Hey y’all,
In today’s podcast, I’m thinking through the cultural shift that’s happening right before our eyes: generative AI has crossed the Rubicon, and I don’t think most of us can fully imagine how dramatically it will shape how we make, consume, and value art.
Clearly, I’m not anti-technology. I’m not even anti–ChatGPT (or Gemini or Perplexity). I’ve used large language models for years.
What I am is suspicious. Suspicious of hype, suspicious of claims about democratization (that’s always been fake, but we’ll get to that later), and I’m deeply worried about what gets lost when we trade friction for convenience in every single area of existence.
Listen to me as I prattle on about the Studio Ghibli-style photo trend that took over social media, what it means when “normies” start using LLMs daily, and why I think this moment marks a real turning point.
All of these ideas led me to a harder question: What if most people never cared about art as much as artists and snobs thought they did?
Despite what Sam A. claims, we’re not in a golden age of creativity. We’re at the beginning of an aesthetic and intellectual flattening?
There’s a lot in here. Let’s get into it.
P.S. Here’s the Instagram Reel I referenced.
Love Always💜,
Kim
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