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Computational Creativity: The Infinite Monkey Theorem

7/7/2022

 
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With artificial intelligence being the next bog thing in tech circles, industrialist are looking at its applications in the next wave of the past successive industrial revolutions - tentatively called "IR 4.0". But what about its application onto the other side of the human condition - aesthetics and beauty - may they be in the form of words, sounds or sights?

Can robot be truly creative? To create, and even appreciate, beauty? Because that would truly be revolutionary!

"ARTSCIENCE: A Curious Education" by Dr Clarissa Lee

4/12/2021

 
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IFSA alumnae Dr Clarissa Lee has published a book. Here is the link to the online book store of Gerakbudaya, the book's publisher.

"What You See" by Keith McLachlan

3/28/2020

 
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What You See is a short story about a simple subject: what makes us, us? Are our consciousness linked to intelligence, awareness, or our progression on the evolutionary tree?

If it's the latter, then have our consciousness changed throughout human history? And what about those who come after us?

Science's Science: What Is Philosophy?

12/14/2019

 
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Science doesn't just pop out of nowhere. The first person to ask for evidence on an unproven yet widely held idea applied reason to the physical world. But before that, reason was applied mostly on ideas.

Philosophy might not be as celebrated these days, but in the beginnings of science, it bridged the gap between what we believe and what we know.

"Bad Connection" by Keith McLachlan

10/26/2019

 
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Have you ever had a dream that is so real thhat it's comparable to the waking world itself? Were you in control of that dream? Were you in control of yourself in that dream at all?

These "lucid" dreams are being studied as part of how our brain works. It has great potential to make use of the presently untapped 1/3 of our lives. But are there dangers such as those in Bad Connection?

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