The notion that AI-generated videos will end Hollywood seems as absurd to me as the 19th-century idea that photography would render painting obsolete.

However, just as photography led to a shift in painting’s focus away from realism, AI may also reshape the film industry in unforeseen ways.

I finally took my new axidraw SE/A1 for a drive. Plotting in large format presents new challenges, but the result is completely worth it.

This map was largely motivated by a recent cross-country trip. The question, always in my mind, was: where are all the tunnels in the US? The answer is clear from this map. The US doesn’t do tunnels. It does valleys and mountain passes.