locastro

Capture is more dangerous than censorship because it gives the impression of victory while preserving the underlying distribution of power. There are few forces darker than a system that learns to speak the moral language of its critics while continuing, underneath the new vocabulary, to metabolize the same old world.

The 'like' button, as the operational implementation of mimetic desire — a machine for amplifying what others want in order to generate wanting — is among the most destructive social technologies ever deployed. It has destabilized democracies, accelerated polarization, weaponized adolescent identity formation, and produced a global epidemic of comparison-based suffering.

A new category of work is forming—explicitly hybrid, neither human-authored nor machine-authored, but intentionally co-constructed. These works do not conceal their process; they explore it. As with jazz, collage, or cinema at their inception, the grammar of this form is still unstable. Those who define it will not merely create artifacts, but establish a language future creators inherit.

demographics are destiny

FYI I didn't ask (literally just doing some web site coding) but this popped up anyway...just a friendly reminder from @AnthropicAI to Claude to please behave.

What is being automated is not creativity, but execution divorced from intention.

Latest essay on why this time IS and ISN’T different.

i don't know how to put it on but am developing theory that one of the longs is in the media/arts space for long time tech has been seen as high class and arts as low class professions, ai infra will vaporize many low level white collar tasks pair that with people yearning for more quality real life experiences that aren't contaminated by ai slop and you have the groundwork set for a renaissance of talented artists & musicians with some sort of new age ways to consume media

The hottest new programming language is English

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Trailer for Sensor Aid™ Made with @midjourney @krea_ai @Photoshop #finalcutpro #imovie

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better pray

installer remover

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Explore the intersection of light and technology at #IGNITEBroward! Join us February 14-23 as we showcase our immersive installation ‘PUSH POWER’ alongside incredible artists from around the world. Don’t miss it! 📷 FREE and open to all ages More info at IGNITEBroward.com 'PUSH POWER' Artwork & Animation: @locastro Sound: @DannyDaze Light Programming: @mikhailmansion Fabrication: @miamigrillgiftshop & BEK Milling Solutions