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The article in which Scott compares John Henry's mining capacity to the Machine's (www.astralcodexten.com)
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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

"You hate AI art? Well name all real paintings!" the blog post.

Also talking about the urinal "Art, it seems, is most meaningful when it challenges our very concept of what art is." No that was in 1917. Pretty sure that nowadays 'what is art even?' art is quite overdone and boring.

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 2 days ago

The idea that formalist experimentation and deliberately pushing the boundaries of a medium are only one of several goals to which art can strive is apparently too sophisticated for Scott Adderall. He also takes a leap from "influential" to "meaningful", an elision so hackish it's trite.