Creative thinkers articles
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ChatGPT and the like could free up coders to new heights of creativity
Far from making programmers an endangered species, AI will release them from the grunt work that stifles innovationWhen digital computers were invented, the first task was to instruct them to do what we wanted. The problem was that the machines didn’t understand English – they only knew ones and zeros. You could program them with long sequences of these two digits and if you got the sequence right then the machines would do what you wanted. But life’s too short for composing infinite strings of...
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‘The program of no’: Creative writing program faces lecturer shortages
After the implementation of a four-year cap on lectureships last year, the creative writing program has faced teaching staff shortages that some say are discouraging students from the department.
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After Liberating Creativity in ‘1984,’ Apple Is Crushing It—and the Internet Hates It
It was supposed to be a clever product demonstration for Apple’s latest sleek, artificial intelligence-powered iPad Pro. But the brand, typically praised for its advertising, sparked a wave of backlash for a commercial that crushes and destroys creative tools. In just a couple of days since its release, Apple’s “Crush” has become one of the most controversial and debated recent ads. Critics have called it “soul-crushing,” “disgusting” and “destructive." Even film royalty, British actor...