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A motion to have steering with your knees replace apple pie as the quintessential American cultural signifier
This feels like a misreading to me — we value sampling, remixing etc because they include an interpretive act. There is a creative role in the transformation, which makes the transformation meaningful. LLMs are completely uncomprehending, indifferent.
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All artists remix and transform other people's work. But the test here is that their work can itself be interpreted and transformed by others. The fact that LLMs are corrupted by LLM output kind of gives the lie to the idea that they are doing the same thing.
New York is great for running into people who *actually* look the way you thought you looked. (good and bad)
Thinking again about the early 2000s (?) ad where the camera pans lovingly across a new Volvo and Donald Sutherland says “My goodness”
Great line readings in history part 46284
This was not the only unusual car I saw over Thanksgiving weekend, but it was the only lifted Fit (!)
This feels like a @cheatlines x @NanoRaptor thing
Network is an incredibly depressing example of the social limits of art. It sends its message loud and clear, in a great story, great performances. Critics loved it, made money, enduring cultural legacy. Totally powerless to prevent itself from coming true.
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Saw an Autozam AZ-1 on the road this weekend. The older I get the more I appreciate the weirdos who run things like that.
[I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle voice]:
I need your salt, your pepper, and your olive oil.
I’ve been trying to buy an out of print F1 book for like 15 years and it’s usually $794.65, shipping from Guernsey or something. Well I just got it for $40 from some random drop shipper and it’s brand new. There are still some good weird internet things.
Commuting to the city is officially BACK: the guy in front of me just read his name, phone, credit card number w/ exp date and cvc out loud on the train.