Tag - BOO-ring

The Word-Keeper

March 8, 2020

The Word-Keeper

So art’s not the forte, obviously.

Jake Miller’s Wheel

March 5, 2020

Jake Miller’s Wheel

Well, there it is.

JOURNEYS An Exploration of Being

February 29, 2020

JOURNEYS An Exploration of Being

Because poetry is boring.

Gravel Road

February 26, 2020

Not pictured: A gravel road.

Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century

February 23, 2020

Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century

“Well, we don’t want to scare readers off…”

How Many Artistic A.I.s Can Dance on the Head of a Pin?
In an artists’ Messenger group, the discussion (inevitably) turned to the legitimacy of A.I. output as “art.” This was my response, and it was the longest thing I’ve written in a while, so I figured I would repost it here to preserve it, with a couple of my comments down the thread. This response was... The post How Many Artistic A.I.s Can Dance on the Head of a Pin? appeared first on NathanShumate.com.
A Fifth Magic
The author says: A Fifth Magic is a dark fantasy novel set in a fractured post-civil-war society where magic is both feared and tightly controlled. Detective Michael Hawthorne enlists the help of sceptical academic Laura Blythe to investigate a locked-room murder mystery that mirrors the methods of a war criminal they believed to be long
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
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Fragmented Sky
The author says: In the crumbling dome city of Grid 46, breathable air is a luxury rationed by Praxis Corp, a ruthless megacorporation that views survival as a commodity. Technician Lyra Sato struggles to keep her sick brother alive while uncovering a buried secret—the enigmatic Seed System, a sentient, evolving AI embedded within the dome’s
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
Skipped one for New Year’s Day. The post Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post. appeared first on NathanShumate.com.
Movie Seen Recently: Clearing the decks, part 1.
I have been watching movies for the last several months, but I’ve been entirely unmotivated to write about them. So here is the first part of a metric crap-ton of capsule movie assessments to purge the hopper. I Am Vengeance (2018) – Ex-commando reacts to the death of an old comrade-in-arms by coming to his... The post Movie Seen Recently: Clearing the decks, part 1. appeared first on NathanShumate.com.