ha! great thoughts and dialogue with a robot! ask him if he uses more clean water than other technologies and if we should anticipate a global water shortage sooner than predicted because of him? also, ask him if arts orgs are accepting proposals written by ai? oh i have so many questions!
I actually cackled (enough to startle my cat) at the line, “overly excited by the thought of cataloguing all day long.” I recently read Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot books, and all of a sudden I saw Mosscap (the titular robot) whirring with excitement at the concept of art. This was a delight to read — and very thought-provoking as well. What a delightful way to start my week. Thank you.
It’s such a serious topic but I thought I’d start off with a more light-hearted approach before I do a serious, deep-dive. Becky Chamber’s books sound wonderful—thanks for the recommendation.
Fascinating, fun and frightening. I can think of some good uses of it which have been used here in Wolverhampton. It’s here to stay so we need to think of some benefits and use them. Looking forward to your deeper dive but this was a brilliantly written piece.
I’ve seen good uses too, and some really interesting “collaborations”. I see it as a tool but there’s a dark underside to all of AI—as I suppose there is with all tech. I’m interested in self-expression and whether AI can help with my own expression of self as a creative partner.
As we know AI is here to stay and its better to be in the know and try to keep up with him rather that push him under the mat and then be in complete shock when our artwork and style suddenly is being sold at Sotherby’s and we didn’t even paint it!
This made me laugh out loud, Jacqueline! My son was here recently trying to fix a problem on my website and he got a lot of really useful info from ChatGPT, mainly I think because he knew how to ask the right questions (which you managed to do here, after some trial and error). Son then went on to ask the AI to make up jokes and sit-com scenes about our problems with the website, in order to cheer us up. It was a very strange experience. I love the way you have given your AIs physical mannerisms and thoughts; it's impossible not to react to speaking machines as if they were people, isn't it?
That’s brilliant! Love your son’s approach to AI and where would we be without kids who can fix our tech problems?! I dunno where all this is heading—none of us can know—but I want to understand what’s happening and not be afraid of engaging. It’s all a bit surreal though. Loved your piece on Leonora Carrington’s art by the way.
Thank you for this. It's hilarious, informative, and so very frightening...
Terrifying. I’ll be writing more on this topic. Thanks for reading
ha! great thoughts and dialogue with a robot! ask him if he uses more clean water than other technologies and if we should anticipate a global water shortage sooner than predicted because of him? also, ask him if arts orgs are accepting proposals written by ai? oh i have so many questions!
A follow up interview coming! Love your suggestions for questions💫
I actually cackled (enough to startle my cat) at the line, “overly excited by the thought of cataloguing all day long.” I recently read Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot books, and all of a sudden I saw Mosscap (the titular robot) whirring with excitement at the concept of art. This was a delight to read — and very thought-provoking as well. What a delightful way to start my week. Thank you.
It’s such a serious topic but I thought I’d start off with a more light-hearted approach before I do a serious, deep-dive. Becky Chamber’s books sound wonderful—thanks for the recommendation.
Fascinating, fun and frightening. I can think of some good uses of it which have been used here in Wolverhampton. It’s here to stay so we need to think of some benefits and use them. Looking forward to your deeper dive but this was a brilliantly written piece.
I’ve seen good uses too, and some really interesting “collaborations”. I see it as a tool but there’s a dark underside to all of AI—as I suppose there is with all tech. I’m interested in self-expression and whether AI can help with my own expression of self as a creative partner.
Yes i am also fascinated to learn more x
Brilliantly written and very scary!
As we know AI is here to stay and its better to be in the know and try to keep up with him rather that push him under the mat and then be in complete shock when our artwork and style suddenly is being sold at Sotherby’s and we didn’t even paint it!
This made me laugh out loud, Jacqueline! My son was here recently trying to fix a problem on my website and he got a lot of really useful info from ChatGPT, mainly I think because he knew how to ask the right questions (which you managed to do here, after some trial and error). Son then went on to ask the AI to make up jokes and sit-com scenes about our problems with the website, in order to cheer us up. It was a very strange experience. I love the way you have given your AIs physical mannerisms and thoughts; it's impossible not to react to speaking machines as if they were people, isn't it?
That’s brilliant! Love your son’s approach to AI and where would we be without kids who can fix our tech problems?! I dunno where all this is heading—none of us can know—but I want to understand what’s happening and not be afraid of engaging. It’s all a bit surreal though. Loved your piece on Leonora Carrington’s art by the way.