A piece of advice
One development I’ve been closely following in recent years is the ever-growing stream of weekly inventions made with—and by—AI models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and Mistral. It’s not just astonishing and fascinating; the speed at which everything is evolving is, frankly, a bit unsettling. Not to mention the vast amounts of money and energy it all consumes.
Writer and artist Austin Kleon—author of the inspiring little books “Steal Like an Artist,” “Show Your Work!” and “Keep Going”—has been thinking about it a lot too.
“I spent an abnormal amount of time online this week reading articles about AI, the decline of Western civilization, etc. I don’t recommend it!”
In his newsletter, he ultimately offers this wise advice:
“In the digital age, don't forget to use your digits. I believe that people in their generation would do well to learn the magic of making things by hand and how the hand talks to the brain as much as the brain talks to the hand. This is what the makers and users of artificial ‘intelligence’ miss: human intelligence is an embodied intelligence.”
Een ontwikkeling die ik de laatste jaren nauwlettend volg is wat er allemaal elke week weer wordt uitgevonden met en door alle AI modellen zoals ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Mistral. Het wekt niet alleen verbazing en verwondering op, maar het tempo waarin een en ander zich ontwikkelt is natuurlijk ook wat verontrustend, om nog maar niet te spreken van de hoeveelheden geld en energie wat het allemaal kost. Ook Austin Kleon houdt het nogal bezig - schrijver van de zeer inspirerende boekjes “Steal like an artist”, “Show your work!” en “Keep going”.
“I spent an abnormal amount of time online this week reading articles about AI, the decline of western civilization, etc. I don’t recommend it!”
Uiteindelijk komt hij in zijn nieuwsbrief met dit wijze advies:
“In the digital age, don't forget to use your digits. I believe that people in their generation would do well to learn the magic of making things by hand and how the hand talks to the brain as much as the brain talks to the hand. This is what the makers and users of artificial ’intelligence’ miss: human intelligence is an embodied intelligence.”
