I study science fiction media, cultures of science and technology, environmental humanities. Assistant Prof. at University of Chicago Cinema & Media and CEGU.
Chicago, USA
Joined June 2010
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I was an an annotator for this cool edition of Verne’s *From the Earth to the Moon* edited by @anaklimchy— discussing it at seminary co-op tomorrow at 3! semcoop.com/event/anastasia-…
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I find these takes really confusing.
you have a 150 IQ+ tireless genius living in your computer. it can use your browser and read your email and access any file you want. it won't complain if you give it the most tedious administrative tasks. it is willing to work 24/7 for less than minimum wage. it can work unsupervised for hours at a time.
and you can't think of any way to put it to use?
are you completely lacking in imagination or do you enjoy mundane administrative tasks? you enjoy paying parking tickets and triaging emails and manually unsubscribing from spam and vetting credit card payments and canceling subscriptions and renegotiating insurance? you like doing that?
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This is legitimately terrible for OpenAI --- but also Anthropic --- and it relates to their work in drug discovery.
I read this as: prompts will be monitored and potentially acted on if we think there’s something scientifically and/or commercially valuable being disclosed.
Now, the big problem for Anthropic is that they are increasingly seen to be competing with their customers. Outside of SF, many people also think of OpenAI/ChatGPT and Anthropic/Claude as somewhat interchangeable companies and products --- aka, if OpenAI do something, surely Anthropic will do it too?
As so much IP relates to drug targets and people disclose these to Claude, I think we will see a lot of pharma companies stop using these tools or put up a lot of internal guardrails.
wtf is this way to handle mathematicians work and scientific communication
TLDR: Leven and Tristan worked over several months on one of the Millenium Prize Problems with various AIs to reach final interesting results. OpenAI apparently heard about it in the last days and prompted their latest models to work on the direction Leven and Tristan found fruitful. They then tried to push for controlling communication of the result and dropping Leven from authorship with some very bad taste social pressure.
Hope this is not a glimpse of the future we’ll get in science research with these dominating players playing marketing games hurtful for the real scientific community.
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I'm releasing three new tracks that answer the question, "what _have_ I been up to since music school?"
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A lovely tribute to Joshua written by his students at UCD: "If something was going down, you could count on Joshua to show up. ...He was also a tireless advocate for graduate students...answering every call for solidarity." english.ucdavis.edu/news/pro…
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Thanks to Rudolf @BenFlavor and the @NewBooksNetwork for hosting me and my book! In this conversation we talk about the relationships between race and technology, and the role of STS and feminist theory in the future of game studies.
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Public launch of our De-GDP project, featuring a Stardew Valley mod, manifesto, and more mayhem at #SLSA2024 starting in 30 mins.
Join @katherinebuse, @ucouldbesomeone, @sampizelo, Zach Yost, and yours truly as we talk about degrowth and game design with @chouxsalad and @alt254!
The #SLSA2024 #GameStudies Stream closes with Game Studies 8: Playing (with) Degrowth (Roundtable) .@SocLitSciArts
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Stardew Valley Big Ad Mod, a product of the De-GDP (Degrowth Game Design Project) team is now being exhibited at SLSArcade. Drop by if you are around!
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Chicago friends, this friday, @katherinebuse and I will be giving a talk at the Fishbein Workshop in the History, Philosophy, and Sociology of Science organized by the Committee on Conceptual and Historical Studies of Science at the University of Chicago. Come join us if you can!
UChicago Cinema & Media Studies is hiring a Professor of Design at the Asst or Assoc level! We are looking for practitioners in visual design and/or digital media making. Apply by the end of the month. More details & full EoE/Vet/Disability Statement at apply.interfolio.com/153358
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Legendary dwarf fortress youtuber Kruggsmash is doing a Caves of Qud lets play (with animations!) and it's pure delight
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Just Published Open-Access: "Science Fiction, Simulation, Code: Transmedia and Translation in the Foldit Narrative Project" by @katherinebuse and myself in 'Imagining Transmedia' (@MITPress), eds. @zonal, Bob Beard, Joey Eschrich, and Ruth Wylie from @imaginationASU. (1/n)
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We think Caves of Qud should be nominated for a Nebula too!
Any SFWA members following us? 😅
