50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence

The discipline of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was born in the summer of 1956 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. Half of a century has passed, and AI has come a long way since its inception. It has turned into an important field, whose influence on our daily lives can hardly be overestimated. Many specialized AI systems exist that are at work in our cars, in our laptop computers, and in our personal and commercial technologies. There is no doubt that the impact of AI on our lives in the future will become even more general and ubiquitous.

50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence

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GLIMMER: CREATING NEW CONNECTIONS

GLIMMER: CREATING NEW CONNECTIONS

Jason Freeman
(Georgia Institute of Technolgy)
http://jasonfreeman.net/
http://www.performthemedia.net/

Glimmer, a composition by the author for chamber orchestra and audience, seeks to actively engage orchestral audiences by creating new connections between composer, performers, and listeners that enable them to collaborate to create the music together during each performance.

Each audience member is given a battery-operated light stick that he or she uses to participate. Computer software, written in Cycling ‘74’s Max/MSP/Jitter environment, analyzes live video of the audience and sends instructions to the orchestra via multi-colored lights on each player’s stand.

A simple video projection animates the activities of audience groups and the competition between groups. This paper outlines the theoretical background and motivations for creating Glimmer and describes the conceptual framework and technical realization of the work in detail.

Two performances of the work are evaluated with respect to the audience, the musicians, and the resulting music that was created, and with respect to the project’s design goals of accessibility, reliability, transparency, and sustained interest.

The challenges of integrating new collaborative networks and technology into conventional orchestral performances are also addressed.

here is the pdf

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speaking at DAW zurich

'Livello 57'

Blitz dei carabinieri
questa mattina in via Stalingrado e via Battirame.
I controlli dei militari hanno portato al sequestro dei locali del centro sociale
'Livello 57'.

sgomberata l'area e sigillati i locali ... e i computers?

Il 'Livello 57' e' il centro sociale che ogni anno organizza a Bologna
la 'Street Rave Parade'.

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NEUROGREEN
ecologie sociali, strategie radicali
negli anni zerozero della catastrofe
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Social Media and the Networked Public Sphere

Social Media and the Networked Public Sphere
Can social media increase and improve civic participation? If so, in what ways?
by Ulises Mejias

Monday, July 24, 2006

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Re-printed with permission from the author.
The original article is issued under a Creative Commons license and can be accessed here.

in this article there is also an important ecxtract from a jaron Lanier's interview
" In a follow-up interview, Lanier elaborated:

"Let me be specific: I don't like people pretending something better than themselves exists in the computer. This is a great danger...
You get a bunch of people together on a project, and they quickly become anonymous.
They contribute to some sort of computer-mediated phenomenon, and treat the results as an oracle." -

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