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Computational Unconsciousness: Does YouTube Dream of Electric Sheep?

Tue, Apr 16, 2019 @ 08:37:30 | Permalink

youtube algorithm shows 9/11 info below video of Notre Dame Cathedral burning

Computational Unconsciousness
Computational Unconsciousness as an emergent behaviour expressing itself on April 15, 2019.

The YouTube algorithm displayed information about the September 11, 2001 attacks below videos of the burning Notre Dame Cathedral.

The code was telling a story we all were unconsciously feeling.



The Here and Now of the Work of Art

Tue, Apr 16, 2019 @ 06:49:17 | Permalink

MediaCommons published my essay, and several examples of recent Cruft.

FIELD GUIDE a mediacommons project
Where can we locate Walter Benjamin’s legacy in the digital to post-digital landscape?

My contribution:
The Here and Now of the Work of Art