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Article originally written for ChainGPT. The rise of AI art has brought about a cataclysm in every creative field like acting, music and of course, visual art. Articles with artist screeds against AI adoption abound. Social media feeds are filled with people posting AI generated art with scornful replies from the people who despise it. Responses from artists range from absolute horror and rage…

Crypto skeptics love to dunk on anything blockchain-related. No way around it. They see NFTs as scams, DeFi as Ponzi schemes, and now agentic AI on crypto rails? That’s just “vaporware for bots,” some say, rolling their eyes at the idea of machines paying machines in stablecoins. But when you crack open the box of HTTP 402 (x402) — the revived web standard for payment-required APIs — there’s no…

Proud to say that in 2024, I was chosen as one of the Top 100 Photographers to Watch by John Knopf Fine Art Photography Gallery and Michael Yamashita for Randi Zuckerberg’s hug.art for the attached photo I took at one of the Chaim V’Chessed retreats at the foot of Masada.It was really something to get content for their book but my art was exhibited in Bali and I believe Copenhagen so it was…

Proud to be exhibiting “Shipping Route Shambles” at the Blue Planet Virtual Art Exhibition, currently accessible here. Here’s some background: There was a matchmaking Tezos event a couple of years ago and fate threw Stephanie Fuller and I at each other. She should have ducked, but it is what it is. We chose a topic that aligned with both our values. We decided to make a work highlighting the…

This article was written for and published by ChainGPT.Scroll below to see a comprehensive list of other articles I’ve written for them. Protecting Your Crypto More and more people are embracing the final frontier of financial freedom that is crypto and Web3. But when digital assets are online for the taking, Web3 security is the paramount concern. Different crypto wallets…

Project Showcase: ProbCause’s Skullies Generative 10K projects permeate the NFT space with different levels of creativity and value. The market is rather oversaturated at this point with this type of product. Regarding the art aspect: meh. Regarding the same tired premise: meh. Everyone’s trying to be the next Bored Apes, but a certain aesthetic and paradigm doesn’t have a lot of play when…

The Father of Fantasy’s Legacy Conquers the NFT Realm Artist Fireside Chat: Frank Frazetta Museum x Makersplace The Father of Fantasy’s Legacy Conquers the NFT Realm Artist Fireside Chat: Frank Frazetta Museum x Makersplace Frank Frazetta is a legend. He is world-renowned as the father of modern fantasy. Nearly everything today stems from inspiration driven by Frank Frazetta. He is an iconic…