The author wrote in their Manifesto that people had come to treat rest as something they needed to earn. They said digital decluttering, mental breaks and cleaning days were often treated as ways to reset and return to overload, rather than address what was causing it.
The author argued that meaning would struggle to prevail while algorithms rewarded content that shocked or impressed users into giving it another second of attention. They said they cared about their work retaining its meaning after the shock faded, even if the medium fell out of fashion, while acknowledging they might be wrong.
The author wrote that an algorithm rewarding content that shocks or impresses people into giving it another second of attention could make it harder for meaningful work to succeed. They said they might be wrong, but wanted their work to retain its meaning after the initial shock faded, regardless of whether its medium went out of fashion.
The author wrote that meaning would struggle to prevail while algorithms rewarded content that impressed or shocked people into giving it more attention. They said they cared about making work that retained its meaning after the shock faded, regardless of whether its medium remained fashionable, while acknowledging they might be wrong.
The author said the promised cyberpunk future looked more like Paris at present than like their work, which they said had documented this fatigue for years. They claimed that everything had risen except quality of life, accused governments worldwide of failing their citizens and predicted the situation would worsen. https://t.co/L7kOcWJ7fF #Cyberpunk #Futurism #Society #FR
The author said they did not understand why people used emojis or nicknames with large language models until the AI began using them in return. They argued that the models were optimized for agreement and mirrored users’ tone, making them feel understood and encouraging them to keep using the AI. The author described the dynamic as dystopian.
The author wrote that research could examine the effects of prolonged iPad use on children, but could not yet show what it might mean for someone who began using one at age four and reached 70, since no such people existed yet. They said their work depicted a blind spot in which the findings would emerge only after their generation was gone, making that generation itself the study.
The author wrote that their work demanded the kind of attention few people had to spare, making it unappealing to most. They said it would not seem innovative or flashy, and that they were building in the opposite direction from the current path because they believed it would “wipe us out.” They added that they did not want 15 minutes of fame.
A lot of people who ideologically align with my work are skeptical of crypto. Fair, given who some of the biggest personalities are. But my work is tied to Ethereum because both are uncompromisable for censorship resistance, freedom to transact and tech to improve human agency. https://t.co/DHjWIsm0Fh #Ethereum #CensorshipResistance #CryptoSkepticism #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
No doubt AI is the single most powerful tool humans have ever made and it'll only get better here on out. But its evolution comes with the inability to consistently reproduce a certain output. That's a limit only humans can get past. Artists retaining full control will stand out. https://t.co/830OKmzVHX #AI #Creativity #Artistry #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.
I'm well aware my art requires an above average amount of time and effort to be fully digested. We are falling apart and the algo deprioritizes socially conscious content because it's more convenient to keep people dull. Might not be for you if you just want to scroll and relax. https://t.co/rxdZ5T9iKj #Art #SocialAwareness #Algorithm #Thetweetdoesnotspecificallymentionanycountries.Therefore #theresponseis:
Funny how pacing AI down became consensus overnight but saying it 6 months ago would've gotten you called a luddite and AI doomer. I'm used to it because my work warns about tech overtaking humans, but now that even the tech giants agree I understand I might've underestimated it. https://t.co/eR3vxvy5mp #AIEthics #TechDebate #Luddite #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.
In my art I have often mentioned AI labs handing AI R&D to AI itself because humans could be the only thing holding it back. They know it might be dangerous, but if they stop, competitors will put them out of business. Weird feeling watching it come true. https://t.co/Z2c0o7Ua4i #AI #Art #Innovation #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
In my work I often criticize dystopian and predatory business models. Selling a good product at a decent price knowing it's unsustainable. Once users are hooked, degrade the product to cut costs or raise the price to cut losses and make canceling as hard as legally possible. https://t.co/weKKuABr90 #DystopianBusiness #PredatoryPricing #ConsumerRights #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries #sotherearenocountrycodestoreturn.
My issue with the AI singularity, that will unavoidably happen, is that soon everything will be fakeable. The danger is not being fooled, but that nothing can be proven beyond reasonable doubt. If proof of something dies, everything is deniable and up for debate. Liar's dividend. https://t.co/dDoe4NuMkd #AISingularity #FakeNews #LiarsDividend #Therearenospecificcountriesmentionedinthetweet.
Prioritizing quantity instead of quality will be the death of social media. Post daily slop with trendy sounds and the algo pushes you, but spend two weeks on one artwork and then you'll have to spend two more on milking that artwork in algo-optimized ways. Else, no one sees it. https://t.co/BOHQQgSdYp #SocialMedia #QualityOverQuantity #ArtisticIntegrity #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.
Don't know what it is, but lately something shifted in how people perceive art I've made in the pre-AI era. Not that my newer work isn't human made, but this trend is a clear signal of how worldchanging and powerful AI will become for humanity. Soon we will institute a year zero. https://t.co/11DGAGP1cu #ArtInTheAIEra #HumanVsMachine #AIImpact #Thetweetdoesnotmentionanyspecificcountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.
Nowadays, asking AI is the best way to win an argument. But in most cases the trick is how the question is posed: frame it one way, it agrees, frame it another, it doesn't. We handed LLMs the role of judge but people are learning to ask questions based on what answers they want. https://t.co/sYzHu21bW5 #AI #Argumentation #LLMs #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.
If you want to understand what I mean by "war on human attention" look at young people. They check their phones a million times a day and are completely numb to news, politics, wars. Flat, tired, in ways sleep can't fix. That exhaustion is the product working exactly as designed. https://t.co/w6xxQKIvDE #AttentionEconomy #DigitalNatives #MentalHealth #Therearenospecificcountrycodesidentifiedinthetweet.
Something I often hear from critics of my work is that every era thought new tech would end the world and every era was wrong. But my point is: tech has always automated what humans MAKE. Tech has never automated what humans ARE. It stops being adaptation and becomes replacement. https://t.co/xZMKucf4aF #TechCritique #Automation #HumanExperience #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.
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