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Peter Thiel asks what’s a truth you believe that almost nobody agrees with?
Here’s mine: the Catholic Church has more art, music, and media than any institution on earth & no one knows it exists.
That’s the problem I’m working on.
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Art is a fundamentally human endeavor.
At Fio we have & will never accept AI-gen music. We appreciate the time, effort, cost, heart, & soul required to create.
Catholic artists: we see you, we value you, & we are here to partake in the Churches renewal of the arts & culture.
In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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Fio will be wildly successful, and creators distributing on the platform will benefit the most from that success.
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This is why ChatGPT isn't in first place. This is a custom GPT for building user stories but because I left out the word 'user' it decided to craft a fable instead.
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It is no coincidence that today is the Annunciation - the day Mary gave her "fiat," her "yes" that changed everything. Thus, Fio was born - loosely translated from Latin to "co-create." As artists, we co-create with Him to bring beauty into the world.
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Why are corporate trainings these days like "Jethrycian is an engineer. He recently left his employer, Klensilon, for a competitor called Nephnat. His former boss Kynoth asks for proprietary info. Is this an example of antitrust corrupt bribery espionage?"
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Never thought this would happen, but had to actually “unfriend” people on Venmo because of how annoying my feed has become. 😑
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It’s an honor to be recognized as a songwriter on this platform that I love, doing the thing that I love most. I’m just grateful these numbers are all greater than zero.
And no, I did not make the “Written by Will Hickl” playlist, Spotify did. 😅
Th… instagr.am/p/Cl2Y3FMLilm/
But more importantly, when are we getting the Casper Cha-Cha Slide part 3? #whatwillispondering
Does anyone else think that Alec Baldwin’s podcast utilizes AI to do the speaking for him in the intros, etc? Obviously he is the one conducting the live interviews. It just sounds like a bot is reading copy. 😂 And I’m not critiquing if true, I appreciate the efficiency of it.
Selling this stock photo to Getty.
But on a serious note, my first solo worship single comes out tomorrow, and it is an honor to have the immeasurably talented @ritamwest write and record it with me.
As always, Mason at Sound Machine is an incredible… instagr.am/p/CdwXE-ErDqF/
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It’s always a slight bummer when you and the stranger sharing the row on a Southwest flight put out the subtle “don’t sit in our middle seat” energy and it doesn’t work. 😅
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Music has done so much for me - whether helping me process, heal, celebrate, or experience any and all emotions. I know that I am not alone in finding a companion in music, so it is my mission to make compositions that can help you come to know yourself… instagr.am/p/CbirXYgP1po/
Contrary to the stoic look on my face, I am extremely excited to announce that this Friday I will be releasing my own music for the first time.
The project is called The Longng. The “i” is missing on purpose, and that’s for two reasons - 1) the full wo… instagr.am/p/CbdpAGarV_o/
