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Wake Me When AI Can Produce Sgt. Pepper

The cultural provenance of stuff nobody thinks about, and AI and the skill ladder

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Addison Del Mastro
Oct 04, 2025
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I was thinking of my recent headlines “Yes! We Have No Bananas” and “Yes! We Have No Bonanza” (I forgot the Three Stooges beat me to that in 1939

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