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The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams
a month ago
- The scene from 'Good Will Hunting' illustrates the difference between knowledge and lived experience.
- AI can accumulate information but lacks personal experience, emotions, and the ability to 'read the room'.
- Art and meaningful work stem from internal synthesis of personal experiences, not just external knowledge.
- Individuals should draw on their unique life moments to create authentic and impactful work in an age of AI-generated content.
- The performance of Robin Williams exemplifies how personal experiences bring depth and life to a script.
Plein Air
21 days ago
- Plein air is the practice of painting outdoors to capture light and weather conditions directly, as seen in artists like Constable and Monet.
- The Plein Air app connects the current sky with a painting from the public domain that matches the same time or weather, allowing users to explore the selection.
- Users can interact with paintings in a gallery by tapping to open, rate, hide, or discard them, and access details about why each painting was chosen and its source museum.
The Feeling of Recursion
21 days ago
- Recursive art is visually appealing and captures feelings of infinite detail and depth.
- Patrick's Parabox and Print Gallery of an Artist provide unique experiences of recursive puzzle gameplay.
- Recursive games can cause disorientation, difficulty in tracking characters, and motion sickness.
- Some games use ASCII levels or disable recursion visuals to change gameplay feel.
- Recursion in games and art often relates to paradoxes and mathematical concepts like induction.
- Games like Manifold Garden show potential but may lack the sense of vastness in recursion.
- Various examples exist across media, including films, custom maps, and other games exploring recursion.
- The article suggests future possibilities for recursion in games, such as warped 3D space.
Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night
16 days ago
- Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum at 02:50 from secret location in France.
- 70-meter 11th-century embroidery depicts events leading to 1066 Battle of Hastings.
- Loaned for nine months by French government, part of agreement with UK Prime Minister.
- Tapestry transported in climate-controlled crate with shock absorbers to prevent damage.
- British Museum sold record 100,000 tickets on first day of sales for exhibition.
- Tapestry survived nearly 1,000 years despite risks like moths, damp, and fire.
- Norman Conquest reshaped England, introducing French words and Norman nobles.
- Some in France opposed loan, calling it a "heritage crime" due to fragility.
- Tapestry will be displayed flat, allowing full view for first time in history.
The Word for Art Is Human
10 hours ago
- The author wanted to create a personal game (KATAVATIS) as an escape from corporate work, pursuing full creative control.
- Reflecting on childhood, the author describes how learning to program was essential to make games, unlike today's generative AI.
- Art is defined as human expression and creation, which cannot be replicated by AI algorithms that merely imitate patterns.
- The rise of generative AI threatens to replace authentic human art and expression, akin to a zombie apocalypse of creativity.

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The best response to AI slop and online noise is from Robin Williams

Plein Air

The Feeling of Recursion

Bayeux Tapestry delivered to British Museum in dead of night

The Word for Art Is Human