tag > Culture
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Why the fingers of God and Adam do not touch in Michelangelo's famous work of art
In the painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, God's finger is extended to its maximum, but Adam's finger is with the last shortened phalanx. The point of the painting is to explain that God is always there, but the decision is left to man. If a person wants to touch God, he will need to extend his finger, but he can also spend a lifetime with his finger bent without trying to find Him
God and his crew representing an anatomical illustration of the human brain in cross section s an other interesting aspect, aka "God inside the human brain"
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"Working in generative music, it is easy to fall into the trap of thinking that you can simulate the music bit for bit. But when you go out to a music event it becomes very clear that there is something deeper at play here: People seek cultural experiences and connection to other people" - Paraphrasing @SignalsNSorcery
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Generative AI is fueling a communication revolution, the media artefacts are just fun side effects. It will fundamentally redefine how people express themselves and relate to each other. For example, translate will expand from lingo2lingo now, to complex cultural context2context
Communication patterns around the world
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A society that systemically disrespects the rights of non-human life (animals, plants, etc.) but celebrates the rights of machines, is inherently insane.
The currently popular notion that "more energy use = better outcomes overall" is naive juvenile nonsense. Nature strives for ecological coherence in a complex web of life-forms, that are hyper attuned to their environment, use energy highly efficiently and create minimal waste.
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WEIRD Pseudo Intellectual BS Entertainment
The intellectual discussion space (podcasts, etc.) in the west is a self-assured echo chamber. They're dominated by a homogenous group of WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) individuals, lots of white males, who ardently convince themselves they've unraveled the secrets of the universe. Despite the captivating display of intellectual gymnastics, perhaps driven by a subconscious fear of mortality, the extreme lack of diverse perspectives makes these discussions ultimately a dance of delusion and squandering of time.
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“If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking.” – Haruki Murakami
Replace "books" with websites and apps and it's even more true.
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Paradoxically, extremely stupid things are overwhelmingly done by extremely intelligent people throughout history.
The study of stupidity is a unexplored territory. It isn't merely the antithesis of intelligence, but a standalone phenomenon that permeates all strata of society, propelling evolution in peculiar ways. In our pursuit of AI, it's high time we also explore Artificial Stupidity.
Related: The Sixth Law of Stupidity: A Biophysical Interpretation of Carlo Cipolla’s Stupidity Laws
Related: Bonhoeffer’s Theory of Stupidity
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Niels Bohr once had a visitor at his house ask him if he really believed the horseshoe above his door really brought him good luck. Bohr responded: "Of course not... but I am told it works even if you don't believe in it."
