mada in #economy • 24 days agoThe Troubling Rise of Fake NiceLately, with my city covered in ice and snow, I've been thinking about how the world has become measurably crappier in recent years. Nowhere is this more evident than in the sharp decline of consumada in #art • last monthAI Art After the Age of Mechanical ReproductionThe above image was created with stable diffusion using the prompt 'The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,' which is the title of Walter Benjamin's famous [1935 essay](https:mada in #science • 3 months agoConsciousness as a Memory SystemAbove is a closeup from my oil portrait of William James. I've posted this art here before, and have included it again because James is relevant to this post. A new papermada in #art • 3 months agoAI Art: System Disruption and NonviolenceHere's some AI art created from the prompt, 'System disruption and nonviolence.' I think the result is interesting. It looks like a sign for a protest on an alien planet. Today I'mada in #science • 4 months agoLife is in the EdgesAn intriguing research article recently appeared in PNAS . Titled 'Aqueous microdroplets enable abiotic synmada in #politics • 4 months agoThe Future of PowerAt some point in my childhood, I came to believe that all of the world's problems were rooted in ignorance. Into my twenties, I imagined that people would fix the world if only they knew how to do imada in #technology • 4 months agoThe Simple Exercise of Freedom(This image from Pixabay has been modified to include a special greeting for someone. Am I doimada in #art • 5 months agoDancing in the Technology RainAbove is a new piece of AI art. It was seeded with the original watercolor painting below and the phrase 'dancing in the technology rain.' I initially made it just to play with NightCafe's newmada in #politics • 5 months agoMaking a Difference in a Polarized SocietyWhen I was 18, I briefly worked as a canvasser for a PIRG in Seattle. My job was to go door to door in affluent suburbs and ask for money. Most of the fundsmada in #technology • 5 months agoThermostats Remotely Locked by Colorado UtilityIn 2015, a New York Times opinion piece titled 'Whmada in #technology • 5 months agoThe Question of AILast night, I was awoken in the wee hours by an uncle who was concerned that I didn't return a text. The message in question pertained to a new text-to-speech AI, which I played wimada in #news • 10 months agoThe Slap and the LaptopMy computer mouse sucks. It's less than a year old and it skips constantly. When the problems with it first began, I ordered a replacement mouse. For the last six monthmada in #science • 10 months agoElectric MemoryIn the brain, working memory isn't stored in the electric fields of individual neurons. Instead, the information is stored in electric fields generated by many neurons, amada in #dream • 11 months agoCardboard RobotsEarly this morning, having just finished reading a novel about magicians, I dreamed of seeing myself as a magician. I was younger, maybe in my mid-twenties, and was standmada in #politics • last yearSocietal Transformation StoriesI've recently been considering the strange new public narratives taking shape in the US. The reds now suggest that complying with covid measures is sympmada in #science • last yearSelf Replicating Xenobots Funded by DARPASupported in part by funding from DARPA, a group of scientists recently made history by creating self-replicating xenobots in a lab. [Here's the published study](https:mada in #nsfw • last yearnsfw Reveal this post or create an account to save your preferences.mada rebloggedfedoraonmyhead in #friends • last yearFrom One HIVE Humanitarian to AnotherThank you, @Mada! He's a writer, artist, and an all-around humanitarian. He's also into tech and created a network for charity called @Rstory, which has its own cryptocurrency. Tomada in #art • 2 years agoTowards Network Solidarity2021 feels like living in the future. 2020 didn't feel that way, but 2021 does. This future has some dystopian qualities. The masks make everybody look like video game characters. Public conflictmada in #technology • 2 years agoA Municipal Cryptocurrency Network Designed for Data CollectionRecently, I sat down with @kommienezuspadt and @lovejoy to try and come up with a way to improve the relationship between Minneapolis residents and the
