Great collection of works by the illustrator Boris Artzybasheff (1899 - 1965):
https://pinterest.com/woodandwhite/artist-boris-artzybasheff/
Great collection of works by the illustrator Boris Artzybasheff (1899 - 1965):
https://pinterest.com/woodandwhite/artist-boris-artzybasheff/
"It from Bit" - quote by John Archibald Wheeler. #ML
Every it — every particle, every field of force, even the spacetime continuum itself — derives its function, its meaning, its very existence entirely — even if in some contexts indirectly — from the apparatus-elicited answers to yes or no questions, binary choices, bits.
It from Bit symbolizes the idea that every item of the physical world has at bottom — at a very deep bottom, in most instances — an immaterial source and explanation; that what we call reality arises in the last analysis from the posing of yes-no questions and the registering of equipment-evoked responses; in short, that all things physical are information-theoretic in origin and this is a participatory universe.
"Intelligence per kilowatt-hour" - talk by Max Welling at ICML 2018 (starts at 15min). #ML
Concept of the day: Enactivism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enactivism #ML
Enactivism argues that cognition arises through a dynamic interaction between an acting organism and its environment. It claims that our environment is one which we selectively create through our capacities to interact with the world. "Organisms do not passively receive information from their environments, which they then translate into internal representations. Natural cognitive systems...participate in the generation of meaning ...engaging in transformational and not merely informational interactions: they enact a world."
Proceduralism and Deep Learning - talk by Anastasia Opara
Factorsynth is a new kind of musical tool. It uses machine learning techniques to decompose any input sound into a set of temporal and spectral elements:
https://www.jjburred.com/software/factorsynth/index.html
"Detection and Analysis of Content Creator Collaborations in Youtube Videos using Face Recognition": https://arxiv.org/abs/1805.01887 Code: https://github.com/lodemo/CATANA
The Sound of Pixels: "Given a video of a musical performance, CSAIL’s deep-learning system can make individual instruments louder or softer": http://news.mit.edu/2018/ai-editing-music-videos-pixelplayer-csail-0705 http://sound-of-pixels.csail.mit.edu/ #ML #Generative #Music
Computational Creativity: "Tools to ease the transition from mass-consumption to mass-creation"
Spot-on quote by @merbroussard in a presentation by @ginasue at @oiioxford
"Single-View Hair Reconstruction using Convolutional Neural Networks":
"Better Video Impersonations with AI" - research overview by @karoly_zsolnai:
John C. Lilly and the Solid State Entity – A Video Documentary:
http://seankerrigan.com/john-c-lilly-and-the-solid-state-entity-a-documentary/
http://seankerrigan.com/john-c-lilly-and-the-solid-state-entity/
Classic Lilly Interview:
One easily gets the impression, that the majority of Augmentation Technologies are driven by the unfulfilled teenager dreams of men: Superman Syndrome.
"Autodesk & Amazon AWS team up to promote Generative Design, which leverages cloud computing and machine learning": https://www.zdnet.com/article/autodesk-aws-team-up-to-promote-new-design-technology/ #Generative #Design #ML
"The fetishization of measurement and its use as a means of coercion and control"
<< someone should give this talk at a bitcoin or AI conference .. just for "fun".
Talk given at the Conference: "Toxic Organisations: Hyper-rationality, Managerialism and the Fetishisation of Measurement": http://www.limbus.org.uk/toxicorganizations/
The brewing revolution in "Computational Economics" is backwards & dangerous: The basic premiss: "If we have a 'perfect' simulation of the world, based on *total* surveillance of everything, "we" can optimise economy, society & psychology with A.I's - and all will be better".
"Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism & Democracy for a Just Society" - talk by Glen Weyl (Microsoft) at Google, Moderated by Hal Varian (chief economist at Google)
"Stratified, Computational Interaction via Machine Learning" - talk by @MurraySmithRod:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSrs7QreTYQ&feature=youtu.be&t=3945