not a bad point, i wanted to add: a lot of brilliant individuals get poached by finance (even though their degrees are in theoretical physics).

if AI art makes hollywood slop so disgusting it finally convinces creative minds to forego financial gain motives in exchange for pursuing genuinely creative projects, we might actually end up with a renaissance of good art, not just content.

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Ted Chiang on how artificial intelligence still isn’t as intelligent as it is perceived to be and how its profound limitations should temper our fears about how it is replacing real art-making.

Ted Chiang on how artificial intelligence still isn’t as intelligent as it is perceived to be and how its profound limitations should temper our fears about it replacing real art-making.

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