How generative art works – Alex McLean
"Whenever we really manage to formalise something to the point where we can automate it, that generally just creates new ground for human exploration"
"Whenever we really manage to formalise something to the point where we can automate it, that generally just creates new ground for human exploration"
"[E]very time someone complains about vandalizing the Waymos in Los Angeles as some kind of violence against Alphabet’s balance sheet, just remember that Waymo isn’t profitable and never has been! They already lose money, the amount lost by destroying the car is pocket lint in the Alphabet balance sheet realm."
"[T]he way technology changes work is neither automatic nor inevitable. It is shaped by collective choices about what kinds of work, and what kinds of working lives, society is willing to sustain."