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0 pointstomrod3y ago0 comments

I seem to recall an XKCD that I cannot find, but the premise goes like:

When you have a digital display of pixels, if you randomly color pixels at 24 fps then you will eventually display every movie that can be or will ever be made, powerset notwithstanding. This can also be tied to digital audio.

In short, while mind-blowingly large, the space of display through digital means is finite.

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mouzogu3y ago

Sounds a bit like the tower of babel of jorge borges. I imagine most of the videos would be complete random nonsense.

I think an AI infused future is going to become increasingly more absurd and surreal, it will lead to a kind of creative and cultural nihilism, if that's the right term.

Like the value of originality will become meaningless.

visarga3y ago

The artist or the audience would have to ultimately select something from all that automated originality.

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