Author Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn, Stormlight Archive) delivers a keynote in which he articulates why AI cannot replace human artists and authors. He makes a few points that seem to be “for” AI (he is a nerd, after all), but stick with it. I think you will like where he ends up.
so disappointing to know he’s a mormon.
…and, that’s the sound of the other shoe dropping.
I recently learned that Sanderson has an annual convention he hosts, and it’s in Salt Lake City, Utah. I thought, “huh, that’s where the Mormons are from.” So, other shoe dropped.
I still love the first Mistborn trilogy. The Wax & Wayne series was very forgettable IMO. I was gonna read Stormlight after finishing the first trilogy, but now I’m reading a bunch of other stuff. I don’t dislike him though. He writes a lot of books, they’re generally fun, and he’s a nerd, and he encourages other people to write. Even knowing he’s a Mormon, I feel he’s more “one of us” than “one of them” (them, not being Mormons specifically, but that “not us” group that opposes what we do and stand for).
