I have nothing clever to say. Enjoy the articles.
🧠 Does generative AI have ‘emergent’ properties? (substack.com) Spoiler: No, but this is a really good discussion of the different types of emergence and how they do and do not apply to artificial intelligence.
King of Schlep No More - by Noah Berlatsky (everythingishorrible.net) Great look at one of life’s milestones, for both parent and child.
Inside the Champions League 2023 preliminaries in Iceland - ESPN A fun look at the very bottom of the Champions League — a tournament where theoretically semi-prop teams can lay the best teams in the world for a championship.
On Killing Charles Dickens, by Zadie Smith | The New Yorker Writing, historical fiction and Charles Dickens. Bit discouraging for someone trying to write their first historical fiction novel (me), but interesting look at one writer’s creative process.
Sartre as Antifascist, Sartre as Antisemite (everythingishorrible.net) Essay on the importance of listening, not just observing.
A screenwriter explains the importance of the writers' strike (fastcompany.com) The most important article of the week. Capital is on the way to destroying writing as a middle-class job. The methods used are the same methods that they could use on almost every job. It is important that the writers win so that we all win.