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Broken Metaverse Dreams
In 2011, I gave an optimistic opening keynote speech at the Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education conference to 500 educators from around the world. At the time, I thought seamless integration between Second Life and OpenSim would extend to other platforms via open standards. I believed Web 3D would integrate with Web 2.0, and…
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This Space for Rant
Our addiction to social media is rooted in the fear of oblivion which explodes periodically in outbursts of rapid-fire ranting. Although anger channeled through art can be inspiring, anger expressed through social networks is just annoying. People go ballistic when their perception of reality is challenged. It’s a good thing that it’s hard to make…
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Muse Speaks
Muse: Go create something, little monkey! Artist: I can’t. Music: Yes, you can! Artist When? Muse: Now! Artist: Why? Muse: Because something inside you is begging to be born. The image was created with Midjourney, extended in DALL-E 2, and edited and composited using Photoshop.
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Artists and Dinosaurs
Fighting disruptive technology is a hopeless battle. This year’s rapid evolution of generative AI tools portends that those who don’t use them will eventually be obsoleted in many creative commercial niches. Disgruntled artists opting out won’t make a substantive difference. Even if their portfolios collectively total a million works, they’re just a fraction of a…
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Be the Mystery You Seek to Kill
EVERY post we share on a social network is a Selfie. The continuous stream of perpetual personal branding truncates the vast wonder of a living being into shiny little shareable boxes. Our identities are formed through feedback loops between our visceral sense of self and the reflecting chamber of the external world. There is an…
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AI as Insatiable Beast
Generative AI can be thought of as a vast and insatiable beast, constantly seeking to consume and digest all of the world’s knowledge. It is a never-ending process, as there is always more to learn and discover. Imagine this beast as a giant, ravenous creature, with a seemingly endless appetite for information. It gobbles up…
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Dice Game
Myth and religion served God for thousands of years until that smart-ass Roger Bacon doomed the world with the experimental process. The Bible was right. God did create the universe. But with smoke and mirrors. It only worked because people believed. So every time some nosy scientist peered a little deeper into the universe, God…
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Who’s the Dummy Now?
Who puts words in a character’s mouth? It seems simple, right? The author. But who puts the words in your mouth? Another self-evident answer? Not really. It seems like there’s a single “you” inside who is responsible for all of your words, thoughts, feelings, and actions. There is obviously a single brain and body behind…
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The Message of the AI Medium
We Shape Our Tools, and Thereafter Our Tools Shape Us Marshall Mcluhan Marshall McLuhan wasn’t interested in what we do with technology. He explored how technology changes who we are, individually and collectively, psychologically and culturally; for better or worse. Technological breakthroughs cascade in ways we can’t foresee when they first appear: The medium is…
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A Cautionary Fable of Obsessive Creativity
Although prudence recommends the lowest effective dose, Dr. Muse always prescribes the highest nonlethal option. Once upon a time, a young man named Redacted was known for his obsessive creative drive. He was an artist, musician, and writer and spent every spare moment creating. As time went on, he became obsessed with his creative Muse,…
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