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why tf is my mother, a harvard graduate, working on her SECOND MASTERS (?) telling me to use AI for everything? i told her itās inauthentic and she said āschoolwork is inauthenticā. what happened to the art of grappling with language? āthe ideas are mine,ā but language in itself is yours.
people need to start doing things they actually find passion in more. maybe then it will seem less of a chore to do basic fucking work.
May 29, 2025
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š»It isn't worth losing your ability to think, to process, to wrestle: to turn mush into coherence.
Sure, you can get a machine to print a sculpture with a few masturbatory keystrokes āĀ but you'll gain so much if you instead chisel away at the stone yourself, dusty fingers, bloodied knuckles, deeply satisfied.
The false tradeoff of AI is that the finished product is more valuable than the process. That's bullshit. The process is what shapes and forms you, grows you, forces you into dark nights, up against demons, and out across impossible chasms.
Far better than creating false masterpieces is to become a masterpiece yourself. (Link is to free NYT op-ed)
Sure, you can get a machine to print a sculpture with a few masturbatory keystrokes āĀ but you'll gain so much if you instead chisel away at the stone yourself, dusty fingers, bloodied knuckles, deeply satisfied.
The false tradeoff of AI is that the finished product is more valuable than the process. That's bullshit. The process is what shapes and forms you, grows you, forces you into dark nights, up against demons, and out across impossible chasms.
Far better than creating false masterpieces is to become a masterpiece yourself. (Link is to free NYT op-ed)
Jul 19, 2025
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š¾A.I. used to make art cheaper and to avoid paying artists is abhorrent. Used to write speeches and summarize books reduces the practice and makes the accomplishment meaningless. It cheapens the process and provides no value. The way itās being advertised is nothing short of disgusting. Google aired an ad where a father uses A.I. to help his daughter write a letter to her favorite athlete. Why are you shortcutting time spent with your daughter, teaching her how to put emotion into words, helping her work through something challenging? Itās soulless dreck. Iām tired of hearing about it, talking about it and thinking about all the ways it can ruin society. Since corporations and industry insist on shoving it down our throat, I think itās (as always) our responsibility to demand better. The linked essay made me reconsider the use of it as a tool to expand, as you put it, as long as itās not used to enable laziness and shortcuts.
Jan 14, 2025
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š¤this is a pretty common one, but in my grad program there were people using AI to write papers/homework assignments/projects and then patting themselves on the back like they found some kind of life hack. they all graduated and have decent jobs but man was that a bleak omen of what education is becoming.
Jun 3, 2025
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i could get āThe Kissā by Gustav Klimt tattooed across my whole torso, reaching from chest to back, wrapping around me like the vulnerability could warm me too, the way i subtly, mentally lean into the warmth of the artists hand as she holds onto me for stability. thereās something about the piece that expresses a softness, and rawness that i could cleanly slit my chest open for. i know the piece is generic and the only thing people think of when people say klimt but for a good reason i think. and ill never get.Ā
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šiām so worried for the future. while i try to just live in the present, iām afraid ill never be able to really make it in any art, and it will just be relegated to hobby. iāve always been an artist, iāve been writing, and painting, singing, and acting since i was a child. thereās nothing i feel more deeply in my bones than artistry. there is nothing i feel defines me more, i am full of an insatiable providence to engage and really make something. i donāt care what it is, if itās music, or acting in films, or physical art, i an ordained to act as a vessel for things to be seen. but i understand, its not a career of value, or the industry is competitive, and it breaks my heart to think i may never be able to fully commit myself to it all.
already, i find myself making exceptions, applying as a film studies major, because it would be more versatile, but still allow me to work closely with those circles. if i canāt be within i can stay close. but i will miss it, sidelined, benched.
i guess iām in early mourning of a dream.
already, i find myself making exceptions, applying as a film studies major, because it would be more versatile, but still allow me to work closely with those circles. if i canāt be within i can stay close. but i will miss it, sidelined, benched.
i guess iām in early mourning of a dream.
Jun 1, 2025
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šokay and I asked the stars and they told me to tell u that u suck š¤·
Jun 21, 2025