08-28-2015, 11:25 AM
I dunno, I feel like we need some zen up in here or something. Art and technology are limited only if you are looking at it from too high of a level. If you can appreciate the finer details, then there's a practically infinite amount of variety. Get 10 people to paint a picture of a deer and you get 10 totally different paintings, each with its own details and nuances. Is it limited because they are all in the same approximate style with the same materials? Or is it practically infinite because every brush stroke is a new one, applying something that's never been seen before in the universe, quite like that?
So I think the secret is the ability to appreciate particular implementations and small details.
Kinda like looking out on a field of flowers and saying "nature is limited" instead of being able to see that each one is unique and the subtle differences will add up from day to day until eventually it's a whole new scene, each moment of which will never be seen again anywhere else ever.
Technology is a different problem, since it's less about imagination and more about physical constraints and complexity. Imagining a robot maid is easy. Handling the level of complexity required to get it to do what you want is extraordinarily difficult.
So I think the secret is the ability to appreciate particular implementations and small details.
Kinda like looking out on a field of flowers and saying "nature is limited" instead of being able to see that each one is unique and the subtle differences will add up from day to day until eventually it's a whole new scene, each moment of which will never be seen again anywhere else ever.
Technology is a different problem, since it's less about imagination and more about physical constraints and complexity. Imagining a robot maid is easy. Handling the level of complexity required to get it to do what you want is extraordinarily difficult.