{"id":294,"date":"2025-07-28T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/?p=294"},"modified":"2025-07-28T17:29:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T17:29:35","slug":"the-reader-is-the-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/?p=294","title":{"rendered":"The Reader is the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the 1980s, <strong>sampling<\/strong> became a popular technique in music production. Inspired by\u2014and named for\u2014the idea popularized by Andy Warhol, a band called <strong>Pop Will Eat Itself<\/strong> emerged. Their name was a commentary on how each generation of technology tightens the loop between consumer and creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, <strong>AI (Artificial Intelligence)<\/strong> and <strong>ML (Machine Learning)<\/strong> applications are on the precipice of closing this loop entirely\u2014shrinking it to zero and perhaps even beyond. We&#8217;re approaching a point where culture itself could be generated at an inhuman pace by technology consuming its own output, leaving us to merely witness a few items spun off automated digital dervishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a lifelong technology advocate, I can&#8217;t advise against progress, but this potential loss of control over the invention of culture is something we should all be cognizant of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"597\" src=\"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/R-324407-1528307196-3634.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/R-324407-1528307196-3634.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/R-324407-1528307196-3634-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/324407-Pop-Will-Eat-Itself-This-Is-The-DayThis-Is-The-HourThis-Is-This?srsltid=AfmBOoorQ5UdpXRFCRPM4FSnUJIf6NtZL9Snd2v-HKLfIo7PfY7ZVubb\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the 1980s, sampling became a popular technique in music production. Inspired&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clvrclvr.com\/content\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}