{"id":19595,"date":"2022-07-01T09:11:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/?p=19595"},"modified":"2022-07-01T09:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T16:11:30","slug":"taste-is-the-new-skill-in-the-age-of-dalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/01\/taste-is-the-new-skill-in-the-age-of-dalle\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Taste is the new skill&#8221; in the age of DALL\u2022E"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was thinking back yesterday to Ira Glass&#8217;s classic observations on the (productive) tension that comes from having developed a sense of taste but not yet the skills to create accordingly:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ira Glass on The Creative Process:\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GHrmKL2XKcE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Independently I came across this encouraging tweet from digital artist Claire Silver:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaireSilver12\/status\/1542516607653515271?s=20&#038;t=fNgnFtxUEmRItvcNk9C6rg\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As it happens, Claire&#8217;s Twitter bio includes the phrase &#8220;Taste is the new skill.&#8221; I&#8217;ve been thinking along these lines as tools like DALL\u2022E &amp; Imagen suddenly grant mass access to what previously required hard-won skill. When mechanical execution is taken largely off the table, what&#8217;s left? Maybe the sum total of your curiosity &amp; life&#8217;s experiences\u2014your developed perspective, your taste\u2014is what sets you apart, making you <em>you<\/em>, letting you pair that uniqueness with better execution tools &amp; thereby stand out. At least, y&#8217;know, until the next big language model drops. &#x1f643;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking back yesterday to Ira Glass&#8217;s classic observations on the (productive) tension that comes from having developed a sense of taste but not yet the skills to create accordingly: Independently I came across this encouraging tweet from digital artist Claire Silver: As it happens, Claire&#8217;s Twitter bio includes the phrase &#8220;Taste is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[68,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19596,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19595\/revisions\/19596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jnack.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}