Sam Altman, OpenAI’s leader, had proclaimed it “the most powerful imagination engine ever built.” The truth is that using it made me want to run, screaming, into the ocean. - The New York Times
“You hold a steady job in an arts occupation, (statistical) surveys … will find you. But if you’re juggling gigs, hustles, caregiving, and a nonlinear career? You’re likely to slip through the cracks. … Fortunately, we can now draw on a new resource that captures this hidden population.” - SMU DataArts
“The museum’s president and director, Laurence des Cars, is expected to respond to questions from the senate’s culture committee on Wednesday afternoon, three days after the seven-minute robbery that targeted France’s crown jewels” — whose value is estimated by the museum’s curator at €88 million ($102 million). - The Guardian
“(The elite university in Nashville) has been evaluating the area around Fifth and Mission streets for its planned satellite campus, and the 5M mixed-use project — including the Chronicle's historic headquarters building at 901 Mission St. — could be the desired destination.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
“The private, for-profit (Academy of Art University) has had a longstanding presence in the city's core with dozens of buildings ranging from housing to academic uses. ... It has expanded rapidly in recent decades, at times drawing criticism for its aggressive growth and zoning disputes with city planners.” - San Francisco Chronicle (Yahoo!)
The latest round of layoffs at the station includes several of its most popular music hosts. KCRW let go of 20% of its staff during a COVID-related budget crisis in 2020, and it had a big round of voluntary buyouts early last year. - Variety
AFM Local 802 and the Broadway League (representing producers) go into mediation on Wednesday, and Local 802 is prepared to strike immediately if no deal is reached by Thursday morning. The League and Actors’ Equity negotiated an agreement last weekend, but Equity could still strike in solidarity with the musicians. - Playbill
“If all potential legal cases are to proceed against An Coimisiún Le Rincí Gaelacha, it may not be able to continue as a going concern ‘to govern our beautiful art form’. That is the warning sounded by directors of Irish dancing’s largest and oldest governing body.” - The Irish Times
Naghma, despite the popularity she achieved early in her career, faced many difficulties in conservative Afghan culture even before the rule of the Taliban. In the 1990s, mujahideen rebels murdered her sister and she fled the country. She’s been a cultural treasure for the Afghan diaspora ever since. - The New York Times
No projects in the applicant pool in Volusia County (the Daytona Beach area) involved drag in any way. But unrelated rental events at two applicant venues did; one of them was an annual Halloween showing of the now-50-year-old Rocky Horror Picture Show. That was all the justification the cutters needed. - Orlando Sentinel (Yahoo!)
No technological breakthrough will ever nullify the wisdom of these playwrights. The shadow of death sentences us to live in endless search of elusive meaning. But the introduction of artificial intelligence has given a new prism through which to view these unresolved existential questions. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
