Rubberbandits and scale models, Dua Lipa and Kanye West, Studio Neat and Daily Philosophy, hitchhiking around Britain and 80's poolside chic, and the answer to but is it Art?
Hi Julian! I very much appreciate both the shoutouts and your very kind support of Daily Philosophy! I particularly loved this bit:
> I pay for my subscription to the aforementioned Daily Philosophy as a kind of insurance for glibly making wild philosophical suppositions.
That's a wholly new market niche for philosophers right there: legitimising non-philosophers' philosophical suppositions. We could issue little certified indulgences (perhaps as NFTs?), just like the Catholics used to do. For 10 dollars, you get to issue a minor conspiracy theory, like that the Earth is flat. For 100 USD, you get to claim that Derrida is a greater philosopher than Kripke. All payable by online transfer to your local professional philosophers' association. All credit cards accepted.
I couldn’t help but wonder about AI Art in another direction. Like, what’s the cultural implication of its potential to takeover the market? What does this say about our cultural forms today? Does AI Art keep us stuck in the past because we don’t want to move on? In case you’re interested.
"That AI Art is not simply a new future but a feature of how neoliberalism has positioned art for short-term results over creative innovation."
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"it is a sponge soaking up nearly all past cultural forms in order to create imagery that is a simulacra of the art before it."
I think we should be using the word imitates, not creates. AI doesn't create anything, there's still a person driving the prompt. Semantics I know, but an important distinction.
Great article by the way. I feel I have more to say on AI, late stage capitalism, and technological monopolies, this has confirmed it.
Hi Julian! I very much appreciate both the shoutouts and your very kind support of Daily Philosophy! I particularly loved this bit:
> I pay for my subscription to the aforementioned Daily Philosophy as a kind of insurance for glibly making wild philosophical suppositions.
That's a wholly new market niche for philosophers right there: legitimising non-philosophers' philosophical suppositions. We could issue little certified indulgences (perhaps as NFTs?), just like the Catholics used to do. For 10 dollars, you get to issue a minor conspiracy theory, like that the Earth is flat. For 100 USD, you get to claim that Derrida is a greater philosopher than Kripke. All payable by online transfer to your local professional philosophers' association. All credit cards accepted.
I like that.
Thanks for the shoutout Julian! Lovely stuff.
I couldn’t help but wonder about AI Art in another direction. Like, what’s the cultural implication of its potential to takeover the market? What does this say about our cultural forms today? Does AI Art keep us stuck in the past because we don’t want to move on? In case you’re interested.
https://americanjitters.substack.com/p/lost-futures-of-art-and-being-courtesy
"That AI Art is not simply a new future but a feature of how neoliberalism has positioned art for short-term results over creative innovation."
💯
"it is a sponge soaking up nearly all past cultural forms in order to create imagery that is a simulacra of the art before it."
I think we should be using the word imitates, not creates. AI doesn't create anything, there's still a person driving the prompt. Semantics I know, but an important distinction.
Great article by the way. I feel I have more to say on AI, late stage capitalism, and technological monopolies, this has confirmed it.