be truly special. And impossible to compute. ...
Recently I had a conversation with an experienced manager responsible for over 300 employees. She expressed the view that in the next ten years we could see such significant advances in artificial intelligence (AI) that the skills shortage will no longer be a problem and we could all work less for the same productivity. I find that perspective interesting, but I’m more skeptical about what AI can actually do. While AI can certainly help automate repetitive tasks, I find the fear that AI could fully replace human creativity and complex interpersonal skills problematic. Creativity is more than recognizing patterns; it involves creating something entirely new — something that often has subtle, authentic nuances. ...
Esther Perel posts on Instagram Creativity is an active engagement with the unknown, it’s risk-taking, it’s curiosity, it’s exploration, it’s discovery, it’s mystery. It’s all of that.
Automattic announced in its blog post “Shipping Tumblr and WordPress” that Tumblr blogs will be migrated to WordPress. This decision was foreseeable after large parts of the staff were moved to other projects and the attempt to revive Tumblr failed. Going forward, the same product will technically be marketed under two brand names. In the long run this will probably be reduced to a single brand — I’d bet on that. ...
The developers of Procreate® have a clear stance on generative AI: they firmly reject its use in their products. In a Statement they emphasize: Generative AI is ripping the humanity out of things. Built on a foundation of theft, the technology is steering us toward a barren future. We think machine learning is a compelling technology with a lot of merit, but the path generative AI is on is wrong for us. ...