Journalist, editor of ArtsJournal, author of the AJ blog diacritical
Seattle
Joined March 2009
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The biggest problem in where we are right now is: there's no real definitive ability to determine AI use in a final product. If you can't detect it, how can you possibly regulate it? (or burden artists with the need to prove their work is machine-free) douglasmclennan.substack.com…
This changes how artists will have to document and defend their process. This is a very big deal, I think, and it will change the way our creative IP structures work. It's about AI of course.
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Thoughts on AI and creativity: There’s no question we lose something when tools make what was previously special, commonplace. But if the extraordinary becomes generic then extraordinary has to be, by definition, redefined. And that usually means up. artsjournal.com/diacritical/…
Four supreme court justices think not only is it okay for government not to pay bills for work already contracted, approved and COMPLETED, but that it's OK for government to ignore District Court ruling to comply with an order. Translation: laws no longer apply. Do what you want.
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Bansky 👇
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not a Banksy art piece. It is a piece named “March of Progress” by street artist Loretto as signed and seen in the image.
It has also been edited to flip the direction that Donald Trump is facing.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretto_(…
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Brilliant, brilliant Banksy
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This is not a Banksy piece. Historically the artist posts his work on his Instagram page. It does not appear there.
The real artist’s name, Loretta, is clearly visible at left.
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“What we’re witnessing in Washington isn’t about ‘efficiency’ or ‘cutting waste.’ It’s a calculated, ideologically driven purge of federal agencies perceived as liberal — a playbook lifted directly from modern authoritarian regimes.” nytimes.com/2025/03/04/opini…
It’s important to note the distinction between what are skills and what is creativity. One will most certainly be largely taken over by AI. The other will make its humans more powerful.
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Yesterday I was asked if I thought AI-created art would ever be copyrighted. Answer: How would you know? Art either speaks to you or it doesn't. Copyright is a way of defining ownership. Ownership is different than value. And value will most certainly change w/ the reality of AI.
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Biden failed to do his job properly last night. Democrats failed to head off that failure. But the reason the failure matters so much - as it wouldn't in a Biden-Haley race - is that one of the two great parties is ratifying an attempted coup d'etat. END.
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As we saw last night, the conventions and habits of mass-market media coverage are inadequate to the crisis at hand. A coup against the constitution - first mentioned at minute 41 of the debate - dwindles to one issue among many, alongside food prices and climate change.
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Massive journalism malpractice⤵️
We found 144 articles focused on either or both Biden’s and Trump’s ages or mental acuities in the period studied, with 67% focused just on Biden’s age or mental acuity and only 7% on just Trump’s. mediamatters.org/washington-…
We've got to reframe debates about what's ailing culture. There's not less creativity, there's way more. There's not less arts education, it's flourishing, just not where it traditionally lived. @MattLehrman and I chat on his podcast. sites.libsyn.com/513253/doug…
