Interestingly I watched an episode of The Interview with Irvine Welsh tonight and he talked at length about the state of the arts and addiction today.
He was talking about the fact that we are in a post-culture world. Our phones are setting us up for addiction, and we are basically just consuming instruction (wear this outfit, watch this show), rather than living our own lives.
This extends out to AI art. Where are we culturally if we’re all just robots consuming what’s gone before?
How timely! Thanks so much for sharing that and the link to the episode, Gareth.
I've been reading and seeing so many thing over the past few weeks around the pervasiveness of automation and the criticism on AI slop and wondered if no one wants it, why there is still being made? So I'm sure that the addiction economy Welsh talks about has a lot to do with it. But we can always fight back.
That showed real commitment, seeing Superman three times, Cristina!
Re your thoughts on AI, I watched Three Colours Red last night for the first time since it came out in 1994 and was struck by how some of the themes are very current. There was surveillance, phone sex (at least implied), and lots about ethics and what’s true and ‘real’.
At the weekend I sang in a concert with choir and was treated to a performance by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on the same bill. No AI there. I appreciate ´here and now’ performances more than ever. By and for humans, as you say!
I have a lot of time on my hands, Wendy, no merit in that 😂 I need to add Three Colours Red to my watch list. Always heard great things about this trilogy and never got around watching it, so your comment has sealed the deal.
And glad to read about your 'here and now' moment singing and enjoying live music in the company of fellow humans. Let's enjoy them while they're around!
Be interested to hear what you think, Cristina. We watched Three Colours White the night before, and I missed out on Blue earlier in the week (was at choir practice!), but will go back and watch that one as soon as I have time.
I've seen they're available on Curzon Home Cinema so that's fantastic as I'm a member. Will try to watch the trilogy before the summer is over and report back ; ) Thanks again the suggestion and link to this topic.
So glad you enjoyed reading this and absolutely with you on embracing our imperfect and crazy selves because we've built centuries of longlasting human culture thanks to passionate brave, and inventive people and it'd really be a pity it went all to waste in a matter of years.
Cristina, this was a beautiful piece to read! and yay for falling asleep during movies! !
Thank you for reading, Barbs! The cinema I go to has comfy seats so it was bound to happen sooner or later... 😂
Interestingly I watched an episode of The Interview with Irvine Welsh tonight and he talked at length about the state of the arts and addiction today.
He was talking about the fact that we are in a post-culture world. Our phones are setting us up for addiction, and we are basically just consuming instruction (wear this outfit, watch this show), rather than living our own lives.
This extends out to AI art. Where are we culturally if we’re all just robots consuming what’s gone before?
Here’s the episode if you’re interested: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002g8w8
How timely! Thanks so much for sharing that and the link to the episode, Gareth.
I've been reading and seeing so many thing over the past few weeks around the pervasiveness of automation and the criticism on AI slop and wondered if no one wants it, why there is still being made? So I'm sure that the addiction economy Welsh talks about has a lot to do with it. But we can always fight back.
That showed real commitment, seeing Superman three times, Cristina!
Re your thoughts on AI, I watched Three Colours Red last night for the first time since it came out in 1994 and was struck by how some of the themes are very current. There was surveillance, phone sex (at least implied), and lots about ethics and what’s true and ‘real’.
At the weekend I sang in a concert with choir and was treated to a performance by Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra on the same bill. No AI there. I appreciate ´here and now’ performances more than ever. By and for humans, as you say!
I have a lot of time on my hands, Wendy, no merit in that 😂 I need to add Three Colours Red to my watch list. Always heard great things about this trilogy and never got around watching it, so your comment has sealed the deal.
And glad to read about your 'here and now' moment singing and enjoying live music in the company of fellow humans. Let's enjoy them while they're around!
Be interested to hear what you think, Cristina. We watched Three Colours White the night before, and I missed out on Blue earlier in the week (was at choir practice!), but will go back and watch that one as soon as I have time.
I've seen they're available on Curzon Home Cinema so that's fantastic as I'm a member. Will try to watch the trilogy before the summer is over and report back ; ) Thanks again the suggestion and link to this topic.
Ok, I definitely need to catch up with this trilogy then. Will also look up La double vie de Véronique.
By the way I love how a post on how to resist AI cultural dominance is producing great movie recommendations. Thank you!
You’ve done it already, Julian. Now you and Wendy have really got me intrigued about a few new movies : )
White confused me towards the end. Red was terrific. Still need to re-watch Blue. Thanks for the tip about La Double Vie… haven’t seen that.
It was the bits leading up to the ending that confused me - the legal details! - but I know Cristina hasn’t seen it yet, so I won’t elaborate!
So glad you enjoyed reading this and absolutely with you on embracing our imperfect and crazy selves because we've built centuries of longlasting human culture thanks to passionate brave, and inventive people and it'd really be a pity it went all to waste in a matter of years.