Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
dingemansemark@scholar.social ("Mark Dingemanse") wrote:
In early 2023 we wrote a piece on human creativity in the age of text generators. TL;DR: With synthetic text generators on the rise, there was never a better time to cultivate the artisanal and interactive roots of human creativity.
It was desk-rejected so often that we stopped counting (journals seemed to prefer puff pieces on the amazing opportunities of #GenAI). I am still proud of it. Perhaps you would like to read it? https://ideophone.org/human-creativity-in-the-age-of-text-generators/
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- Illustration by Suzan Heijink of Émilie du Châtelet based on a contempary oil painting (author unknown). Du Châtelet is shown with an apple tree and falling apple, a prism and rainbow, and points describing an elliptical trajectory, signifying her contributions to the sciences. Source of this illustration: Trouw newspaper (2022) (remote)