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AI Creativity: Polished Weirdness or Genuine Breakthrough?

2025-02-18

This essay explores the use of AI tools in creative work and the potential problems with the style of their output. The author argues that AI-generated art often prioritizes refinement and safety, lacking truly surprising originality, resembling "attractive people with heavily vetted idiosyncrasies" rather than genuine "freaks." Using Goth subculture as an example, the author points out that consistent interaction and feedback within smaller groups are more conducive to the development of individual styles, while large-scale scrutiny leads to convergence. While AI tools lower the barrier to entry for creation, the author also expresses concern about the over-reliance on "parallel interrogation" mechanisms in AI creation, potentially limiting creativity. The author ultimately expresses optimism, believing that as people deepen their use and exploration of AI tools, a balance will be found, achieving harmony between technology and art.

The Michael Scott Theory of Social Class: The Higher You Climb, The More You Become Michael Scott

2025-02-05

This essay proposes the 'Michael Scott Theory of Social Class,' arguing that the higher one ascends the 'Educated Gentry' class in North America, the more their behavior resembles that of Michael Scott, the bumbling, yet comedically oblivious manager from *The Office*. Drawing from the three-tiered social structure depicted in *The Office* (losers, clueless, and sociopaths) and applying it to a model of American social class, the author posits that the Educated Gentry pursue unique, often performative lifestyles to gain status, ultimately becoming detached from reality and trapped in self-constructed realities, mirroring Michael Scott's obliviousness and performative behavior. The use of language, specifically 'Posturetalk' and 'Babytalk,' reinforces this detachment.