Artificial Intelligence

23 Apr 2025

Is A.I. Making Us Stupider?

Artificial intelligence has been shown to have a detrimental impact on human creativity and intelligence, as it automates processes and provides insights from data, while also being used to create art and spread false information.

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28 Jan 2025

Is China’s “deepseek” Going To Derail San Francisco’s AI Dreams?

It’s not a secret that San Francisco has been betting big on AI to pull the city out of its post-pandemic slump, but while OpenAI’s ChatGPT has made waves, a competitor has recently emerged out of China that has effectively turned the entire artificial intelligence industry on its head. And

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02 Dec 2024

How A.I. Killed The Dead Boys

Jake Hout has left the Dead Boys due to internal tensions and disagreements over the use of artificial intelligence to replicate the voice of late lead singer Stiv Bators, with Cheetah Chrome defending the decision and criticizing Hout for his stance.

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09 Aug 2024

Has the Haight Ashbury Street Fair fallen to our AI overlords?

The artist who won the Haight Ashbury Street Fair’s 2024 poster contest has been accused of using AI. What’s the truth, and what does it mean for art in San Francisco? The Haight Ashbury intersection and surrounding neighborhood are quintessential SF. Hippie, counterculture, music-focused – the street fair that started

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16 Jun 2024

Famed Musicians Weigh In on AI-Generated Music

With the very recent controversy surrounding the possible release of AI-generated recordings of deceased Small Faces and Humble Pie singer Steve Marriott, it has become apparent that a tipping point in the evolution of music has been reached and breached. As the old joke goes, the difference between a drum

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12 Jun 2024

I Went to an AI Summit. What I Found Really Worried Me.

So far I am seeing tech moving very very fast and making some people lots and lots of money, while responsibility and human contact are becoming less and less important. People are being left out, and important discussions about equity, integrity, and intent are being left behind.

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26 May 2024

AI-Generated “Remasters” Fail to Replicate Musical Talent, Originality

by James Conrad Though he only stood 5’4, the British musician Stephen Peter Marriott had a deceptively and indescribably powerful singing voice. Artists like Robert Plant, Paul Stanley and Steve Perry view him as a role model. As a child, he started on ukulele and later moved on to guitar,

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26 Dec 2023

Should San Francisco Have An A.I. Mayor?

I try not to use ChatGPT very often. I take pride in being able to do shit myself, but every now and then, I like to see how artificial intelligence sees itself.  I asked ChatGPT what San Francisco would be like if we replaced the city’s leaders with artificial intelligence.

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