The FT's innovation editor John Thornhill writes loads concerning the dangers of artificial intelligence, but when he recently saw an algorithm-made film about musician Brian Eno, he liked it. Or moderately, he liked the version he saw: the documentary has 52 trillion variations. Each time you play it, you get a brand new perspective on the film. gives us a glimpse of what AI can do for creativity by finding connections and patterns where the human mind sees none. On today's show, John tells us concerning the film and what makes AI attractive to artists.
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Links (all FT links take you past the paywall):
– John’s column about watching is here: https://on.ft.com/3TVG0R2
– And here is his recent review of several books that warn that AI's ability to provide us more information than ever before doesn’t mean we’re higher informed: https://on.ft.com/3zXTsge
– John is on X @johnthornhillft
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