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Noise, art, and AI. A musician considers the function of art
Marc Ribot responds to a question on whether AI can create. So,…
Posted inCommentary Technology
Sense and GPT-ability
"It’s the lack of this tactile sensation, this palpability, that seems to me an awful prospect in the automatic summoning of sentences, rather than the elimination of effort per se."
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A distant mirror
Late-night television comedians and satirists annoy fascists. They are, as Jon Stewart said, the "banana peel in the coal mine."
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Why I’m Quitting Substack
Substack has evolved, as a business characterized by "network effects." That's (mostly) why I'm no longer there.
Posted inCommentary History Living
“This is a test of the Emergency Handwriting System”
Handwriting enriches human expression. A side effect of a New Year's resolution.
Posted inCommentary History Living
Islands of Safety and Ironic Points of Light
When hunkering down can also renew foundations.
Posted inCommentary History Technology
Baker/No-Baker. Thinker/No-Thinker.
“Computerized baking has profoundly changed the balletic physical activities of the shop…
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An unsent letter to Senator Tillis
There's a tradition of people writing "unsent letters." With this post I take part in it, kinda. Because I'm sending it to you and not the addressee, I cheat just a bit.
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The fate of letters
There's a difference between paper and bytes. Handwriting power. A prelude: BINGO resolutions!
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Needs a bit more of The Onion, I think…
A surprise acquisition. A hilarious court brief. Parody might come in very handy in the coming years.