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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this article https://www.alexmurrell.co.uk/articles/the-age-of-average where the author pulls in different examples of designs and aesthetics converging to some “average”.

I’m feeling conflicted with these trends, on one hand it seems like things are becoming more accessible, while on another, feels like a loss.

This especially may be relevant with generative AI - at least for the very few generative arts I look at, at some point they start to feel the same, impersonal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I can't access the research article "craic in a box: commodifying and exporting the irish pub" anymore, but there's a decent enough Vice article that goes over it: https://www.vice.com/en/article/a3d8gb/why-irish-pubs-became-the-biggest-food-and-drink-export-since-mcdonalds

Basically corporations packaged up and sold the theme and decorations that made Irish pubs feel authentic.

I wonder if using AI/ML is just the natural evolution of that kinda thing.