Disinforming Ourselves to Death
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AI Won’t Destroy the Public Sphere (…because we do.)
ChatGPT for language. Midjourney for pictures. Discussing matters of public interest and formulating opinions on them require a steady intake of facts and opinions that reflect social realities and values. Just like we need good ingredients to cook great food. However, with the rapid advancement of AI, those ingredients could be less reflective of actual…
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Post-Twitter Twitterverse
Some impressions on the ongoing conversational vibes in various Twitter-ish services in their current iterations (i.e. Jul 2023): Threads feels like Twitter around 2020.…Vibrant with celebs, influencers, politicos, etc strategically shouting for attention in all media formats. The Twitterverse that attracted money and power interests.…That’s what the massive network scale achieves, which Instagram did effortlessly…
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Stray Thoughts on Pixar’s Elemental
I loved Pixar’s Elemental a lot, but I get how it missed the mark with some audiences. First off, the marketing point: while the romcom aspect was advertised, the diaspora inter-generational story is the real gem. Father-daughter relationship, as a core story driver, opened on Father’s Day weekend, but no marketing about that part. But…