But computers are cooler than ever. I can roll my own object detection algorithm to tell me if my dog is eating my shoes while I'm out. You can do so much cool stuff with them.
On the other hand, if you remove enough limits from art or computation, nearly everything becomes a feasible possibility and that's boring! The best stuff always happens when you're constrained, and the end product from that just barely yet still magically works - maybe with a few hickups but well enough nevertheless.
> On the other hand, if you remove enough limits from art or computation, nearly everything becomes a feasible possibility and that's boring!
I agree. What I am trying to figure out is why.
About 25 years ago, I was enthusiastic about exploring 3D computer graphics. These days, I could hardly care less. Challenge isn't really an issue here because excellent 3-D graphics are more difficult to create simply because the bar has been raised so much higher. I suspect that doing something that feels innovative may be a big part of the problem. While this doesn't take away from the personal challenge of learning something new, it does diminish the sense of accomplishment. Or maybe something else is going on.
I don't know, there is nothing else I can think of that opens so many different capabilities with a little effort. If it was effortless then yeah it would be boring, but as is it still feels like actual wizardry when I make my computer do something cool, and these days the spellbook is a whole lot larger.
On the other hand, if you remove enough limits from art or computation, nearly everything becomes a feasible possibility and that's boring! The best stuff always happens when you're constrained, and the end product from that just barely yet still magically works - maybe with a few hickups but well enough nevertheless.