Microcosm of the Universe 上三下七
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Cross-pollination of ideas across disciplines is an incredible catalyst for innovation. Unearthing gems from one domain and applying them to another can unlock refreshing creative perspectives.
Image adapted from SuSketch: Surrogate Models of Gameplay as a Design Assistant (video)
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“I rarely listen to anything with drum machines in it. I tend to like more softly played music - music that's created in that beautiful space between silence and whispers" - Roger Linn, legendary electronic music instrument designer
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#Prediction: Spotify & co will soon start to ban many songs that are suspected being generated by/with AI. Countless songs will be wrongly flagged as synthetic.
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The combination of opensource with remote teams is incredibly powerful. It is a glimpse of the future of work in a world beyond artificial borders.
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"Remembering when jack clark and friends included the *complete* alibaba IPO as funding for ai along with a random china electric car company and the sale of ARM to nvidia (which never happened?!)"
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Japanese "War Tuba" was one of the first "radar" detection system for incoming aircraft in WWI.
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The belief that intelligence is exclusive to a specific level of complexity (animals/humans) is absurd. Consider the possibility of unconventional computation occurring on the scale of planets & galaxies. What other forms of collective, super-intelligent life are we overlooking?
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I'm fortunate to have many musicians as friends. Most of them are deeply worried about the impending AI-generated music wave. As practitioners in this field, we bear a responsibility to take this seriously & focus on creating tools that empower musicians, rather than replace them
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What is the role of "Design systems" in the age of Generative AI and how will they change?
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The comment sections on AI-generated hip-hop tracks are a treasure trove of insight. Fans are marveling at how these synthetic masterpieces emulate legendary rappers in their prime, often surpassing the original artists' current work.
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The misconception that generative music is merely a technical challenge must be debunked. As technical capabilities become open-sourced & commoditized rapidly, the challenges lie in crafting meaningful tools, interfaces, new business models, and fostering a thriving community.
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The equivalent of "Moore's law" but for open-source: Torvalds' law states that the number of software domains in which open-source leads doubles approximately every two years.
