"Perhaps we already have reached that 'point of no return' at which the pursuit of realism . . . is offering a set of diminishing returns." —Patrick R. Crowley for Artforum https://www.artforum.com/features/patrick-r-crowley-mimesis-1234743983/?src=longreads #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #cloning #realism #slop #essay #longreads

"Perhaps we already have reached that 'point of no return' at which the pursuit of realism . . . is offering a set of diminishing returns." —Patrick R. Crowley for Artforum https://www.artforum.com/features/patrick-r-crowley-mimesis-1234743983/?src=longreads #artificialintelligence #generativeAI #cloning #realism #slop #essay #longreads

"What caught me most off guard was that Lee didn’t just want to talk about something else or end the interview, which was close to running out of its allotted time. Instead, he really wanted to 'challenge' me, as he put it, on the ethics of asking him about this." —Nate Rogers for Defector Media https://defector.com/a-complimentary-profile-of-jason-lee-that-was-surprisingly-difficult-to-publish?src=longreads #celebrity #profile #journalism #longreads

"What caught me most off guard was that Lee didn’t just want to talk about something else or end the interview, which was close to running out of its allotted time. Instead, he really wanted to 'challenge' me, as he put it, on the ethics of asking him about this." —Nate Rogers for Defector Media https://defector.com/a-complimentary-profile-of-jason-lee-that-was-surprisingly-difficult-to-publish?src=longreads #celebrity #profile #journalism #longreads