JETS JOURNAL
Issue #053 · 29th October, 2023

Hi All!

Here is your weekly round up of what I’m pondering and exploring. Feel free to forward along to a friend if you think they might enjoy.

I’ve rebranded

You may have already seen on Instagram or TikTok that I’ve rebranded back to my real name. If your interested in learning more about why give this blog post a read here. Or if you’d prefer just check out the short explainer video I posted below. I will also continue you send out my newsletter with TEJI TUESDAYS in the subject line of the email for the next few weeks until we are all used to the change.

AI is speeding up

Lately I’ve been building with Claude, which has been the best AI generative coding tool I’ve used to date. They recently announced a new feature that blew my mind away. In the next update Claude will be able to take control over your computer and help out with whatever task you want. Check out the demo below for a glimpse into the future.

Content vs Art

Check out this great video of Joseph Gordon-Levitt explaining why he fears a flood of “mind-numbing” content with the rise of AI.

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An album I liked

I don’t always share music I like with you guys but I recently listened to an album I found really good. It’s called Glimmer of God and it’s by Jean Dawson. I really appreciated the production and the range of diverse the songs on the album. I’d also recommend watching some of his music videos for the full artistic experience. His ability to create this beautiful worlds is very inspiring to my own creative practice.

Some favourites from the album include:

• P4IN

• You’re Bleeding Everywhere

• Slow Heavy Ecstasy

• Houston

And if you enjoy any of that I’d recommend you check out his Pixel Bath album which I think is a classic.

You can’t blame the computer

Creating is getting easier everyday. Technology had democratised bringing anyones ideas to life. However, in a creative work there still needs to be an element of human soul present or else it becomes this shiny hollow object.

27 years ago the iconic Bjork put it best when she said:

“You can't blame the computer; If there's no soul in the music, it's because nobody put it there".

Feel free to give me feedback on Twitter. What did you like? What do you want more of? What do you want less of? Other suggestions? Please let me know. Just send a tweet to @JETLRWILLIAMS and put #JETSJOURNAL at the end so I can find it.
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Hope everyone enjoys their week!
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Love
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JET (@jetlrwilliams)

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