Speaker 1: Werner. Herzog has been particularly visible across the cultural landscape
Speaker 1: over the past few days, with a cluster of meaningful
Speaker 1: appearances and bold statements that cut right to the heart
Speaker 1: of technology, art and truth, Stepping dramatically into new territory.
Speaker 1: The legendary director finally joined Instagram in late August, as
Speaker 1: reported by Joeblow dot com, sharing the revelation that while
Speaker 1: he does not personally use a cell phone, he feels
Speaker 1: compelled to engage with broader head audiences eager for insight
Speaker 1: into his creative worldview. This move raised eyebrows, since Herzog
Speaker 1: has long been famed for his skepticism of social media,
Speaker 1: but a post from Zeight on Threads notes that at
Speaker 1: eighty three, he now appears softer and more open, puncturing
Speaker 1: this rare crossover with gentle philosophical musings his followers. Herzog's
Speaker 1: deepening engagement with the digital world is not only personal,
Speaker 1: but also sharply critical and topical. He has recently become
Speaker 1: a leading voice in the debate over AI in art
Speaker 1: and cinema. According to far Out Magazine, Herzog fiercely criticized
Speaker 1: AI generated movies as completely dead and soulless, arguing that
Speaker 1: these tools strip away the human core essential to meaningful
Speaker 1: art making. Similarly, av Club reports Herzog warning about the
Speaker 1: disturbing emptiness he perceives an AI driven creative work, laying
Speaker 1: out his famously uncompromising views in interviews and appearances. These
Speaker 1: opinions are woven into the promotions of his new book,
Speaker 1: The Future of Truth. A major headline here is his
Speaker 1: upcoming live streamed appearance, an Evening with Werner Herzog, set
Speaker 1: for October fourteenth in Los Angeles. According to the Patch,
Speaker 1: with the event also offered virtually, Herzog is expected to
Speaker 1: thoughtfully dissect the consequences of our emerging post truth era
Speaker 1: and AI's disruptive potential both in cinema and public conversation.
Speaker 1: Tickets even include a signed copy of his much anticipated book,
Speaker 1: whose purpose is to blend memoir, history, art and activism
Speaker 1: with Herzog's signature originality and withering wit. Speaking of resonant platforms,
Speaker 1: the director appears in the debut episode of Lobionale on Air,
Speaker 1: the official new podcast of the Venice Bionale, now out
Speaker 1: on Spotify, Amazon Music, and Apple Podcasts. That first episode
Speaker 1: features contributions from Hertzog and several other global creative icons
Speaker 1: exploring the evolving state of art, culture and technology in
Speaker 1: fresh audio. Herzog recently sat down with Conan O'Brien again
Speaker 1: as noted on Apple Podcasts, discussing the making of the
Speaker 1: Future of Truth, his fraught relationship with cell phones, and
Speaker 1: relections on growing up hungry, offering listeners another window into
Speaker 1: the ana character and tenacity behind his vision. Speculation swirls
Speaker 1: about Herzog's evolving presence in digital spaces, with some threads
Speaker 1: and Instagram users marveling at this new found openness and
Speaker 1: predicting more interactive dialogus to come, though as yet there
Speaker 1: are no confirmed new film projects or works beyond the
Speaker 1: book tour an ongoing philosophical engagement. Today, the headlines for
Speaker 1: Herzog are not about a new epic on screen, but
Speaker 1: the epic questions he is asking about humanity's place and
Speaker 1: a world teetering between reality and simulation. And that is
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