To an AI model, a picture is data, sound and music are data, as is traditional spoken or written language. That data is translatable, interchangeable, and, most importantly, linkable and actionable. That means that video, music, sound, movement, image can interact in common language.
A Framework for Thinking about Disruption of the Arts by AI
What would a strategy for the arts sector be for anticipating artificial intelligence, if consensus seems to be it will change everything?
How Subsidy for Big Tech Wrecked the Arts (and Journalism)
Companies like Netflix, Amazon, Facebook, Spotify, Apple and Google have subsidized what they offer (super-cheap or free content, faster service and better accessibility) to capture audience and attention in ways that have played havoc with culture producers and artists everywhere, whether or not they create on any of these platforms.
Some Thoughts on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” Movie
Maestro isn’t really a movie about Leonard Bernstein or his career, or even about music per se. It’s not really a “biopic,” in the traditional Hollywood sense of the word.
Is the Universal Translator Finally Here?
We’re entering a new age of global communication, and universal translators are only the first step. Avatars and synthetics will be as routine as today’s TikTok video filters.
How to Think About How AI will Change the Arts?
At the moment “how to think about it” may be the most important place to start.
American Orchestras Could Learn Something from South Dakota
Infinite choice of music in a few clicks sounds like a dream. In reality it can dull your desire and lead to what the social psychologist Barry Schwartz calls the “paradox of choice,” a kind of paralysis in decision-making that causes many of us to disengage altogether. Culture is like relationships; you get more out […]
Inflection Point? A Crisis in Paying for Culture in the Age of Abundance
Our consumption of culture has never been higher. So why are culture producers melting down?
Still Amusing Ourselves to Death: Information as Cautionary Tale
It might seem like our current information glut is without parallel, but throughout history observers have worried about the impact of too much information on our ability to rationally process and make sense of it. When we moved from an oral storytelling culture to print with the invention of the printing press. Or with the […]
The UnderTow: What the new Edinburgh Fringe Tells us about a Post-COVID World
How has COVID changed what people want when they decide to put down their screens and go out? We’ll explore what Edinburgh thinks it is.
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