Thoughts

I saw quote from Madonna, "Algorithms and artificial intelligence are the opposite of taking risks and to me that is the opposite of making art."

It's true, if you create for the algorithm you're locked into what already exists…

But the Algorithm can also bring your art to the right people. The people that are going to love it, celebrate it. It's the exposure artists never could have gotten before.

The AI removes barriers of tech to create anything that you can dream up.

You can copy, like many people did before even before AI.

Or you can think of something new and have AI help you execute it.

AI and the Algorithm are already here - they aren't perfect, but they definitely don't reduce art.

That's up to humans to decide.

Ever since AI came around I've appreciated the human elements of anything more. The amateur low budget short-film, a website with a glitch, a typo in a blog post. The bit of unpolished makes it interesting, jagged and have edges. There's something about getting to know the person more when you get to see inside instead of seeing something equivalent to a Tiffany Box - yes, iconic, but once you see it so many times it's too perfect and the same.

AI is unlocking "Paint & Brush" creativity. The best uses of AI have a blend of the human element in the correct spot, my personal taste leans to the human element being something analog - like a painting. Instead of technology being a barrier to creating a blog, building an app, publishing my work, it has become an asset with AI. I can expand my creative routes of painting, photography, and editing videos to go beyond what I dreamed with the assistance of AI. Whether it's freeing up my time, helping me get to publishing faster, or handling the technical components it gives me the space for Paint & Brush Creativity.

I'm not a coffee drinker. It was only a few years ago I learned how to make a pot of coffee. Once I did that, I was baffled by the Keurig industry. It only saves maybe two minutes of prep time. The rest is only waiting for the coffee to brew. How big of a deal is it to wait for coffee to brew? I put the coffee on in the morning and when my partner wakes up it's ready. It made me think: How many inventions were created in the spirit of convenience to later find out that this made the entirety of society lazier? Escalators, Keurigs, and Microwaves. Product designs to take shortcuts society never needed. I'm building things that are net positive, not just a substitute for something that we don't want to do.

Could every fitness wearable, Oura Ring, Whoop, Fitbit be created to fit an individual users needs? How hard would it be to make a DIY Oura Ring? A product where all the data is yours, and they aren't using it to profit and make their products better. The data that Oura Ring tracks like sleep time, potential sicknesses, and energy level could probably be predicted and prescribed by the current AI models without the need to tap into Oura Rings data.

Even if it wasn't accurate the first few weeks, as it got to know you, wouldn't it be incredible in a month?

If you can't tell, I have a privacy issue with wearables, and I'm not even a big fan of Apples Pedometer. They are amazing products, but I don't think we should have to trade in all our health data for eternity to be able to benefit from them. Seems like too high a price to pay.