This resonates: «Generative models are fundamentally cliche machines. If you ask AI to write a film script, it will produce an average film script masterfully. If you ask it to write an essay, it will produce an average essay masterfully.
Once upon a time, mastery of the banal was adequate for writers. It was enough to prove that you were capable of writing. But that skill has no purpose any more – it can be automated. Skill will be found in the purpose of the work. What can you alone …
The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge ✔️
"Striking [90 year old] essay on letting artists and scholars and scientists do what they will. Great things happen." (David Syzdek). hosting by Bret Victor.
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_T…
Just learned that there is a SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE UK launching at the end of this month and cannot stop saying WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE https://latenighter.com/news/snl-uk-writing-staff-weekend-update-head-writer/
„Any suspicion of utility would have restricted his restless curiosity.“
https://worrydream.com/refs/Flexner_1939_-_The_Usefulness_of_Useless_Knowledge.html
Well, I'll tell ya... they're gonna need ALL the writers.
✅ xAI Wants to Hire Award-Winning Writers to Train Elon Musk's Stupid AI Chatbot
https://gizmodo.com/xai-wants-to-hire-award-winning-writers-to-train-elon-…
Any #writers on here in groups that have a good system for managing submissions and critiques? like we could do more with tech e.g. a task prioritisation queue, rather than a month for submissions, a month for feedback, which feels clunky
#writing #amwriting
Detektivarbeit, die süchtig macht: Wörther Familienforscher erzählen
#Wörth. Wer waren meine Vorfahren? In Wörth haben sich Ahnenforscher zu einem Stammtisch zusammengetan. Zu entdecken gibt es viel, auch totgeschwiegene Familiengeheimnisse oder verborgene Schicksale.
My latest content filter is to ignore/delete anything with "maxxing" in it, and to mute/block any writers who use it, because you know for sure they are lazy-ass clickbait merchants. 🙄
Waardoor zijn er jaar na jaar veel meer vogels in mijn tuin op dagen dat het geen Nationale Vogelteldag is?
⚔️ Rewriting the Chivalrous Yakuza: Interview with Stray Manga Writer Ryu Kamio
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2026-02-11/rewriting-the-chivalrous-yakuza-with-stray-manga-writer-ryu-kamio/.233054