Devs gaining little (if anything) from AI coding assistants
Code analysis firm sees no major benefits from AI dev tool when measuring key programming metrics, though others report incremental gains from coding copilots with emphasis on code review.
By now, everyone knows that the normally smooth functioning world of information and communication is not to be trusted or taken for granted. Designers and researchers devise methods, protocols, check
Massive new AI data centres will generate millions of tonnes of electronic waste
Huge data centres built for generative AI will generate millions of tonnes of electronic waste by 2030, the equivalent of discarding billions of smartphones each year, a study suggests.
Whoops! Google, Copilot, Perplexity push racist propaganda in AI search results
Social media these days features a whole lot of weird race and IQ graphs to support racist conspiracy theories. This stuff has long been funded and promoted by rich racists. Angela Saini’s excellen…
PHOTOGRAPHY VS. PROMPTOGRAPHY – FRIENDS OR FOES? - IPMA International Photography and Media Art Festival
The future of photography is no longer defined by the medium itself, but by AI. AI image generators have internalised the photographic visual language and can generate it synthetically as “promptography”. What does this mean for the relationship between photography and promptography? Which skills do I need as a photographer, which as a promptographer? Where
Power grab: the hidden costs of Ireland’s datacentre boom
The long read: Datacentres are part of Ireland’s vision of itself as a tech hub. There are now more than 80, using vast amounts of electricity. Have we entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them?
Photo by Mick Haupt on Unsplash Over the past year or so, a narrative that AI will inevitably transform education has become widespread. You can find it in the pronouncements of investors, tech ind…
GenAI and the Forced Evolution of Photography: From Artifice to Authenticity
The rise of Generative Artificial Intelligence has been nothing short of revolutionary, impacting every domain from finance to the arts. In the world of
Ok, this is super freaky: this is a regular analog piano being played by a computer-controlled mechanical machine and it sounds like a person speaking. If you hadn’t seen this before, (it’s from 2009) take a listen:
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What a yarn! Journalists are turning to crochet to tell data stories
"I’m really interested in these beautiful, touchable representations of data that use texture to encode information in a way that our screens cannot reproduce."