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  Jesse Allison

  

  5 days ago

  Astronomer Wanda Diaz-Merced didn't watch the eclipse. She listened

  NPR - Kathryn Fink , Justine Kenin

  Astronomer Wanda Diaz-Merced, who is blind, describes her experience listening to Monday's solar eclipse with a device called LightSound.

• Speculative design to provoke social action is one of the few things that can get people to respond. Much like an informance, it tells a story about what may be, forcing those who see it to grapple with this envisioned possibility. From my vantage point, laws that simply target the limiting of AI will likely not be very effective - there is a huge commercial incentive to get around simple limits. At its core, this is an issue about our human rights and at what point they are impinged. The US has a history of having these discussions in the tech sphere, but is way behind in codifying effective support in legislation. Perhaps this project will not be used only as a salacious talking point, but get people to look more deeply at generative AI. perhaps.

  

  Jesse Allison

  

  A new camera can undress people almost in real time—to send a message about AI

  Fast Company - Jesus Diaz

  German artist Mathias Vef and designer Benedikt Groß thought it would be a great idea to create Nuca, a consumer compact deepfake camera capable of generating nonconsensual naked photos of its subjects. They are right—not because of pervy reasons but because it serves a higher purpose: to highlight …

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  Jesse Allison

  

  Anti-Design: Imperfections and Raw Creativity

  weandthecolor.com - Dirk Petzold

  In design, where sleek minimalism and pixel-perfect aesthetics often reign supreme, there exists a rebellious movement that defies convention. This …

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  Jesse Allison

  

  Stability AI's music generator can now edit and transform your samples and produce full-length, structured tracks

  musicradar.com - By Matt Mullen

  Last year, we reported on the launch of Stable Audio, a text-to-audio AI music generator from the makers of Stable Diffusion capable of producing …

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  Jesse Allison

  

  Spectral Plugins makes three of its plugins free to download as it closes its doors: "It has been an honour serving you"

  musicradar.com - By Andy Jones

  Plugin effects developer Spectral Plugins has ceased operations and made its three plugins, worth over $200, free to download. "After careful …

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  Jesse Allison

  

  Download 9,200+ Free Films from the Prelinger Archives: Documentaries, Cartoons & More

  openculture.com - Colin Marshall

  Depending on how you reckon it, the “American century” has already ended, is now drawing to its close, or has some life left in it yet. But whatever …