How AI Tokens Challenge Broadband Economics
The parallel evolution of two foundational commodities in a new economic layer.
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Austerity is a choice. The protection of the family at the expense of other ways of living is a choice. The transfer of… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/katrina-forrester/i-appreciate-depreciation more ›
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Now that the war is so long ago, the subject of Nazi exiles in South America can seem a stale, even dubious… https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/andy-beckett/an-efficient-man more ›
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The Phoenician Scheme director chats about making his new movie around Benicio del Toro, and opens up on the AI copycats of his films. Anderson is keenly aware that people boil down his films to his signature style, one characterized… more ›
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As AI systems quickly improve in both breadth and depth of performance, they lend themselves to creating increasingly powerful and realistic agents, including potentially agents modeled on specific people. We anticipate that within our lifetimes it may become common practice… more ›
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Rows of glowing screens flicker in the darkness, their hum merging with the distant clicks of mechanical keyboards. The air is thick with anticipation as models glide through a labyrinth of high-speed processors and tangled cables, moving like avatars in… more ›
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Thierry Hermès began his career in 1837 making harnesses, and from the outset was fastidious in his devotion to materials, quality and craft. In 1880, Hermès and his sons introduced saddlery to their array of products. In the 20th century, Hermès further… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/EgjKeRz Lauren Sherman joins guest host Julia Alexander to gab about Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s celebrity wedding, where vintage and custom fashion upstaged traditional high-end designer gowns. They connect the dots to broader luxury industry headwinds, from China’s… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/qD5pJ9s The value of the global art market is roughly $57.5 billion—but it’s an opaque market and difficult to assess. Adam attended the international art fair known as Art Basel this year. On this episode, he and Cameron… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/wqYhP1Q Rachel Scott, founder of Diotima, has built a reputation for bringing a nuanced portrayal of Caribbean culture to the global fashion stage. Drawing on her Jamaican heritage and global experience, Scott seeks to foreground overlooked craft traditions and… more ›