Very nice -- I liked the gentle connection with the first part. This definitely feels like a world worth making a bigger story in, and fleshing out what it's like to live in it. What would it really be like to live in a world dominated by AI? (I say "would", not "will", because I'm holding out hope that it's just another fad.) We're so used to encountering great human art, in such an appallingly casual way. I mean, how much genius is just background music in a supermarket? If we never saw/heard/read any of that, and lived our whole lives that way, and then experienced something truly new and authentic, how would we react? Maybe we wouldn't even have the capacity to notice? It seems like such a rich environment to tell a story in.
Really like where you’ve taken this! I believe there will indeed be a kind of dumbbell effect as a result of our collective blind march toward technology. Expression as entertainment and distraction will be more and more saturated with nutrition-deficient “generative content”; I have no doubt about that. But when you’ve eaten so poorly for so long, there’s nothing sweeter than biting into a fresh apple for a change, especially if you picked it straight from an orchard. I think your suggestion that those with the means to do so will hold human work in a higher regard is spot on—as long as the work provides the right kind of spiritual vitamins.
Also, thanks for the mention! I’m by no means a master raconteur, but the idea for the post is in part an answer to AI’s encroachment into the arts. Stories can entertain, give us something to do on a long flight or get us through the wait at the DMV, but they can also “move psychic energy around,” to quote Martin Shaw. I see that as a good antidote to present circumstances, so anything we can do to help facilitate that I think can only help us.
This is clever.
Very nice -- I liked the gentle connection with the first part. This definitely feels like a world worth making a bigger story in, and fleshing out what it's like to live in it. What would it really be like to live in a world dominated by AI? (I say "would", not "will", because I'm holding out hope that it's just another fad.) We're so used to encountering great human art, in such an appallingly casual way. I mean, how much genius is just background music in a supermarket? If we never saw/heard/read any of that, and lived our whole lives that way, and then experienced something truly new and authentic, how would we react? Maybe we wouldn't even have the capacity to notice? It seems like such a rich environment to tell a story in.
Thank you!
Really like where you’ve taken this! I believe there will indeed be a kind of dumbbell effect as a result of our collective blind march toward technology. Expression as entertainment and distraction will be more and more saturated with nutrition-deficient “generative content”; I have no doubt about that. But when you’ve eaten so poorly for so long, there’s nothing sweeter than biting into a fresh apple for a change, especially if you picked it straight from an orchard. I think your suggestion that those with the means to do so will hold human work in a higher regard is spot on—as long as the work provides the right kind of spiritual vitamins.
Also, thanks for the mention! I’m by no means a master raconteur, but the idea for the post is in part an answer to AI’s encroachment into the arts. Stories can entertain, give us something to do on a long flight or get us through the wait at the DMV, but they can also “move psychic energy around,” to quote Martin Shaw. I see that as a good antidote to present circumstances, so anything we can do to help facilitate that I think can only help us.
Couldn’t agree more! Keep on keeping on.