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Ted Chiang on AI

3 quotes from Ted Chiang on the wall, 2017 to 2026, newest first. Each one is verbatim and links to where it was said. Sources include WIRED, The New Yorker, BuzzFeed News.

Ted Chiang in the archive

  1. 2026

  2. The knowledge of how something was created cannot be separated from your experience

    News#culture

    Sci-fi author Ted Chiang, speaking to WIRED in 2026 about AI-generated books and the publishing industry's response.

    WIREDYour Next Great Read Might Be Certified ‘Organic’

  3. 2023

  4. A blurry JPEG of the web

    Canon#culture#science

    Ted Chiang's image for what a large language model holds: a lossy compression of everything online.

    The New YorkerChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

  5. 2017

  6. Most fears about AI are fears about capitalism

    Canon#culture#money

    Ted Chiang, 2017, paraphrased in many later interviews: fears about technology are fears about how capitalism will use it.

    BuzzFeed NewsSilicon Valley Is Turning Into Its Own Worst Fear