Simon Michelet
@smichelet.bsky.social
A Berlin-based graphic designer with a keen sense of programming. Because this is a broad field and because I am enthusiastic about the project, I have been working on the ex nihilo project for quite some time: https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/
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Simon Michelet
@smichelet.bsky.social
· Oct 13
We're taught to see chaos as failure. But what if it's actually the space where something new begins?
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down
Most people see AI as competition. Alexander Manu sees it as a creative partner.
The shift? Stop trying to beat the machine. Start learning to dance with it.
What if our fear of being replaced is actually fear of evolving?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
The shift? Stop trying to beat the machine. Start learning to dance with it.
What if our fear of being replaced is actually fear of evolving?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
December 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Most people see AI as competition. Alexander Manu sees it as a creative partner.
The shift? Stop trying to beat the machine. Start learning to dance with it.
What if our fear of being replaced is actually fear of evolving?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
The shift? Stop trying to beat the machine. Start learning to dance with it.
What if our fear of being replaced is actually fear of evolving?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
Why the Masters of the Universe failed ... An interesting conversation (and doing the video for that was just fun):
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
December 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Why the Masters of the Universe failed ... An interesting conversation (and doing the video for that was just fun):
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
Some thoughts on visual motives
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In the World of the Spectres
Rethinking visual motives
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December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Some thoughts on visual motives
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
How to maintain balance in virtual space - that is the question
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
How to maintain balance in virtual space - that is the question
AI avatars are better at being "you" than you are. This philosophical discussion started with identity politics and ended somewhere I didn't expect.
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
November 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM
AI avatars are better at being "you" than you are. This philosophical discussion started with identity politics and ended somewhere I didn't expect.
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
And here's another video showing how you can overcome the 5 seconds limitation of WAN models
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
November 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
And here's another video showing how you can overcome the 5 seconds limitation of WAN models
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Hmm ... some remarks on how to get excited on boredom and overcome the 5 seconds limit of the WAN video model
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
November 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hmm ... some remarks on how to get excited on boredom and overcome the 5 seconds limit of the WAN video model
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
Reposted by Simon Michelet
Worum es in unserer Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie geht - endlich gesehen zu werden. Und wie man sieht, hat selbst Supermann so seine Probleme damit ...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/spiel-der-...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/spiel-der-...
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Worum es in unserer Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie geht - endlich gesehen zu werden. Und wie man sieht, hat selbst Supermann so seine Probleme damit ...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/spiel-der-...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/spiel-der-...
The robot takeover ... understood as a Freudian humiliation
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/high-explo...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/high-explo...
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The robot takeover ... understood as a Freudian humiliation
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/high-explo...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/high-explo...
Strange how Robots still want to humanize ... (A little study in robot hysteria, using with WAN 2.1 comfy model)
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Strange how Robots still want to humanize ... (A little study in robot hysteria, using with WAN 2.1 comfy model)
What AI has to do with E.A. Poe's "The Man of the Crowd"
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November 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
What AI has to do with E.A. Poe's "The Man of the Crowd"
substack.com/@simonmichel...
substack.com/@simonmichel...
The paradox: we talk most about "sustainability" precisely when we've lost the ability to actually sustain anything long-term. Computer models replaced real planning. Then mythology replaced models.
https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/von-der-nachhaltigkeit
https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/von-der-nachhaltigkeit
November 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
The paradox: we talk most about "sustainability" precisely when we've lost the ability to actually sustain anything long-term. Computer models replaced real planning. Then mythology replaced models.
https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/von-der-nachhaltigkeit
https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/von-der-nachhaltigkeit
Reposted by Simon Michelet
Me and the Prompt - some notes in image prodction in front of a prompt
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simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/me-and-the...
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Me and the Prompt - some notes in image prodction in front of a prompt
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/me-and-the...
simonmichelet1.substack.com/p/me-and-the...
🤖 Die KI-Revolution ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Die Frage ist: Gestalten wir sie aktiv mit oder lassen wir sie über uns hinwegfegen? Zeit für eine ehrliche Debatte über die Zukunft der Technologie.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🤖 Die KI-Revolution ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Die Frage ist: Gestalten wir sie aktiv mit oder lassen wir sie über uns hinwegfegen? Zeit für eine ehrliche Debatte über die Zukunft der Technologie.
My first post on substack
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
October 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My first post on substack
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
"Weltschlaf" - the sleep of the world.
There's something haunting about this German concept. Like we're all sleepwalking through reality while algorithms dream for us.
Makes you wonder: when did we stop being awake?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/vom-schlaf...
There's something haunting about this German concept. Like we're all sleepwalking through reality while algorithms dream for us.
Makes you wonder: when did we stop being awake?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/vom-schlaf...
October 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Weltschlaf" - the sleep of the world.
There's something haunting about this German concept. Like we're all sleepwalking through reality while algorithms dream for us.
Makes you wonder: when did we stop being awake?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/vom-schlaf...
There's something haunting about this German concept. Like we're all sleepwalking through reality while algorithms dream for us.
Makes you wonder: when did we stop being awake?
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/vom-schlaf...
Vorher / Nachher - und das war der Prompt, der in QwenEdit den Unterschied macht: "make the walls, which already look like a processor, shine. This should affeact the overall lighting"
October 22, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Vorher / Nachher - und das war der Prompt, der in QwenEdit den Unterschied macht: "make the walls, which already look like a processor, shine. This should affeact the overall lighting"
Ziemlich verrückt, was man mit QwenEdit alles anstellen kann.
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/die-messe-...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/die-messe-...
Die Messe ist gelesen
… und der Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer hat eine flammende Predigt gehalten
martinburckhardt.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ziemlich verrückt, was man mit QwenEdit alles anstellen kann.
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/die-messe-...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/die-messe-...
And it's crazy what our image processing machine spits out for images.
October 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
And it's crazy what our image processing machine spits out for images.
It was rally interesting working on the visuals of this conversation: martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
October 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It was rally interesting working on the visuals of this conversation: martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to...
Reposted by Simon Michelet
Die digitale Demütigung
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martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/in-der-tra...
August 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Die digitale Demütigung
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/in-der-tra...
martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/in-der-tra...
We're taught to see chaos as failure. But what if it's actually the space where something new begins?
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down
October 13, 2025 at 11:08 AM
We're taught to see chaos as failure. But what if it's actually the space where something new begins?
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down
In my work, I've learned that the most interesting solutions emerge not from pristine planning, but from the productive mess that happens when old systems break down