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by adampunk 29 days ago
What causes the emotional reaction in a film is moving images in front of you in sync with sound. Further, even the simplest of movies is the product of more than one person with more than one emotional state. What causes the emotional reaction in a book is you reading and understanding what text is in front of you. The emotional reaction can happen in the radical absence of the author and in total contravention of their alleged will!
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We'll have to disagree here. My feelings are more in line with Nick Cave's recent essay on AI generated music: https://www.theredhandfiles.com/considering-human-imaginatio...