| Hottake on skimming the article: people don't yet fully get where this is going (fast). In the unbundling story, the premise is I gather that what is disruptive atm is that what's left as the god-in-the-gaps human role, is now democratized in the the technological acceleration in the the creation-substantiation phase at the head of the snake. What we need to start preparing for is that the creation phase is next; it's a mere engineering problem. Yes, that's somewhat sardonic; it's going to take some years. But only some. What I am saying is, before we are ready, the aspects which remain human-domain in the cybernetic collaboration between humans and AI in what well call "content generation," namely, the agency and the intention—the "idea" which today is, the prompt; the editorial and curatorial functions; the insight and lightbulb and all... ...that is going to become the domain of the AI as well. What inspires "art" or whatever else? The filtering of media streams (aka cultural discourse, the zeitgeist) and the identification of symmetries, analogies, serendipity, humor... whatever that is, it like the "substantiation" phase is going to be ceded to the super-human in a few years. I speculated recently to a friend that the way the fine-art market reacts to this is going to be interesting. We're going to have Wintermute on tap. I wondered if gallerists will represent AIs, or, spin them up long enough for them to emit some stream of work then be ceremoniously destroyed. Per Ex Machina that may not go so well in various ways. Anyway. The writing is on the wall. And it's not in OUR handwriting. |