GenAI needs editors – just like humans
Go to the back of any blockbuster novel and invariably there’s a slew of acknowledgements from the author. Acknowledgements that are common are for the ed...
Tag: creativity
Frak you, ChatGPT – good writing is still good writing
Humans are really good at coming up with better ways to create things. And humans are also very good at pointing to anything new as the end of the world as they...
Spam robot cut-up fiction
In one of my meanders through the web this weekend, I was reading about Jack Kerouac, which led to William S Burroughs, which led to Burroughs’ cut-up tec...
Research at Janelia: Life on the farm : Nature News & Comment
“But what happens next? Can Janelia Farm do ‘great science’ during the next 5 to 10 years? Will it pass Rubin’s deletion test? Can it re...
Eurekometrics: Analyzing the Nature of Discovery: PLoS Computational Biology
“Despite the great strides in automated discovery and digitization of data that is currently occurring, however, there are limits to eurekometrics. The mo...
Culturomics: Word play : Nature News
“The point is this: like people, ideas need a social life. Introduce them to your friends. Help them develop good contacts. It’s worth it: more than...