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An AI’s Prediction Of The Future Of Art

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Tim Maughan is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His debut novel “Infinite Detail” (FSG, 2019) was The Guardian’s science fiction and fantasy book of the year and was shortlisted for the Locus Award for best first novel. Back in early 2023, I was approached by Lathe — a machine-learning and AI startup based in Vancouver — about an experimental project involving a new large language model the company was building. It’ll come as no surprise to anyone familiar with my work that I was deeply skeptical at first, as I am about any technology that likes to label itself with AI buzzwords. In fact, it took all my effort to not just delete that first email as soon as I opened and read it. But as my cursor floated over the “mark as spam” button, a single sentence on the screen gave me pause, as though the pixels themselves were reaching out of the screen and gripping my hand, stopping my finger from clicking. It said they would give me money. Perhaps not the most ethical reason to take part, gr

Not My Problem I asked an AI to predict the near future of art and creative work. This is the story it told me. WA SEI for Noema Magazine Credits Tim Maughan is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. His debut novel “Infinite Detail” (FSG, 2019) was The Guardian’s science fiction and fantasy book of the year and was shortlisted for the Locus Award for best first novel. Back in early 2023, I was approached by Lathe — a machine-learning and AI startup based in Vancouver — about an experimental project involving a new large language model the company was building. It’ll come as no surprise to anyone

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