Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?
The article discusses the growing interest of Silicon Valley in the concept of taste, particularly in relation to artificial intelligence. It highlights conversations with writers Kyle Chayka and Sophie Haigney about how A.I. is perceived in terms of cultural value and aesthetic judgment. The piece reflects on the challenges tech leaders face in making their products feel 'cool' and culturally relevant.
- ▪Silicon Valley is increasingly focused on the concept of taste as generative A.I. becomes more popular.
- ▪Greg Brockman, president of OpenAI, stated that taste is the new core skill.
- ▪Writers Kyle Chayka and Sophie Haigney discuss the difficulties tech products face in being perceived as cool.
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new video loaded: Which Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?transcriptBacktranscriptWhich Has Better Taste: A.I. or Humans?Why Silicon Valley is obsessed with taste.I asked Claude, who is the most beautiful woman, and it told me that it didn’t experience faces, but then it was like Tilda Swinton and Lupita Nyong’o, and I was like, my Claude knows I’m gay. There’s something I just can’t stop watching. “Welcome to Fruit Love Island, where eight single fruits are about to flirt, fight and trust.” Fruit Love Island. “I’m Limerya. I’m a lime from Miami.” It’s just an A.I. slop version of the reality television show. And it’s really bad. “Obviously you’re crazy and you like it.” But there’s something about it that’s just hooked me.
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