You probably dont think so, considering all the shit i say in the comments(i cant help it, ive always been a contrarian), but i do appreciate the work you do. Somebody needs to be saying *something*, so at least its been said.
So keep up the good work, and sincerely, thank you.
Congrats on another year making a living standing guard over our culture. The AI fueled futility of uselessness that is strengthening its grip on all artists needs to be shouted out daily. The apathy is deafening. The time is now. Let’s leave that “tool” in the box while we continue to $upport transcendent human creative achievement.
#9 is, IMHO, going to be 100% accurate and dovetails with your graph in #7. I refuse to use AI. It's not fact based. Why do/did we need a large language model? If it's not factual it's useless.
#2...so true! Having just finished Aaron Siri's Vaccines, Amen the statements about science really hit. 'Trust the science' was a lie. Now we question everything. And we should! When the agencies we trusted didn't insist on using the scientific method of testing and wholesalely approve anything Big Pharma creates (because they're in bed with them), we should stop trusting them. I hope Secretary Kennedy dismantles, or thoroughly overhauls, HHS, FDA, USDA and all the other agencies he oversees that don't have our health as a priority.
I've lost all faith in our government. I'm sure I have plenty of company.
Congratulations on completing another year full of a quantity and quality of articles that would put an entire magazine staff to shame.
Is this a good place for requests? I have two: (1) A Reading Plan Year Two (cheesy sequel name optional); (2) a series of guides to the music of different parts of the world, covering the absolute essentials, perhaps in a format similar to "How to Listen to Jazz", such that, when and if completed, a reader could attempt to sample the greatest music of all times and places. I don't see any books in print that fit this description.
As a paid subscriber, jazz lover and humanities nerd, I obviously consider Ted’s writings to be worth reading - such erudition. I have used some of his great graphics in presentations to make compelling and well received observations about where our culture, minds etc are headed.
I also have been consuming a lot of information around the current state and direction of AI and some of the massive benefits (and costs) that are coming our way. I didn’t drop in here to list the pros and cons of AI but to express my thought that is Ted too negative on AI?
I dont think so. Guess it depends on what kind of world you want to live in.
When do things ever work out the way theyre supposed to? All the great things ai is supposed to bring, i dont think we'll see but a sliver of them. The good wont be as good as expected, but the bad will be even worse than we imagine. Remember what a godsend social media was expected to be? Sure enough, social media has laid waste to the social aspect of human life. Instant information has made many people dumber. Entertainment on tap has sapped the life outta everyone. So on and so forth. Only long after the fact do people take stock and realize what has already happened, and scramble for ways to "fix" it.
I see no reason to expect ai to be any different.
And i think ai entertainment is the least of our worries. Implications for war or government seem so much worse.
But i guess we'll find out, wont we. I dont see any future where we dont find out.
You probably dont think so, considering all the shit i say in the comments(i cant help it, ive always been a contrarian), but i do appreciate the work you do. Somebody needs to be saying *something*, so at least its been said.
So keep up the good work, and sincerely, thank you.
Congrats on another year making a living standing guard over our culture. The AI fueled futility of uselessness that is strengthening its grip on all artists needs to be shouted out daily. The apathy is deafening. The time is now. Let’s leave that “tool” in the box while we continue to $upport transcendent human creative achievement.
#9 is, IMHO, going to be 100% accurate and dovetails with your graph in #7. I refuse to use AI. It's not fact based. Why do/did we need a large language model? If it's not factual it's useless.
#2...so true! Having just finished Aaron Siri's Vaccines, Amen the statements about science really hit. 'Trust the science' was a lie. Now we question everything. And we should! When the agencies we trusted didn't insist on using the scientific method of testing and wholesalely approve anything Big Pharma creates (because they're in bed with them), we should stop trusting them. I hope Secretary Kennedy dismantles, or thoroughly overhauls, HHS, FDA, USDA and all the other agencies he oversees that don't have our health as a priority.
I've lost all faith in our government. I'm sure I have plenty of company.
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"... civil dialogue in the comments—which are often the best part of the article."
Yes. :)
"But it’s now hard to identify the robots in our midst."
Very alarming!
"... huge companies that want to eliminate humans from almost every vocation and sphere of life."
And, alas!, many will be oblivious! :(
Thank you, Ted.
Thank you, Sir. Your writing improves the quality of my life. And I am grateful for you.
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Congratulations on completing another year full of a quantity and quality of articles that would put an entire magazine staff to shame.
Is this a good place for requests? I have two: (1) A Reading Plan Year Two (cheesy sequel name optional); (2) a series of guides to the music of different parts of the world, covering the absolute essentials, perhaps in a format similar to "How to Listen to Jazz", such that, when and if completed, a reader could attempt to sample the greatest music of all times and places. I don't see any books in print that fit this description.
As a paid subscriber, jazz lover and humanities nerd, I obviously consider Ted’s writings to be worth reading - such erudition. I have used some of his great graphics in presentations to make compelling and well received observations about where our culture, minds etc are headed.
I also have been consuming a lot of information around the current state and direction of AI and some of the massive benefits (and costs) that are coming our way. I didn’t drop in here to list the pros and cons of AI but to express my thought that is Ted too negative on AI?
I dont think so. Guess it depends on what kind of world you want to live in.
When do things ever work out the way theyre supposed to? All the great things ai is supposed to bring, i dont think we'll see but a sliver of them. The good wont be as good as expected, but the bad will be even worse than we imagine. Remember what a godsend social media was expected to be? Sure enough, social media has laid waste to the social aspect of human life. Instant information has made many people dumber. Entertainment on tap has sapped the life outta everyone. So on and so forth. Only long after the fact do people take stock and realize what has already happened, and scramble for ways to "fix" it.
I see no reason to expect ai to be any different.
And i think ai entertainment is the least of our worries. Implications for war or government seem so much worse.
But i guess we'll find out, wont we. I dont see any future where we dont find out.