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Why There’s No Substance Behind Your Sparkle
Generative AI is technoglitter, the cheap bedazzling of marketing and entertainment with dubious results As far as I’m concerned, generative AI is little more than the bedazzling of marketing and entertainment by feckless tech bros looking to make a quick buck. The technoglitter of the 21st century. A whole lot of sparkle with very little substance. Look what I did! Even though it looks difficult, complicated, and expensive, it took almost no work on my part and cost me next to nothing. Isn’t that something? It is something. The technology is truly impressive. Someone taught a computer to create derivative art by stealing the work of real artists, and then you asked it to replicate…
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The Value Of Stumbling Around In The Dark
After decades in the business, the recipe for success remains the same There are not many instances in my life or career where I followed a traditional path to achieving my goals. This wasn’t because I was such a maverick, intent on doing it my way and breaking with tradition. I just didn’t know any better. I took the route that seemed open to me, which was never the well-worn path of others. When I was first starting out, rather than trying to get an entry-level job with an advertising agency, I joined forces with another novice and simply started our own. I came from the music industry, and he came…
