The blog post discusses the impact of text-to-image generation and AI on the art world, drawing parallels with historical reactions to new art technologies like photography and recorded music. It argues that fears surrounding AI's...
The blog post discusses John Philip Sousa's 1906 essay, 'The Menace of Mechanical Music,' which warned that recorded music would harm American music and musical taste. The author reflects on Sousa's arguments, acknowledging that w...
The blog post discusses how various technologies over the past century have contributed to increased social isolation in the United States by replacing in-person interactions with technological alternatives. It categorizes social ...
The author reflects on influential non-fiction books that have significantly shaped their worldview, categorizing them into various themes such as history, science, society, and culture. They discuss the impact of these books on t...
The blog post discusses the concept of Non-Violent Communication (NVC) and its application in scientific and technical communication. It emphasizes the importance of managing conflict and communicating effectively to prevent confl...
The post discusses the issue of violent communication in scientific paper reviews, arguing that it is toxic and harmful to the review process, authors, and the community. The author shares personal experiences of receiving toxic r...
The text discusses the myth that artists begin with a clear vision and execute it, and how the process of painting involves a series of choices and changes. The author provides a detailed example of the decision-making process dur...
The blog post discusses the author's perspective on creating a sense of 3D space in 2D pictures through drawing and painting. It emphasizes the multiperspective nature of drawings and paintings, and how the author's observations h...
The author reflects on their experiences with drawing and painting over the years, discussing the ebbs and flows of motivation and inspiration, and the impact of positive feedback from friends and acquaintances. They also talk abo...
The blog post outlines a new theory for how shape perception works in pictures, specifically, how we interpret perspective. It combines ideas from human vision science, art history, and computational photography. The post discusse...
The text discusses the author's recent readings on intelligence and consciousness in animals, including humans. It includes reviews of books by Frans de Waal, Peter Godfrey-Smith, and Daniel Dennett, and their implications for AI ...
The text discusses the perception of distortion in art and photography, focusing on the concept of linear perspective and the Direct View Condition. It explains how shapes are perceived by human vision and how artists use multiper...
The text is a talk given by Aaron Hertzmann at SIGGRAPH 2024, on the occasion of receiving the SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement award. He discusses how his experiences in painting inspired his research in computer graphics a...
The post discusses the importance of avoiding good/bad/should judgments in art-making, and how these judgments can hinder the creative process. It emphasizes the value of personal practice and the benefits of making art, regardles...
The text discusses the distinction between evolution and optimization, arguing that evolution is not optimization, despite the similarities. It explains that natural selection does not produce organisms perfectly suited to their e...
The post explains how linear perspective is used to make pictures and why it causes faces to look distorted in group selfies. It also discusses marginal distortion, COP viewing, pixel correction, and perspective expansion and comp...