*It’s interesting when it’s rules-based but also pre-automated. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/02/15/rhythmical-lines/

*Those can’t be the first, but it’s the first time I’ve seen them.

If this letter resonates with you add your signature here. We received access to Sora with the promise to be early testers, red teamers and creative partners. However, we believe instead we are being lured into “art washing” to tell the world that Sora is a useful tool for artists. ARTISTS ARE NOT YOUR UNPAID […]

*Am I going to watch these Californian model-making Maker cranks?  Yes I am.  

*He’s a Californian guru, but he’s well worth a listen. A battery-driven router, a bamboo cotton swab, who knew. Not merely “useful,” but “useful in my process,” an important distinction, especially when you’re trying to persuade yourself to drop a hefty sum on some odd gadget that seems to be particularly nifty just to you.

Dying or extinct forms of Spanish handicraft and regional technology. I;m quite the fan of this school of documentary videos, and here’s a new channel that recently appeared. https://www.youtube.com/@OFICIOSPERDIDOS32 “Oficios Perdidos: Rescatando la Historia del Trabajo Tradicional” Este canal está dedicado a explorar y preservar la memoria de los oficios tradicionales que han desaparecido o […]

*We’re fond of manifestos here on the Artmaker blog. https://darioamodei.com/machines-of-loving-grace Dario Amodei Machines of Loving Grace 1 How AI Could Transform the World for the Better October 2024 I think and talk a lot about the risks of powerful AI. The company I’m the CEO of Anthropic, does a lot of research on how to […]

*All right, if you say so. *I did not know that Campari employees called themselves “Camparistas.”

*Real-time machine translation is the AI killer-app in my personal existence. I seem to use it more every week. *I’ve seen many kintsugi artifacts, but before this video I hadm’t seen the process done.