"Low definition experiences invite participation."
- Eric McLuhan
This is a primary challenge we are facing moving into highly accessible, very high definition new media, powered by generative machine learning systems. #Ideas
"Low definition experiences invite participation."
- Eric McLuhan
This is a primary challenge we are facing moving into highly accessible, very high definition new media, powered by generative machine learning systems. #Ideas
"Forced Decentralisation" is a sane strategy at this point.
Hijack their (your) data through homemade API's (web crawler over TOR) and use it to feed your indie blog, which then openly shares data over activitypub.
Will future generations call our current time "The age of aspirational technology"? Where the key players were PR people (not technologist etc.) - making wild claims about illusive capabilities, only to meet the infinite growth demands of speculative finance.
The information weapon: Why the internet was always spying on you:
https://thisishell.com/interviews/990-yasha-levine #Internet
Back in the 1960s when they first developed networked computers and databases and analysis software - people were already thinking into the future, and thinking about creating an early warning radar system for human society - a networked computer system that could sit on top of the world, and watch it for threats, and intercept them before they caused harm - on a global and societal level, but even on a personal level. And we're seeing that right now. The internet has become a radar system for people and societies.
"AI is the new Electricity" is interesting.
"Electricity is Intelligent" is profoundly fascinating.
"Every extension of mankind, especially technological augmentations, have the effect of *amputating* or modifying some other extension. There is a real dangers of over-extended technology".
Summary of Marshall McLuhan's ideas:
http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/probe/docs/mcluhan.html
Works similarly like ad-blockers, but let's one filter out specific cultures
(of countries/companies/communities). #Culture
EEG-Based Brain–Computer Interfaces for Communication and Rehabilitation of People with Motor Impairment: A Novel Approach of the 21st Century: #BCI
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00014/full
People with severe neurological impairments face many challenges in sensorimotor functions and communication with the environment; therefore they have increased demand for advanced, adaptive and personalized rehabilitation. During the last several decades, numerous studies have developed brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) with the goals ranging from providing means of communication to functional rehabilitation.
#Prediction: In 2018 someone will start a new porn site, which 100% focuses on "fake" videos, generated with machine learning. It will be the most popular adult site online by 2021. #ML #Culture #Generative
"Service environments have taken the place of political policies"
- Marshall McLuhan, 1974
In the end the treasure of life . . .
— Taoist proverb
Creative Writing with a Machine in the Loop: Case Studies on Slogans and Stories:
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~ansross/papers/iui2018-creativewriting.pdf
As the quality of natural language generated by artifcial intelligence systems improves, writing interfaces can support interventions beyond grammar-checking and spell-checking, such as suggesting content to spark new ideas. To explore the possibility of machine-in-the-loop creative writing, we performed two case studies using two system prototypes, one for short story writing and one for slogan writing. Participants in our studies were asked to write with a machine in the loop or alone (control condition).
The UX of AI: Using Google Clips to understand how a human-centered design process elevates artificial intelligence: https://design.google/library/ux-ai/ #HCI #ML
“Designing, Prototyping and Evaluating Digital Mindfulness Applications: A Case Study of Mindful Breathing for Stress Reduction” #HCI #Biofeedback #Mindful:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5489711/