Thanks, John. I am reading a hefty & well-illustrated book, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. The essays focus on the intellectual ferment among practitioners of photography and modern art during the early part of the 20th C. This line resonated with me wrt early 20th C artists: "a process of exchange between unique intelligences." I had not recognized how important Stieglitz and his devotees were to that.
Love it, thanks for the other recommendations too!
"Large language models like ChatGPT have swallowed unfathomable amounts of text to then spit it back at us through probabilities. In significant contrast, human reading and writing is a process of exchange between unique intelligences."
Congratulations! I'm also looking forward to reading it. I recommended it as a purchase to my public library and they ordered three copies.
The library purchase is the best news I've had all day. Very much appreciated.
Congratulations John! Grateful for your work and glad that this book is out in the wild.
Congratulations, John! I woke up to my copy this morning, and I'm excited to read it. I also had my library purchase it.
Thanks, John. I am reading a hefty & well-illustrated book, Modern Art and America: Alfred Stieglitz and His New York Galleries. The essays focus on the intellectual ferment among practitioners of photography and modern art during the early part of the 20th C. This line resonated with me wrt early 20th C artists: "a process of exchange between unique intelligences." I had not recognized how important Stieglitz and his devotees were to that.
Love it, thanks for the other recommendations too!
"Large language models like ChatGPT have swallowed unfathomable amounts of text to then spit it back at us through probabilities. In significant contrast, human reading and writing is a process of exchange between unique intelligences."
Congratulations, John! Looking forward to reading More Than Words🤓