The 21st century has seen a wave of technological advancement unparalleled since the industrial revolution of the 1800s. The digital revolution has upended society in ways too numerous to count. The internet provides new avenues for connection, good and ill. Social media has changed the way people interact with each other and with the world. And now, the artificial-intelligence boom is threatening to upend the world once again, to shake up the way we think about ourselves.
From college campuses to the recording studio, AI is redefining the way people work in numerous fields. Charlie Cooke recently detailed his frustrations with the use of AI to mimic John Lennon. I commented as well, noting my unease with the implicit assertion that AI art could ever truly copy the human soul from which art springs:
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