OpenAI
DALL·E 2
1 min · · DALL·E 2 is a new AI system that can create realistic images and art from a description in natural language. · Shared by 4688, including Sam Altman, Ilya Sutskever, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Ross Dawson, Daniel Shiffman, Semil, Prof. Kim Nicholas *WeCanFixIt.substack.com*, John Jantsch, Balaji, Liam Bright, David McCandless, Carl T. Bergstrom, Neuroskeptic 🇺🇦, Robert Scoble, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Bob E. Hayes, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Tom Vander Ark, Douglas Karr, Chris Messina
OpenAI
DALL·E: Creating Images from Text
20+ min · · We’ve trained a neural network called DALL·E that creates images from text captions for a wide range of concepts expressible in natural language. · Shared by 1030, including Vicki Davis, Mario Klingemann💧💦, AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Sam Altman, Bill Slawski ⚓ 🇺🇦, Leo Polovets, Soumith Chintala, Ilya Sutskever, MIT CSAIL, Jane Manchun Wong, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Ser Jeff Garzik, Josh Wolfe, Randy Olson, Kevin Kelly, Chris Messina, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, danabramov.bsky.social, Vinod Khosla, Carla Gentry 🎶
Ableton
Yuri Suzuki: Designing With Sound In Mind
8 min · · Sound and installation designer Yuri Suzuki on his work with Jeff Mills, Raymond Scott’s Electronium and his works for MoMA, Tate Modern, Barbican and elsewhere · Shared by 15, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Sam Proud
everestpipkin.medium.com
“BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?”
20+ min · · Cryptocurrencies and NFTs are an absolute disaster for so many more reasons than the ecological. · Shared by 388, including Joe Groff ⎷⃣, Trent Walton, ben, Nouriel Roubini, Jay Acunzo, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks, fantastic ms., loren schmidt, everest, Golan Levin, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, notsofast, Artnome, rachel binx, William Gibson, Dr. Alec Couros, patrick h. lauke (redux) "Big Dog" #toryScum #cis, Graham Roberts, Simon Kirby
Seth Godin
NFTs are a dangerous trap
4 min · · Like most traps, they’re mysterious and then appealing and then it’s too late. An NFT is digital treasure chest, a status symbol and an apparent item of value. Like a Pokemon card, or a… · Shared by 389, including LARRY ELKAN, Rich Harris, Jess 🇺🇦, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Coronado 'Porch' Lindzon, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Pippa Malmgren, Matthias Lampe, 🔥 Sir Lord Joel Comm 👑, Scott Galloway, notsofast, David Weigel, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Kelsey Hightower, Justin Jackson, Bill Johnston, Ouriel @Zengo, Paul Roetzer, Artnome
The New York Times
Why an Animated Flying Cat With a Pop-Tart Body Sold for Almost $600,000
6 min · · A fast-growing market for digital art, ephemera and media is marrying the world’s taste for collectibles with cutting-edge technology. · Shared by 500, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Jamie Burke ⛺️, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Dirk von Gehlen 🤷🏻♂️, Cade Metz, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Phillip Murphy, Sam Proud, Gabriele, Cliff Bleszinski, Neeraj K Agrawal, Tyler Winklevoss, Christian Hartmann, Paul Bloom, Scott Monty, Alyssa C, Maggie Koerth, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
a16z
NFTs and a Thousand True Fans
6 min · · Non-fungible tokens offer fundamentally better economics for creators by removing rent-seeking, enabling granular pricing, and reducing customer acquisition costs. · Shared by 723, including Mathew Ingram, cdixon.eth, Jessica Lessin, TK Kader, string 🇦🇺🍗, felix salmon, benahorowitz.eth, Brent Beshore, John O'Farrell, Coronado 'Porch' Lindzon, Jeff Jordan, Brian Roemmele, Chris Messina, Li Jin, Steven Sinofsky, Adam Singer, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Nicolas Granatino🌻, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Gledhill