Tag: Books
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God-like in The Guardian
Really thrilled to have been commissioned by The Guardian to write a piece on the book – which they published today. It explores the AI Transparency Statement that the book begins with – something that I felt I had to write as a declaration, as so many people were asking me if I’d used generative AI to write the…
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Smashing chat… or how to be a Luddite
Last week I was invited to join the Ned Ludd Raoddio Hour for an interview about the new book. You can listen to it above, or via the podcast page here. Ned Ludd is the legendary figure who, having smashed two industrial knitting machines in protest at their replacement of human craft, gave his name…
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Auerbach on making art: ‘enjoyable; but that does not mean that it is not difficult’
One of the things that I have been listening to a lot of late is This Cultural Life, ‘in-depth conversations with some of the world’s leading artists and creatives.’ It can be enjoyable listening, but I sometimes wonder why I put myself through it. Hearing supremely successful people talk about their craft, and the time…
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‘God-Like’ – Chapter 1 excerpt
I’m really looking forward to getting this out in a few weeks! It’s been a wild ride to write because, as you’ll know, AI right now is such a shape-shifting, slippery beast. The upshot of that is that this book can only ever be a snapshot… but this is why I’ve been super keen to…
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To the moon (and back)
Today I went to Lightroom in London’s Kings Cross to see The Moonwalkers – an immersive video experience focused on the Apollo missions to the moon… and the Artemis II missions which intend to go back in 2026. It was a beautiful re-telling of a story I now know so well through the work I…
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Getting High – A Reader’s Guide
For those of you who have already begun the book, or are awaiting delivery, I thought it might be helpful to post a kind of field-guide to the text. That’s not to say — I hope — that it doesn’t stand alone, but for those who are interested in delving into some of the background…