"The Case Against Quantum Computing" - By Mikhail Dyakonov: https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-case-against-quantum-computing
"The Case Against Quantum Computing" - By Mikhail Dyakonov: https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/the-case-against-quantum-computing
Understanding me - Fragments of Marshall McLuhan - Episode 7: #Media #Design
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1naS7M5z7l0
"Reaction-diffusion displacement map, rendered in Octane" - by Cornus Ammonis:
A Creative Evolutionary Design System - by Fabio Galicia: #Generative #Design
Human-Centered AI - #Augmentation #Design
"PM interview question: CEO asks you to fill a school bus with tennis balls. How do you get buy-in from eng/design/legal/comms/ops/support for this pointless project with no real metrics? 🎾🚌" — @lenazun
"Cafe opens in Tokyo staffed by robots controlled by paralyzed people": https://soranews24.com/2018/11/29/cafe-opens-in-tokyo-staffed-by-robots-controlled-by-paralyzed-people/
1) How long until automated bots will run most cafes - accelerating social degradation & concentration of wealth?
2) Why do bots often feat. creepy sci-fi toilet-seat design?
Peculiar how much energy is going into questions around AI Agency & rights. Its comedic if you consider how little agency/rights we attribute to all forms of animals & plants around us, that arguably are much more intelligent, creative & essential than any piece of AI code.
An in-depth article about the legal implications of AI generated art:
https://itsartlaw.com/2018/11/26/welcome-to-the-machine/
Mutator VR Exhibition by William Latham: #Generative #Art #ALife
The emergence and growth of evolutionary art: 1980--1993. #Generative #Art #ALife
Karl Sims - Virtual creatures: #Generative #ALife
Concept of the day: "Managed Serendipity". #Ideas
"Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought." - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi in Irving Good (1962)
Operational Approach to #Complexity
"The Future of Consciousness" - new talk by Christof Koch at the "Schrödinger at 75" event:
The notion that "the better our simulation/model of reality is, the better/clear reality will become" is a kindergarten level fallacy.
Virtually working with teams spread across continents / timezones on high cognitive load / creative tasks, shows the limits of our current communication tooling very fast. There is a sizeable opportunity for innovation in this area.
What Kind of Happiness Do People Value Most? #Experience
https://hbr.org/2018/11/what-kind-of-happiness-do-people-value-most