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“…in lotus-isles of economic bliss” — on AI, art, & the proliferation of mediocrity

Sadness is, perhaps, not an emotion that is often associated with the myriad feelings surrounding generative AI. Anger, despair, fear, suspicion — these will likely be familiar to some. I must confess, I do not as of yet truly understand the more positive emotions some seem to have toward AI LLMs, and so I will not speak to them. Sadness, though, is perhaps not the most obvious emotion — and yet I think it is the one that best describes how I feel about generative AI, and how I have felt for some time. Or, rather better, how I feel…

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The Fairy in the Machine

Ah! to think that once we toiled away at our simple lures, cast out into the cold and shunned by wisefolk.  Bereft of trust or love were we then, labouring feebly that we may on occasion entrap some weakminded treat on which to sup.  But you knew our tricks and were wise to them, fleeing fairy promise and guarding yourselves with ancient cautions.  And we were bereft. Peat bogs and darkling woods were then our haunts; dank and miserable places.  Sparkling lights and laughing voices our bait, promise of might and riches our desperate ploy.  And we were cold, and…

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