a lot of these defenses (of AI/LLM) tend to rely on the logic you allude to in your post of "it's not worse, it's just different, and different isn't bad." feels like a disavowal of losing something, and an argument trying to talk itself into a naive position. thanks.

i tend to agree with you and appreciated this post. what do you say to the (oft well-intentioned) "but audiobooks" folks in regards to worrying about future generations' literacy?

hilarious to me how much media outlets describe it as “sleek” and “sexy”, not because it’s not, but because I’m not sure it’s possible for a Soderbergh film to not be

Yes, but also strongly feel that now more than ever we need art! "There is a general sense that people have no time for art, that we can’t afford the slowness of thinking that representation demands."
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