Professor @UNSW Art&Design.
Research: Creative AI, computational creativity, music, IxD, society, evolution.
Music: Icarus, Tangents.
And: Social justice, equity, cycling, urban planning, 18-19C history.
Don't know why I post, mostly notes to self.
Oliver Bown
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When you don't drink it's absolutely amazing to watch men on the bus on a Saturday night. One man writhing on the floor trying to get back in his seat, five other men all doubling over in hysterics.
Word is telling me I should use "opaquest" instead of "most opaque". Gettouttahere!
It's rare to see such brazen rejection of the basic tenet that humans should seek common interests, but I fear that's becoming less rare. Never forget that one of the two authors is the father of Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg. 3/3
I'm in London to talk about my research on the cultures of commercial music AI at the event RBO SHIFT at the Royal Ballet and Opera. There's quite some line up of speakers, artists and performers. It kicks off today. I'm on tomorrow. Tickets still available.
www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-...
... as a political treatise it has literally zero intention of speaking for the poor, dispossessed, marginalised whatsoever. It only speaks to elites and what they can do to further their own interests. It is joyous in the thought of the collapse of democracy. 2/
It's been 20 years since I last saw George Lewis speak. What an absolute delight, old school ray of light in the new world of AI creativity. Some conversations have been buried in the landslide but they're relevant as ever. Long live GOFAI!
New trend in spam? You probably knew this and I didn't. These days often if I log into some service or app for the first time in ages, they consider that a cue to send me a spam, i.e., something from them lands in my inbox. Is this some legal loophole where it is considered a user-triggered action?
This is stupendously exciting. It's the most positive tech news I've heard in forever and I expect Australia and our neighbours to be watching with great interest. I'm also inclined to go hard on dadpunning at a time like this. I mean would you Qwant it any other way?
Oliver Bown
I recently read The Sovereign Individual. Well OK only as far as the Google Play free sample let me -- that was far enough. It's a truly chilling read as you realise that... 1/ www.thenerdreich.com/the-sovereig...
