John West
@johnwest.bsky.social
I report the news with code at the Wall Street Journal. I wrote a book, LESSONS AND CAROLS, and won a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting and national reporting. New book, WE USE THE WEB TO PRACTICE DYING, out next year.
I studied Baroque music, and Beethoven is definitely *not* Baroque, but I did have some fun with this Sonatina of his. And, yes, I know my interpretation is pretty far off, but I was, as they say, ~vibing~.
August 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I studied Baroque music, and Beethoven is definitely *not* Baroque, but I did have some fun with this Sonatina of his. And, yes, I know my interpretation is pretty far off, but I was, as they say, ~vibing~.
TIL my laptop(!) can quickly train a form of so-called "generative AI."
These are taken over about 30 minutes as my model (for the nerds: a generative adversarial network) "learned" how to make landscape pictures.
It's kinda pretty tho utterly useless—except maybe to demystify the AI craze a bit.
These are taken over about 30 minutes as my model (for the nerds: a generative adversarial network) "learned" how to make landscape pictures.
It's kinda pretty tho utterly useless—except maybe to demystify the AI craze a bit.
May 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
TIL my laptop(!) can quickly train a form of so-called "generative AI."
These are taken over about 30 minutes as my model (for the nerds: a generative adversarial network) "learned" how to make landscape pictures.
It's kinda pretty tho utterly useless—except maybe to demystify the AI craze a bit.
These are taken over about 30 minutes as my model (for the nerds: a generative adversarial network) "learned" how to make landscape pictures.
It's kinda pretty tho utterly useless—except maybe to demystify the AI craze a bit.
1. I wrote a song (so sound on, please) for every one of Shakespeare's sonnets—sort of. Here's Sonnet 116. (In the spirit of @renamosteirin.bsky.social's excellent book, EXPERIMENT 116, I used Sonnet 116 as my test case.)
January 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
1. I wrote a song (so sound on, please) for every one of Shakespeare's sonnets—sort of. Here's Sonnet 116. (In the spirit of @renamosteirin.bsky.social's excellent book, EXPERIMENT 116, I used Sonnet 116 as my test case.)