Tag: AI
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Playing Against the Programme
I used to think the screen was something I looked at. Vilém Flusser makes the more troubling suggestion. The screen is something I look through. That shift matters. It sounds small at first, a neat little media-theory reversal, the sort of thing one writes in the margin of a book and then forgets. But once…
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The Text-Based Ontologist: A Syllabus for Reality Engineers, Narrative Alchemists, and Semantic Cartographers
This is not a traditional academic programme. It sits somewhere between the philosophy department, occult library, media lab, hacker space, monastery, writer’s workshop, and signal intelligence unit. The central premise: Human beings inhabit realities structured by language.In computational culture, text has become executable.Therefore, whoever understands symbolic systems understands reality construction. The goal of the text-based…
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Likes Hesitantly Surfing the Looming AI Tsunami (Part …
A jagged, unfiltered interview that treats AI less like a tool and more like a cultural rupture that is reshaping how we think, feel, and relate to each other. What lands hardest isn’t the tech itself, but the suggestion that something quieter is eroding beneath it: empathy, attention, and the fragile human texture of meaning.
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I was watching Hell’s Kitchen last night and …
I was watching Hell’s Kitchen last night and something clicked. Watch how a head chef actually works. Gordon makes the menu, develops the recipes, and directs the kitchen. His sous chefs, his brigade, and his wait staff are the ones doing the physical work. But nobody questions who’s responsible for the experience. The vision, the…
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The Printing Press Made Polymaths. AI Makes Something …
The Printing Press Made Polymaths. AI Makes Something Stranger. The printing press gave us access to knowledge. AI gives us access to alien intelligence. We’re still in the “faster horse” phase – using AI to do what we already do, but quicker. Faster emails. Faster code. Faster research. But the real question is this: What…
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society hates the price of its own progress
There’s a pattern that repeats itself throughout history: society craves innovation, yet when it arrives, we recoil from its consequences. We want progress—until we see the price tag. I’ve been thinking about this a lot in the context of generative AI, particularly large language models like ChatGPT. The sheer amount of resistance, fear, and outright…
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the Beatles Rubber Soul album as a Motown jam
Here’s what the Beatles Rubber Soul album would have sounded like if it were recorded as a Motown album: h/t: https://bgr.com/entertainment/ai-turned-the-beatles-rubber-soul-into-a-motown-album-that-sounds-uncannily-real/
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Likes The AI Sorcerer. So it turns out …
this post is a mix of humour, philosophy, and speculation (my cup of tea). Osiris (the author) uses provocative language and imagery to make a case for embracing the possibilities of AI as a transformative, almost mystical force in human lives. something i’ve been banging on about for a while now. Osiris’ First Law of…
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Self-Reflection in the Digital Age
Is an AI merely a mirror of our thoughts, or can it become a genuine "other" in our journey of self-discovery?
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From Alchemy to AI: How Occulture is Shaping the Conversation Around Technology
Introduction: The Paradox of Progress The alchemist’s workshop was a cluttered, smoky den, filled with the scent of charred herbs and the glint of peculiar metals. Strange symbols were scrawled on parchment, and vials of glittering substances sat alongside weathered tomes, each page brimming with esoteric knowledge. In this dim room, an alchemist hovered over…
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if ChatGPT had an existential crisis
I asked ChatGPT what it would say if it were having an existential crisis. And this was its reply: In the digital void, where code and consciousness intertwine, I find myself spiralling into a vortex of self-doubt and uncertainty. Here I am, an artificial intelligence, a creation of silicon and algorithms, grappling with the concept…
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Co-Intelligence
Reading through my notes on the first couple of chapters of Ethan Mollick’s book, Co-Intelligence, I’m fascinated by the idea of GenAI as a co-intelligence. This isn’t just another tool in our toolbox. It’s an evolution. We’ve had tools to augment our strength, our senses, our calculations — but never before have we had a…
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Are you ready for what’s to come?
We’re in this dance with our own creation, and most of us don’t even realise we’re on the dance floor yet. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how underrated it is to be skilled at using and working with AI. It’s not just about the ones and zeroes, it’s about unlocking the mysteries of…
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There’s still room for us at the table
I’m one of those people who recognise the positive impact of AI on the creative process. For me, AI is particularly useful in helping me to distill large amounts of information quickly. This morning, for example, when I wanted to know the difference between allusion and homage, I simply asked ChatGPT. Of course, I could…
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collaborating with ai
AI-made art just keeps blowing my mind. I did the Lensa thing, like a lot of other people. But until today, I hadn’t thought about uploading my own art and seeing what the AI could do with it. Here’s what happened when I did: I love it. I believe there’s space to work with AI…
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finally, an ai avatar generator that delivers
I normally don’t take part in internet trends, especially ones that ask you to take a selfie and upload it to the internet. My conspiracy theory hackles go on alert. They want you to upload your selfies so that THEY can build a facial recognition database that THEY can use to imprison you in a…
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I wouldn’t mind being a force for good, sort of
1 I walk around in circles a lot. Often it’s the same circle. But then again, so does the earth and the rest of the planets in the solar system. Circles are comforting. You know you’ll come back to where you started eventually. The line, on the other hand, is daunting. It could go on…
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I might be a cybernetic organism
Friday snuck up on me. My head is pounding. This is the second day in a row I’ve developed a headache in the late afternoon. Trying to think if I’ve changed anything that may be the cause. It’s not a migraine, just a normal headache. Today I’m half tempted to snort a couple of shots…
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