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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://saturation.social/users/clive/statuses/111992862353220430">Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 00:58:56 JST</a><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive" title="clive@saturation.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/21777-48-20230219204149.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Clive Thompson" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Clive Thompson</a></section><article><p>Coleridge was fascinated by the aeolian harp ...</p><p>... an instrument that was played not by a human, but by the wind</p><p>A random-seeming input, with a system that transforms it into unpredictable and lovely outputs</p><p>(These days we'd call it "procedural art", lol)</p><p>Coleridge wondered if *humans* were, in essence, aeolian harps</p><p>The metaphor caught on: Romantics loved it</p><p>An essay considering this in the age of chatgpt</p><p>Item #11 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: <a href="https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-18-infinite-crafting-the-reverse/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-18-infinite-crafting-the-reverse/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/2760365#notice-5473018">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-02-26T00:58:56+09:00" title="Monday, 26-Feb-2024 00:58:56 JST">about 9 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive/111992862353220430" rel="external" title="Sent from saturation.social via ActivityPub">saturation.social</a></span></span><a href="https://saturation.social/@clive/111992862353220430">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: assets.buttondown.email</div><h5><a href="https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-18-infinite-crafting-the-reverse/">Linkfest #18: Infinite Crafting, the "Reverse Sprinkler" problem, and A Gearbox That Will Outlive The Universe</a></h5><div></div></header><div>It's time for "the opposite of doomscrolling", people! 🌞 Here's your next Linkfest -- the best reading material I could find while scavenging the vasty...</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2304872">An aeolian harp lying in the grass. It is made of light pale wood, and looks like a short rectangular box perhaps two feet long and one foot wide. It has a dozen metal strings, and a soundhole in the shape of a leaf" contenteditable</a></label><br><a href="https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/111/992/860/330/428/104/original/e4ed80b7e6e21ee9.png" rel="external">https://sb-9g02l2bbpw.b-cdn.net/media_attachments/files/111/992/860/330/428/104/original/e4ed80b7e6e21ee9.png</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Clive Thompson (clive@saturation.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 00:58:56 JST Clive Thompson
Coleridge was fascinated by the aeolian harp ...
... an instrument that was played not by a human, but by the wind
A random-seeming input, with a system that transforms it into unpredictable and lovely outputs
(These days we'd call it "procedural art", lol)
Coleridge wondered if *humans* were, in essence, aeolian harps
The metaphor caught on: Romantics loved it
An essay considering this in the age of chatgpt
Item #11 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free here: https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-18-infinite-crafting-the-reverse/
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2. An aeolian harp lying in the grass. It is made of light pale wood, and looks like a short rectangular box perhaps two feet long and one foot wide. It has a dozen metal strings, and a soundhole in the shape of a leaf" contenteditable
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