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  1. Not AI, but Abstract Statistic Systems

    Recently, I held a keynote on The Al Conundrum in Photographic Art -seminar, focusing on the general understanding and discussion around generative AI. The seminar explored the reasons and ways that artificial intelligence is being used by artists today and included interesting artist talks from Hilde Honerud, Tuomo Rainio, Mikaela Steby Stenfalk, Ida Kvetny and Diana Velasco. Moreover, the Director of the Finnish Museum of Photography, Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, gave a wonderful commentary on my keynote, and after the talks, there was a lively discussion from the panel consisting of Anna-Kaisa Rastenberger, artists and Donald Weber, Associate Professor at Aalto University.…

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  2. AI MIXEI?!

    What colonialism does is cause an identity crisis about one's own culture. Lupita Nyong'o Colonialism is the cousin of slavery. Chadwick Boseman K eskustelu koneoppivista algoritmeista (esim. OpenAI:n chatGPT ja Dall-E2, Stability AI:n Stable Diffusion sekä Midjourneyn oma algoritmi) on viime aikoina porissut niin opetuksen kuin kulttuurinkin saralla ja vuoroin on pelätty ja vuoroin neuvottu miten nuo uudet algoritmit valjastetaan käyttöön. No, tässä tekstissä kehotan miettimään tätä koko soppaa ja nostan pöydälle muutaman seikan miksi meidän ehkä ei pitäisi ottaa näitä palveluita käyttöön ja pelkäämisen sijaan kohdentaa näihin toimijoihin suoraa kritiikkiä. TLDR; Ai miksei AI, no koska se on epäeettistä…

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  3. AI, Cows and earthworms, with holiday book recommendations!

    In a recent episode of Finnish podcast Herrasmieshakkerit (Gentleman hackers) , there was an interview with Arttu Lehmuskallio, the head of Finnish National Cyber Security Centre, who briefly discussed how cows have about five computers each. As I am sitting and writing this with my laptop and only have two other computing devices with me (my clock and my phone), I am feeling a bit jealous. Whether the cows surf the Intermoo or watch the Cowflix or not, this bit of information goes to show how digital processes envelop even the picturesque image of a pure countryside and the milking…

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  4. The Death of AI art

    From: Tomi Slotte Dufva Subject: The Death of AI Art Format: A̶S̶C̶I̶I̶ HTML+js+god nows what the webpages use these days Average Reading Time:Time will tell. Signal to Noise Ratio: Only known by algorithms Rating: adult Genre: provocation (copycat) The recent trend with technology is to bet heavily on Artificial Intelligence. From automating tiresome factory jobs, AI is now moving into more cognition demanding jobs. Not only truck or taxi drivers are threatened, but doctors, nurses, and many others as well. Similarly, art and design worlds are preparing for the new intelligent era. Behind these near-future visions lies a plethora of…

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  5. Contempora intearther -machine interprets my dissertation and end of the year musings about AI

    One of the big things in digital technology this year has been the advancements in AI and in particular in machine learning (ML). A lot of great and exciting things has been written about them this year. From the almost incredible mind-reading AI to dystopian visions and further. Despite, AI and ML are producing novel ideas and applications, in some way the current hype of AI and ML reminds me of the hype of big data, or digitalisation, just a while back. The idea remains the same, but the buzzword has just changed. Art has not been left out of…

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  6. Misrecollection of forgetting’ -The absent minded programmers guide to machine learning

    “Programming is forgetting” teaches Allison Parrish, an NY-based artist, and programmer (Parrish, 2016). What she means is that by translating functions, actions and material into the digital world by programming we make compromises and forget the complexity of the world. Such accommodation is essential; otherwise, it would be very hard to create any digital programs. For instance, translating sound into digital form means choosing what components of the sound are vital and what are not. Same goes for digital photographs. We have to choose what is essential in the sounds or images and then translate that into repeatable procedures and…

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  7. Grasping AI systems

    Together with Mikko Dufva , I have started working on a project that handles the disconnect between the sophisticated digital systems and the experience of them. In particular, we focus on the new artificial intelligence systems that are being brought into many fields of society -including education. This research project is a continuation from our article “Grasping the Future of Digital Society” that introduced the concept of digi-grasping and our view of embodied digitality. That article is accepted to the Futures-journal and will soon be published. However, below is our abstract and slides from Fera-conference on education , held at…

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  8. My teacher was a computer

    Computers already make our prepackaged lunches sold at seven elevens and manage a plethora of tasks in every area of our society. Why couldn’t computers also be teachers? The above example is imaginary, but based on the current hype of artificial intelligence (AI) it is becoming more real with each passing day. This development may not necessarily be bad, as with many other fields of work, transferring tasks from humans to robots may have a lot of beneficial sides. Already many schools are using software to find plagiarism in students texts or using intelligent learning systems that can help students…

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  9. The meaning of life without work

    ”The meaning of life in a world without work” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/08/virtual-reality-religion-robots-sapiens-book In one way this is an intriquing article. It gives another perspective to the discussion on AI and jobs. But there are some things I, myself, am bothered with. I am bothered by the way the article gives the impression of technology as an unstoppable force: As something, we have no way of altering. Such naivete shouldn’t exist anymore. Inventions and technologies are always political and shaped by the current dominant positions. Then, related is a diminished understanding of religions and even meaning of life. In someway I feel this…

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