Ben Zweig 🇺🇦

Medievalist, Art Historian, PhD, Digital Projects Coordinator at National Gallery DC | Personal Account. "Danger Zone!"

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Leaving this terrible place. Follow me on blueksy https://t.co/T1o9BEJCD4 or LinkedIn https://t.co/gj9HiiPuSL

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@RachelSchine @Azeem259 The great illustrator Will Eisner did a graphic novel about it that explains things pretty well: https://t.co/lUr0xrY09x

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Anyone have a bluesky invite code? On waitlist but who knows how long that could take.

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@Peter_Bell77 I think it's generally one of the greatest limitations of AI imitating real-world objects.

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@gtconway3d Whole Foods.

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@TheRickWilson Personal savings from the bribes. See, no contradiction.

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@Peter_Bell77 @NationalGallery @Der_Postillon Finally someone has the good sense to make the art of the past the way we are certain it was meant to be by our standards today.

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@RIOldFolksHome @RadioFreeTom See, this is exactly why experts are needed.

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@RadioFreeTom Why do all these people place themselves in some fantasy of living in third-century Rome? I have my suspicions, but it's still just...weird.

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@Peter_Bell77 Like if Netherlandish met World of Warcraft met Mordor.

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Can we please stop referring to #aiart as realistic or hyper-realistic or photorealistic, etc? @haltingproblem @LeoImpett

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@RadioFreeTom Funny how those who scream for freedom of speech whine when others choose freedom of association.

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@RadioFreeTom It's the tactic of willfully conflating "expertise" with "infallibility" and then using the fact that experts are just people who make mistakes to denigrate expertise.

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@Peter_Bell77 @artinstitutechi Afraid so 😀

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Excited to get the proof of my upcoming article on a grisly and unusual 16th century stained glass panel today in the @artinstitutechi #arthistory #medievaltwitter