Science Fiction AI Has Nothing to Do with Real-World “AI”
Science fiction is fiction, not science
Aaron Hertzmann’s blog
Aaron Hertzmann's essays on art, technology, perception, and how they intersect.
Latest posts
The Brain Is Not Just A Computer, and Cannot Be Simulated by One
Digital computers perform fixed logical operations on clock cycles; brains are biological systems of staggering complexity.
Scribbling, Abstract Art, and Visual Recognition
Interesting connections between sketching and human vision
People and Animals are Conscious
How we can know that people are not philosophical zombies
Dogs Do Not Know Things
Some things I've learned from working with dogs
Why Drawing is Hard: Visual Limitations and the Skills to Overcome Them
Limitations of our vision makes drawing hard
Technology and Social Isolation: From Cars to “AI”
A story about how technology has tended to increase isolation.
How “AI”-Generated Imagery is Different From Previous Art Technologies
People often cannot tell if an image was made "by hand" or by AI generation.
The Menace of Mechanical Music: Was John Philip Sousa right?
How has recorded music been good or bad for us?
Books That Changed The Way I See The World
Some non-fiction books that profoundly impacted my thinking.