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English teachers around the world have loathed that "The curtains were blue" meme, and are absolutely right to do so, but what happens when you ask what an auth
by Devasta 2mo ago
English teachers around the world have loathed that "The curtains were blue" meme, and are absolutely right to do so, but what happens when you ask what an author meant by the blue curtains and the answer is a fairly definitive "it's just the probabilistic output of the model the author used, it doesn't mean anything"?
Sure some people are just piggies lining up at the trough to consume content like it's the custard machine from tellitubbies, but the greatest works will be human written, and I don't see that changing. What will change is the discovery mechanism for a book or any art is shot to bits right now, I could see curation of books and reviews becoming much more important.
- cognitiveinline 2mo agoI think it's unhealthy, your attitude. When you have such disdain for "piggies", and hold your opinion as the true one, on a very subjetive question, well, it's very pitiable.
- Devasta 2mo agoSomeone who likes Shakespeare is going to be able to talk about what they like about Shakespeare, his impact on language, his works, and so on. Someone who likes Austen is going to be able to talk about the themes of the books, how funny Pride and Prejudice is, maybe how Jane Austen's position in society informed her works, etc. How is anyone going to be able to do the same for an AI generated book? "Reading book 894 from batch 60 of the Booktron V2.46.01 collection was formitive for me, it was very reminiscent of the early works from the Automatic Grammatizator." Is this really a discussion we expect will be had in schools, or in any art discussion? Absolutely not.
- cognitiveinline 2mo agoThis would have been a much better comment as is, originally, instead. I disagree with your thesis, but at least it would have been worth engaging with.