Haunted Machines

Echoes of myth and magic in the language of Artificial Intelligence - Roberto Musa Giuliano link.springer.com/10.1007/s00146… "technological messianism appeals to our fantasy, making ample promises in a language poised somewhere between marketing and divination."

Ahoy @hauntedmachines qz.com/why-canva-isnt…

a big deal: @elonmusk, Y. Bengio, S. Russell, ⁦⁦@tegmark⁩, V. Kraknova, P. Maes, ⁦@Grady_Booch, ⁦@AndrewYang⁩, ⁦@tristanharris⁩ & over 1,000 others, including me, have called for a temporary pause on training systems exceeding GPT-4 futureoflife.org/open-letter/pa…

Levi’s to Use AI-Generated Models to ‘Increase Diversity’ petapixel.com/2023/03/24/lev… ↑ Replacing actual people of colour with computer generated folks for diversity.

A Journey Inside Our Unimaginable Future abc.net.au/news/2022-11-2… ↑ Bit more on Loab who everyone was talking about a few weeks back.

If you didn't get the chance to catch @Arup's new film Abundance at @L_D_F there's still a chance to see it @designcouncil's #designforplanet festival on 8/9 November. Tickets here: designcouncil.org.uk/our-mission/de…

Lovecraftian Intelligence @Noahpinion noahpinion.substack.com/p/lovecraftian… ↑ Again, 'AI is magic' seems to be making it's fullest comeback since 2016/17

We literally talked about this @hauntedmachines

🚨 Next week, @ArupGroup's @L_D_F events and exhibition will be in full swing. Please join us on the 20th for a day discussing #regenerativedesign - londondesignfestival.com/programme?part… And see the exhibition and screening of Abundance all week @V_and_A

Enchanted Determinism - @AlexCampolo & @katecrawford 'the surprising early efficacy of both alchemy and AI research served to cover over larger conceptual problems that prevented them from reaching a more respectable scientific status.'

A week or so ago I sat down with @darthjulian for the @nearfuturelab podcast ep 46. We talked about my move from @LCCLondon to @ArupGroup, what the mission is and what design brings to the table. open.spotify.com/episode/28H90Z… →

Spooky Technology: The ethereal and otherworldly as a resource for design - @imaginari_es researchgate.net/publication/36…

I'm a religion studies professor researching Disney and I'm here to tell you why to stop pathologizing Disney adults, trending again because of this post. A thread:

I have a new essay ‘The Imagination Machine’ out in Perspecta 54 from the Yale Architecture Journal. The essay brings together themes around hype, expectation, science ficiton and computer graphics to examine the ’semi-autonomous industrial future image' tobiasrevell.com/The-Imaginatio…

🚨WANTED: 3D artist with experience to collaborate on VR project prototype. Skills: Asset production (organic modelling) 3d animation Experience working with AR/VR apps/games Experience working with Version control (GIThub or other)

BOX068: THREE MORE THINGS YOU WON’T BELIEVE ABOUT SPECULATIVE DESIGN I thought it useful at this point to reflect a little again on ‘speculative design.’ → blog.tobiasrevell.com/2022/03/30/box… #design #speculativedesign #rendering #efinities #blender

Distributed Autonomous Occultism spikeartmagazine.com/?q=articles/di…

Tonigh at 1800 UK, @hauntedmachines and avatars eventbrite.co.uk/e/haunted-mach…