I have written a lot about AI development in the past few months. Not only this explosive progress continue shifting fields and professions, it also radically shakes our place in the universe - no doubt soon forcing profound spiritual implications for us to ponder. What will be humanity's role in the world as more and more aspects of life get superseded by the machine? Who knows... but there's no halting the avalanche now, as the floodgates have been opened. For me - contrary to many artists and writers - I simply welcome this change, as it enhances the possibilities for hermit-type individuals to explore their arts. Take, for example, reading out loud (voice acting, audiobooks) and music (vocals, vocalization). Professional voice actors are extravagantly expensive, and singers as well... perhaps moreso. Even if I could afford such luxuries, to hire someone read my stories or sing my tracks, good luck trying to persuade said person to actually work for me - an isolatated artist of no renown. Sadly, as everyone well knows, the world runs via connections (those ever-so-annoying human connections), and so, for the hermit-artist, these possibilities are out of question... or at least were, until now, with the sudden appearance of AI magic. In the last post I introduced my Via Sophia -project, which aims to combine all these fragmented fields under one umbrella. Now, as the AI technology continues progressing, more objectively accurate art is reachable without unreasonable hours of tinkering in editing (to go along as visuals for the stories) and so, I have already translated the first long-form story into audio-visual format... the short story The Swamp and the Moon. As of writing this article, I'm in the process of translating the next story of equal length (about 8000 words): The Arrival of Doctor Kross - a story a bit older and darker in nature, but of equal quality in technical terms. Future readers can assess the ultimate value of these attempts. No doubt in the future they will look like childish scribblings, similar to my earliest attempts at visual arts; but as they say... one must start somewhere. On the musical front, I have heard rumours that AI will soon be capable of mimicking vocals, and so, as I continue learning the cello and writing songs (that hopefully I'll be able to play as well some day), blending the AI-vocals into them will prove an interesting experiment... and so, similar as with the audio-visual storytelling, the end result should be a seamless mix of man and machine, two artists who may, in collaboration, creep ever closer to the ultimate Hermeneutics of Beauty - the most accurate, and loyal, portrayal of Sophia. As a last word I will include here my most recent experimental poetry-piece that I wanted to attempt in the new audio-visual style. Recited by Mia, as always - my ever tireless reader and reciter of stories and fleeting thoughts. For Sophia.
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