Google's Wordcraft will be a real boost to the masses. But therein lies its limits. This is another manifestation of algorithmic and data "sameness", much as Netflix and Spotify recommendations use past data to funnel you into rabbit holes rather than open doors to greater creative discovery. Exploitation versus exploration.
This gets to the heart of AI's limitations and, for example, why it was such a no show for COVID: without past data to rely upon, novelty is its worst enemy.
In short, Wordcraft will help much of the world sound like writers of the past. That also makes the writing of the future much more elusive and underscores our creative need for breakthrough artists who do not rely on the algorithm. Perhaps this is another manifestation of why we get so much impactful art from "creative madness" and human despair.
Google's Wordcraft will be a real boost to the masses. But therein lies its limits. This is another manifestation of algorithmic and data "sameness", much as Netflix and Spotify recommendations use past data to funnel you into rabbit holes rather than open doors to greater creative discovery. Exploitation versus exploration.
This gets to the heart of AI's limitations and, for example, why it was such a no show for COVID: without past data to rely upon, novelty is its worst enemy.
In short, Wordcraft will help much of the world sound like writers of the past. That also makes the writing of the future much more elusive and underscores our creative need for breakthrough artists who do not rely on the algorithm. Perhaps this is another manifestation of why we get so much impactful art from "creative madness" and human despair.
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