And - just an interesting side note - most 'successful' AI image prompts are declaratives and imperatives, which takes away from the natural interrogative of human art (bleugh! Hate having to make this distinction).

I've been thinking about this too, and I agree it's a real lack of intention...the uncanniness of AI-generated imagery is that it exists in a void? There is no intended meaning or basis of meaning, so it becomes a strange exercise (for humans) to find some sort of intention/awareness in the image

Just ordered my copy!! Very excited

And for those also interested in tech, capitalism and desire - check out Arvida Byström's creative experiment 'In the Clouds': nudapaper.com/shop/in-the-...

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 'Borders and Bridges: Seeking Connections between Things' ( @dukepress.bsky.social , 2000).

I'm glad I have bluesky now so I can confirm that this was me