The best response to the GPT controversy
GPT stands for Generative pre-trained transformers (GPT), a family of language models by OpenAI, that are generally trained on aContinue Reading
Tag: Creative Process
Now I know what generosity of spirit means
Allow me to get personal for once: Usually I try to remain objective and businesslike when I write on theseContinue Reading
The “accidental dance between collected memory and influence” – Nick Cave’s affectionate honesty (2)
In the previous post, I wrote about how much I enjoy Nick Cave’s Red Hand Files. A recent Red HandContinue Reading
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What is your unguilty pleasure? – ENYA, by Chilly Gonzales
Musician Chilly Gonzales (born Jason Charles Beck) hates bananas. I’m not that fond of bananas myself. It’s that sticky, doughyContinue Reading
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A man on the roof of a 70-storey building – Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel
Wolf Hall is 672 pages long. It is 672 pages in which every single line and every single word haveContinue Reading
It all depends on how you look at it…
As my reward for having gotten through 2020 without any major ructions, while at the same time staying productive, IContinue Reading
“Nothing comes from nothing.”
Pondering creativity When you have read and reviewed many books, as I have done, you eventually realize that even theContinue Reading
Julian Barnes on hard work, luck and serendipity in his writing career
Here is the fascinating first-hand exposé of how Julian Barnes wrote his first novel, Metroland, and got it published inContinue Reading
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