[Ads-l] Preliminary Appeal for Notable Quotations of 2022

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

In the domain of art and technology I think the biggest story in 2022
is the availability of new AI systems for generating art, e.g., DALL-E
2, Imagen, Parti, Midjourney. It might be desirable to include a
quotation about this topic.

Article: OpenAI's DALL-E 2: A dream tool and existential threat to
visual artists
Author:  Loz Blain
Date: July 29, 2022

The following headline is an interesting quotation.

[Begin excerpt]
The greatest artistic tool ever built, or a harbinger of doom for
entire creative industries?
[End excerpt]

Website: New York Times
Article: An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy
Author: Kevin Roose
Date: Sept. 2, 2022
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html

Below is a remark by Jason M. Allen when he won an award at the
Colorado State Fair’s annual art competition after submitting an image
generated by the artificial intelligence system Midjourney

[Begin excerpt]
“I’m not going to apologize for it,” he said. “I won, and I didn’t
break any rules.”
[End excerpt]

Reaction on twitter to the award given to the person who submitted an
AI generated image. Part of this tweet was cited in the New York Times
article Sept. 2, 2022.

Twitter handle: OmniMorpho @OmniMorpho
Timestamp: 9:11 PM · Aug 30, 2022
https://twitter.com/OmniMorpho/status/1564782875072872450

[Begin tweet]
We’re watching the death of artistry unfold right before our eyes — if
creative jobs aren’t safe from machines, then even high-skilled jobs
are in danger of becoming obsolete
What will we have then?
[End tweet]

It would be great to find a quotation from a well-known artist saying
something memorable on this topic.

Garson

On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 12:10 PM ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Posted by: Guardian News
> Video clip: Watch the uncensored moment Will Smith smacks Chris Rock
> on stage at the Oscars, drops F-bomb
> Date: March 27, 2022
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myjEoDypUD8
>
> [Begin dialog excerpt]
> Chris Rock: On wow. Wow. Will Smith just smacked the shit out of me.
> Will Smith: Keep my wife's name out your fucking mouth.
> Chris Rock: Wow dude.  It was a GI Jane joke.
> [End dialog excerpt]
>
> If you select a quotation from Vladimir Putin it might be helpful to
> include the  original statement in Russian together with some
> rendition in English.
>
> Article: Address by the President of the Russian Federation
> Description: Speech by Vladimir Putin
> Date: September 21, 2020
> http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/69390
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country
> and to defend Russia and our people, we will certainly make use of all
> weapon systems available to us. This is not a bluff.
> [End excerpt]
>
> Website: AP News
> Article: Putin likens opponents to ‘gnats,’ signaling new repression
> Date: March 18, 2022
> https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-business-europe-5a9f43e0e5e4da1200a440d667d6db91
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> “The Russian people will always be able to distinguish true patriots
> from scum and traitors and will simply spit them out like a gnat that
> accidentally flew into their mouths — spit them out on the pavement,”
> Putin said during Wednesday’s call with top officials.
> “I am convinced that such a natural and necessary self-purification of
> society will only strengthen our country, our solidarity, cohesion and
> readiness to respond to any challenges.”
> [End excerpt]
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 23, 2022 at 10:23 AM Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Although it's only September, I am sending out a preliminary appeal for suggestions of candidates for my annual list of the 10 most notable quotations of the year, disseminated by the Associated Press.  The criteria are quotations that are famous, or important, or particularly revealing of the spirit of our times.  Invariably many of the quotes are political in nature, but I do very much want some nonpolitical quotes from fields such as popular culture, sports, business, science, etc.  I also would like to have some foolish quotes from Democratic politicians to give the list some balance.
> >
> > Note that quotations from December 2021 may be eligible.  Internet memes can be considered if they are very popular.
> >
> > Fred Shapiro
> >
> >
> >
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> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org

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