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Florence Ukpabi's avatar

This is a BIG one, but it feels like something I could potentially speak adjacently on. Is there a word count?

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, Ph.D.'s avatar

The word count limit is 1,000 words, Florence.

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Waving From A Distance's avatar

OK, so now I will take another break from "the book" and write something for the Salon :-) I think I have to do it!

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, Ph.D.'s avatar

Yay! Can't wait to read it!!

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Kim Doyal's avatar

Beautiful, Lisa-Marie,

As I was reading, I was thinking about the things I love doing (painting with watercolors, for one) and how I would never give them up for an AI-generated piece of art, even though I enjoy creating images with AI.

Getting lost in what I'm doing, playing with the layers of colors (I didn't quite have the patience for watercolors when I was younger 😉).

Finding the balance between what we want AI to do/not do is such a personal journey.

I felt a little like I was in each of the places you mentioned as you described them.

This is such a much-needed conversation.

Thank you

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, Ph.D.'s avatar

You actually just made me think of something, Kim. With the exception of vibe-coding, maybe we keep all those activities within which we find “flow.”

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Kim Doyal's avatar

Oooh... I love this.

Let's go deeper with this when we chat this week!

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, Ph.D.'s avatar

Let's! Are you submitting?

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Lisa-Marie Cabrelli, Ph.D.'s avatar

For the Salon, I mean - not for our chat. lol.

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Kaarin Marx Smith's avatar

I took a long walk this afternoon in a park near our house and reveled in the trees that were changing colors...I stopped and noticed a leaf that was hanging in mid-air -- caught, I think, on the thread of a spider web-- that's something AI can't do: have its breath taken away at the beauty in the Universe.

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