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Dr. Mél Hogan on the Environmental Impacts of Chat GPT and AI Technologies
Dr. Mél Hogan on the Environmental Impacts of Chat GPT and AI Technologies
This is a recording from our event on February 21st, 2024. Dr. Mél Hogan presents on the Environmental Impacts of Chat GPT and AI Technologies. The video captions were made by a human captioner. Here is a link to the transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Y2vBwqIhn3ae3DH8AKORue-o-RJWZoMXvyGso_c_d1I/edit?usp=sharing About the speaker: Dr. Mél Hogan is the host of The Data Fix podcast and the Director of the Environmental Media Lab (EML). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media at Queen's University. Her research focuses on data centres and infrastructure, understood from within the contexts of settler-colonial extractivism, planetary catastrophe, and collective anxieties about the future. http://melhogan.com. About the event: This event is also part of the 6th Season of Disrupting Disruptions: the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series (https://www.feministandaccessiblepubl...), organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. Our series was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC, Digital Citizen Research, the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF), the DIGS Lab, Milieux, Initiative for Indigenous Futures, ReQEF, and more (see our website!)
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AI understands me, but I can't understand it | Sarah Ciston
AI understands me, but I can't understand it | Sarah Ciston
Everyone can and should understand how AI works, so that—rather than be intimidated or misled by algorithmic decision-making—we can contribute multiple persp...
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AI understands me, but I can't understand it | Sarah Ciston
"Designing Neural Media" by K Allado-McDowell at FWB FEST24
"Designing Neural Media" by K Allado-McDowell at FWB FEST24
"Designing Neural Media" is an original lecture given by K Allado-McDowell at FWB FEST 2024. How will AI affect our sense of ourselves? K Allado-McDowell presents an overview of media's subjective effects, proposing that AI or "neural media" will change the nature of identity. https://x.com/kalladomcdowell https://www.instagram.com/kalladomcdowell/
"Designing Neural Media" by K Allado-McDowell at FWB FEST24
Democratizing Synthiola ✨
Democratizing Synthiola ✨
A synthetic love story in the era of generative AI: humanizing generative models dehumanizes humans. Featuring the Shoggoth, an AI meme based on the similarities between the Lovecraftian creature and Large Language Models, and Synthiola, the creator’s synthetic AI persona. A synthographic motion picture by Fabian Mosele, created with a novel mix between 2D animation and generative visuals powered by Stable Diffusion, AnimateDiff and Gen-3 Alpha. Watch the NO AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001696755 Watch the ONLY AI version: https://vimeo.com/1001699780 Music by Lafayette Vanderkin-Jus, kazu*2 and Fabian Mosele Voices by Nina Nikolic, Jiezl V.Chua and Reeko Brooks Camera by Hsun Hsiang Hsu Additional animations by Elnaz M.Asl Funded by Filmbüro Bremen and Nordmedia More info: https://www.fabianmosele.com/democratizing-synthiola #animation #shortfilm
Democratizing Synthiola ✨
Panels EP02: Mindy Seu and Francesca Gavin — MODEM
Panels EP02: Mindy Seu and Francesca Gavin — MODEM
a conversation with Mindy Seu, editor of Cyberfeminism Index, and Francesca Gavin, Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of EPOCH, on our complex relationship with technology
Panels EP02: Mindy Seu and Francesca Gavin — MODEM
"Demand No Automation" with Wesley Goatley x Autonomous Sheep
"Demand No Automation" with Wesley Goatley x Autonomous Sheep
🚀 "Demand No Automation: Towards a 'Progressive' AI Art" with Wesley Goatley 💫 Wesley Goatley is a Senior Lecturer on MA Interaction Design at London College of Communication. Wesley is an artist and digital media theorist, whose work examines the politics and aesthetics of data, machine learning, and networked technologies. His work in installation, sound art, and sculpture is exhibited internationally, including recent shows at Milan Design Week, the V&A Museum, Seoul SFX Festival, and Eyebeam in New York. He gives regular guest lectures and talks on his practice and research at events including CTM Festival Berlin, Global Art Forum Singapore, and the European Data Forum in Eindhoven. 🐑 A part of "Future Worlds and Machine Learning" presented by Autonomous Sheep
"Demand No Automation" with Wesley Goatley x Autonomous Sheep
All Light, Everywhere | Rotten Tomatoes
All Light, Everywhere | Rotten Tomatoes
ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE is an exploration of the shared histories of cameras, weapons, policing and justice. As surveillance technologies become a fixture in everyday life, the film interrogates the complexity of an objective point of view, probing the biases inherent in both human perception and the lens.
All Light, Everywhere | Rotten Tomatoes
Ancestral AI: Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes in conversation w/ artists Monique Lemos and Thiago Britto
Ancestral AI: Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes in conversation w/ artists Monique Lemos and Thiago Britto
How ancestral wisdom passed down through generations can shape the future of artificial intelligence? And how to create technologies that honor and integrate different temporal perspectives? If we consider ourselves as the first generation with such technological power in our hands, what kind of ancestors of the future will we be? ​Ancestral AI posits a transformative approach to technology, advocating for an integration of time-honored wisdom with modern AI development. By embracing the deep insights of our ancestors, this initiative aims to steer the evolution of technology toward a more sustainable and harmonious future, ensuring that advancements are not only technically sound but also ethically grounded. ​This webinar is tailored for AI professionals, researchers, cultural theorists, and anyone interested in how technology intersects with ethical, social, and cultural dimensions. To learn more about how ancient wisdom can revolutionize technological advancements and to hear firsthand from our esteemed speakers about their innovative approaches to AI, make sure to register. ​🐚 ANCESTRAL AI w/ GUSTAVO: How AI affect our relationship with time? ​Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes is a Brazilian researcher specializing in temporalities, the narratives, and systems that influence our perception of time. Based in Amsterdam, he leads Torus Company and Temporality Lab, focusing on multiple temporalities from a decolonial perspective with a transdisciplinary global community. His research covers topics like social change, ancestrality, speculative design, and decoloniality, providing insight into time's impact on human experience and inspiring a rethinking of our relationship with time. As Research Lead for Ancestral AI, Gustavo highlights that in the realm of technology, especially in the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, invoking the concept of ancestrality means proposing a framework that is deeply informed by these time-tested insights and values. ​​🧚 GUEST: MONIQUE LEMOS: How AI is Killing Black People Monique is the author of the ongoing work "HOW AI IS KILLING BLACK IMAGINARIES: updates on the concept of Necropolitics and tools for an anti-racist data learning future". A creative approach to mitigate some damage of racism by creating anti-racist awareness and imagining radical Black futures. ​​🧚‍♂️ GUEST: THIAGO BRITTO: The Preservation of Black Memories ​Thiago focuses on creating contemporary images using artificial intelligence. He seeks to apply these new technologies in socially relevant ways, aiming to contribute to a better preservation of black memory in Brazil. ABOUT SLOW AI PROJECT ​​​In this project, we will interrogate and publish critical AI discourse in a format that makes sense to us and our practices, namely zines and creative technology installations. Inspired by the counter-movements of slow fashion and slow food, this project will investigate three emerging AI counter-narratives –Small AI 🐜, Ancestral AI 🐚, and Esoteric AI 🔮 – and explore what it might look like to incorporate them in our everyday practice. ​​​At project end we will publish an anthology – a hot compost pile of miro boards, zines, and art that we hope sparks new ways to think and talk about AI. ​​​Follow this page to stay up-to-date on Slow AI. Slow AI is made possible by Stimuleringsfonds ​ABOUT AIxDESIGN ​​​AIxDESIGN is a global community of designers, researchers, creative technologists, and activists using AI in pursuit of creativity, justice and joy and living lab exploring participatory, slow, and more-than-corporate AI. Learn more at aixdesign.co.
Ancestral AI: Gustavo Nogueira de Menezes in conversation w/ artists Monique Lemos and Thiago Britto
The Wizard of AI
The Wizard of AI
Is this the world's first AI-generated documentary? Alan Warburton was commissioned by the ODI's Data as Culture programme to bring us 'The Wizard…
The Wizard of AI
Clayborn - Meditation on Human-AI Interface
Clayborn - Meditation on Human-AI Interface
In the 2020s, natural language interfaces became the standard for human-AI interaction, promising accessibility for all. However, this seemingly utopian solution…
Clayborn - Meditation on Human-AI Interface
The Wizard of AI on Vimeo
The Wizard of AI on Vimeo
Is this the world's first AI-generated documentary? Alan Warburton was commissioned by the ODI's Data as Culture programme to bring us 'The Wizard of AI,' a 20-minute video essay about the cultural impacts of generative AI. It was produced over three weeks at the end of October 2023, one year after the release of the infamous Midjourney v4, which the artist treats as "gamechanger" for visual cultures and creative economies. According to the artist, the video itself is "99% AI" and was produced using generative AI tools like Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Runway and Pika. Yet the artist is careful to temper the hype of these new tools, or as he says, to give in to the "wonder-panic" brought about by generative AI. Using creative workflows unthinkable before October 2023, he takes us on a colourful journey behind the curtain of AI - through Oz, pink slime, Kanye's 'Futch' and a deep sea dredge - to explain and critique the legal, aesthetic and ethical problems engendered by AI-automated platforms. Most importantly, he focusses on the real impacts this disruptive wave of technology continues to have on artists and designers around the world. Commissioned by Data as Culture at the ODI: www.culture.theodi.org ---------------------------------------------- Disclaimer: this work is a non-commercial work of critical/educational/satirical commentary. Under UK law, this is referred to as ‘fair dealing’ and protects the work from claims of copyright. Data use: According to the data taxonomies provided by www.translatingnature.org, this work derives from the following data types: living and biological and non-biological data; non-living, commercial, personal and licensed data; static data; generated, processed, retrieved data and 'anecdata' (including metadata); and anonymised; identifiable and unknown data. ---------------------------------------------- Full (hyperlinked) credits can be seen at www.thewizardof.ai · Written, directed, voiced, animated and soundtracked by Alan Warburton. · Back to The Futch animation by Ewan Jones Morris · Special thanks to Joanne McNeil - https://vimeo.com/justbrowsing, Tom Pounder - https://vimeo.com/user3078533, Hannah Redler-Hawes and Omar. · Wonderpanic Theme by Sonny Baker. · Research Assistance from Fabian Mosele · Steve Ballmer Genie by Christian Schlaeffer - https://vimeo.com/cschlaeffer · Pretty fishes by UglyStupidHonest - https://vimeo.com/user3746465 · In Memoriam images by Alex Czetwertynski - https://vimeo.com/user2228130 · Concept development and AI collaboration from John Butler - https://vimeo.com/user3946359, Samine Joudat, Ben Dosage, @dzennifer, Ben Dawson - https://vimeo.com/user83259586, Alejandro González Romo - https://vimeo.com/user128947837, @symbios.wiki - https://vimeo.com/user45174927, Ugur Engin Deniz - https://vimeo.com/engindeniz ---------------------------------------------- AI Tools used: · Runway Gen 2 to generate 16:9 ‘AI Collaborator’ video clips · Midjourney, Stable Diffusion and DALLE 3 to generate still images · Pika to generate 3 second fish loops · TikTok for detective speech synthesis · HeyGen to generate AI talking detective head · Adobe Photoshop AI to expand images · Topaz Gigapixel AI to upscale images ----------------------------------------------- Clips attribution: · What is the Internet? (1995) by The Today Show · Microsoft Clippy (1997 onwards) web compilation · CNN Internet Report (1993) by CNN News · Napster Report (2000) by CNN Headline News · Tech Events in 2023 Be Like (2023), Verge, featuring footage from META · Zane Lowe meets Kanye West (2015), BBC Radio 1. · Unit 9 AI Workflow (2023) Unit9Ltd · Thanos Snap, Avengers: Endgame (2019) Marvel Studios, LLC · for AI artist clips, please see onscreen attribution.
The Wizard of AI on Vimeo
Remembering Our Future: shamanism, oracles and AI
Remembering Our Future: shamanism, oracles and AI
“Remembering Our Future: shamanism, oracles and AI”A Roundtable Conversation with Li-Chun MarinaLin, Cavan McLaughlin, KarinValis, Bogna Konior and Yin-JuChe...
Remembering Our Future: shamanism, oracles and AI
The real cost of smart speakers
The real cost of smart speakers
Alexa's recording you. What’s she doing with it?Read Sara’s article about the privacy settings on your smart speaker: https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/12/9/22...
The real cost of smart speakers