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@visitnorthyork If I let my greed take the better of me I would make it much closer.

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@HerodotusWave Does it *ding* when you step on it?

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@TGarantine Hm, I'll have to ask Grok about that.

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@KalinBooks @megha_lilly I would also like to pick your brain about writing a set of rules for Grok that will improve its responses. You seem like the sort with some experience in that field.

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@KalinBooks @megha_lilly Congratulations on finishing and getting your story out there. I have some thoughts about the your point, but they can wait for later. Good talk. Thanks for stirring up some ideas with me.

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I am beginning to produce art again myself (feel free to look at my posts, feedback accepted). I am familiar with the idea of using social media for self-promotion, but I was unaware of how AI might further help with this. I am all for fewer gatekeepers. I would rather my patrons be my critics. Tell me more, if you have the time.

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Thank you, I think you have helped to highlight our chief point of contention. I would absolutely define art as a means of communication, with intent and interpretation as fundamental elements. I would suggest expanding it to the set of, "Things to which I have an emotional response," would be too large to be coherent.

There is room to consider the possibility that at some point the degree of control of a machine augmented creative process would fit my definition. Indeed, at some level digital tools now achieve this. But I have used AI to create images, and have spent a few thousands of hours painting, and can say that what I have seen of the prompt to creation loop currently available dose not meet the standard. Think more of the effect of an art director given assignments. General goals can be reached, looks achieved, but the the level of control of artistry just isn't there.

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@megha_lilly Sorry, I'm not sure about the meaning of you last sentence. Who would "Them" be referring to?

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@megha_lilly Perhaps you have misjudge the scale of the problem, and just who is being replaced.

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In my example the key to each work is Shakespeare, Sargent, Ross, and the granny that painted along with him on Sunday nights. All were using a method of expression that could not help but revel them, some more expertly than others to be sure. The prosses is essentially different than typing prompts, or the sorting of design elements by an algorithm.

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@megha_lilly Please consider the taking of pleasure in small things. Yes, we can live in a machine made word without ornament, but should we.

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@KalinBooks @megha_lilly I will add that I think AI is incredibly useful. It will have an impact on Art, and I think where it is not used to replace the creative process of communication that Art is, it may open up huge new possibilities.

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@MozartCultures "Nobody gives you a trophy for collecting countries." Come now, you will a certain Russian strongman sad.

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I have not used powdered graphite before. I like the effect.

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Still working.

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@QuintenFrancois Ulysses Grant failed at everything until he led a broken army to victory, and saved his nation. He was not a wild eyed dreamer. His tools were tenacity, a willingness to learn, and a cool head. Not that his was the only way, but few successful efforts lack these three elements.

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@brivael Teaching Reason would be a good start, and then its natural child Skepticism. Rewarding merit and encouraging exceptionalism is needed. It is sad that these very basic things need to be said.