Type text into AI image and video generators, and you’ll often see outputs of unusual, sometimes creepy[1], pictures.
In a way, this is a feature, not a bug, of generative AI. And artists are wielding this aesthetic to create a new storytelling art form.
The tools, such as Midjourney[2] to generate images, Runway[3] and Sora[4] to produce...
How will the internet evolve in the coming decades?
Fiction writers have explored some possibilities.
In his 2019 novel “Fall[1],” science fiction author Neal Stephenson[2] imagined a near future in which the internet still exists. But it has become so polluted with misinformation, disinformation and advertising that it is largely unusable.
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How will the internet evolve in the coming decades?
Fiction writers have explored some possibilities.
In his 2019 novel “Fall[1],” science fiction author Neal Stephenson[2] imagined a near future in which the internet still exists. But it has become so polluted with misinformation, disinformation and advertising that it is largely unusable.
...
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Imagine – it’s the mid-1800s, and you’re riding your high-wheeled, penny-farthing bicycle down a dusty road. Sure, it may have some bumps, but if you lose your balance, you’re landing on a relatively soft dirt road. But as the years go by, these roads are replaced with pavement, cobblestones, bricks or wooden slats. All these...