AIwood

from WIRED AI Isn’t Coming for Hollywood. It’s Already Arrived An early winner in the generative AI wars was near collapse—then bet everything on a star-studded comeback. Can Stability AI beat the competition? PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION: MARK HARRIS; GETTY IMAGES LADY...

“Frictionless Solipsistic Efficiency”. Cool.

from Forbes AI Demand-Shaping And The Frictionless Rub Of Solipsistic Efficiency By Emil Steiner BETTMANN ARCHIVE In 1897, painter Frederic Remington wired New York Journal publisher William Randolph Hearst from Cuba with bad news. There was nothing to see, no war to...

Modern Bleakness

from Real Clear Books C.S. Lewis in the Age of Bleakness Awe, Wonder and the Power of Enchantment By Josh Appel In the age of modernity, we find ourselves confronting a familiar affliction: bleakness. Our lives are marked by disillusionment. We doom-scroll, our eyes...