Boast in the Shell: Why AI Art is Overhyped

Published: June 22, 2023, 1 p.m.

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\\nIn this episode, we\\u2019re talking about artificial intelligence. Not the sympathetic kind played by Haley Joel Osment, not the mean but hot kind like SHODAN, but the kind that generates content. There\\u2019s been a lot of hype lately about the power of AI to create writing, visual art, and music. In this episode, Wendy Xu joins us once again to talk about the rise of the machines.
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\\nA sci-fi magazine has cut off submissions after a flood of AI-generated stories
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\\nLawyer who cited cases concocted by AI asks judge to spare sanctions
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\\nThe AI Feedback Loop: Researches Warn of Model Collapse as AI Trains on AI-Generated Content
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\\nCursed Bunny by Bora Chung
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\\nTor tried to hide AI art on a book cover, and it is a mess
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\\nThe Enigma of the Lascaux Bird Man: The Erection that Embodies the Mysteries of Prehistoric Art
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\\nIn Praise of Discomfort
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\\nFolding Ideas: The Future is a Dead Mall
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\\n(header image via Mirko Tobias Schaefer with modifications)
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