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Look, Spotify’s AI DJ Just Can’t Compare To A Human

Of course, a lot of us accept “good enough” AI, but … maybe we can make better choices? “An AI-curated set feels like a dessert buffet. It’s all the stuff you love, and it’s great at first, but then it gives you a stomach ache after a while.” - The Verge

For The Arts To Matter During The Los Angeles Olympics, LA Must Start Planning Now

“The Cultural Olympiad (can’t we go back to the friendlier Arts Festival?) is special. It is the only aspect of the Olympics that needn’t be politicized or commercialized.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Yemen Denounces Trafficking Of Its Cultural Artifacts

Thanks to a long and protracted civil ward, “the country’s archaeological sites, ancient cities, and pre-Islamic artifacts have become easy targets for looters and unscrupulous art dealers.” - ARTnews

Make That Art, Take That Class, Create That Play

You never know whom you’ll influence - or end up being influenced by, in an artistic collaboration years down the line. - The New York Times

Why Did A Judge Toss Out AlterNet’s Lawsuit Over OpenAI?

And what’s next for the alt-publishers who brought the lawsuit originally? - Wired

Who Is Jarl Mohn, The Donor Making Big Gifts To Los Angeles Arts Organizations?

“I really believe that Los Angeles today is what New York was in the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, what Paris was in the turn of the century. ...This is the spot.” - The New York Times

Udo Kier, German Actor And Cult Favorite, Is Basking On His 80th Birthday

Kier has worked with Andy Warhol, Lars von Trier, Madonna, Gus van Sant, Rainer Maria Fassbinder - and nearly everyone else. "Of his work, he estimates ‘100 movies are bad, 50 movies you can see with a glass of wine and 50 movies are good.’”  - Variety

You Can Partly Blame TV For The Demise Of Yellowstone National Park

Development - driven in part by remote work and the pandemic, and also by the TV show Yellowstone, is driving development. That is “a grave threat because of how it is carving up an ecosystem that must stay relatively intact to function.” - The New York Times

Judith Jameson, Who Danced With Ailey And Later Led The Company Out Of Debt, Has Died At 81

"She was a performer of great intelligence, warmth and wit” who became an international star, and later built the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater "into the most successful modern dance company in the country.” - The New York Times

AI Is Killing Our Curiosity

“The rabbit holes and the unexpected obsessions are what’s beautiful about searching the internet; but AI, like the tech companies developing it, is obsessed with efficiency and optimization.” - The Atlantic

A Musical That’s Profitable Before It Even Opens? How?

Turns out star power helps a lot - and so does having a city own the theatre and fund its costs. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Granta’s Editor On Working While In Deep Grief

Sigrid Rausing: “When you’re working on a text there’s always a sense of loss when it’s done. But finishing the translation of a book by my best friend who had just died brought a much greater sense of loss, because I was no longer with her.” - The Guardian (UK)

The Beatles’ Final Song Was Finished Using AI

And now it’s up for a Grammy. - The Verge

What’s It Like To Write A New John Le Carre Novel?

Ask his son, Nick Harkaway. “I had actually decided I wouldn’t do it,” he says. Then his brother stepped in. - The New York Times

If Britain Wants Cool New Social Housing, It Should Look To The Continent

“In many of these places, public bodies and architects see their job as doing more than meeting numbers of homes completed.” - The Observer (UK)

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