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Mon, 05 Jul 2021 02:36:39 -0700 https://tidsskrift.dk/nja/issue/view/9283
<![CDATA[The Changing Ontology of the Image | The Nordic Journal of Aesthetics]]> https://tidsskrift.dk/nja/issue/view/9283

Traditionally we think of images as relatively individualized or delimited phenomena that, in one way or the other, appear to the human mind and apparatus of perception. Currently, however, we are witnessing an intensification of what we might call thenetworkedness of the image along with a proliferation of machine imagery that operates independently of human perception and cognition. These “operative images” are, in Harun Farocki’s oft-cited formulation, “images without a social goal, not for edification, not for reflection”—they “do not represent an object, but rather are part of an operation.” In fact, one might claim that one of the characteristics of the contemporary image-space is its increasing integration of operational images and machine vision.

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Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:36:39 -0700 https://tidsskrift.dk/nja/issue/view/9283
<![CDATA[Probably the Only List of Artist Films You’ll Ever Need - ELEPHANT]]> https://elephant.art/probably-the-only-list-of-art-based-films-and-documentaries-you-ever-need-15042020/

We’ll be honest. The initial plan was to write a critical gaze over art docs. Not the schlocky biopics, or dewy-eyed reminisces of certain “scenes”, eras or places, but more straightforward (if beautiful) documentaries.

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Thu, 23 Apr 2020 09:34:34 -0700 https://elephant.art/probably-the-only-list-of-art-based-films-and-documentaries-you-ever-need-15042020/
<![CDATA[Probably the Only List of Artist Films You’ll Ever Need - ELEPHANT]]> https://elephant.art/probably-the-only-list-of-art-based-films-and-documentaries-you-ever-need-15042020/

We’ll be honest. The initial plan was to write a critical gaze over art docs. Not the schlocky biopics, or dewy-eyed reminisces of certain “scenes”, eras or places, but more straightforward (if beautiful) documentaries.

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Thu, 23 Apr 2020 02:34:34 -0700 https://elephant.art/probably-the-only-list-of-art-based-films-and-documentaries-you-ever-need-15042020/
<![CDATA[Google's solution to accidental algorithmic racism: ban gorillas | Technology | The Guardian]]> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/12/google-racism-ban-gorilla-black-people

After Google was criticised in 2015 for an image-recognition algorithm that auto-tagged pictures of black people as “gorillas”, the company promised “immediate action” to prevent any repetition of the error.

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Tue, 13 Mar 2018 08:03:15 -0700 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/12/google-racism-ban-gorilla-black-people
<![CDATA[The Google Arts & Culture App and the Rise of the “Coded Gaze”]]> https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-google-arts-and-culture-app-and-the-rise-of-the-coded-gaze-doppelganger/amp?__twitter_impression=true

A few days ago, I came across an old post on the Web site Bored Panda called “10+ Times People Accidentally Found Their Doppelgängers in Museums and Couldn’t Believe Their Eyes.” The post consisted of around thirty photos of people posing with portraits whose subjects looked eerily like them.

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Tue, 30 Jan 2018 17:43:21 -0800 https://www.newyorker.com/tech/elements/the-google-arts-and-culture-app-and-the-rise-of-the-coded-gaze-doppelganger/amp?__twitter_impression=true
<![CDATA[Inspired by brain’s visual cortex, new AI utterly wrecks CAPTCHA security | Ars Technica]]> https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/inspired-by-brains-visual-cortex-new-ai-utterly-wrecks-captcha-security/

Computer algorithms have gotten much better at recognizing patterns, like specific animals or people's faces, allowing software to automatically categorize large image collections. But we've come to rely on some things that computers can't do well.

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Sun, 26 Nov 2017 07:30:44 -0800 https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/10/inspired-by-brains-visual-cortex-new-ai-utterly-wrecks-captcha-security/
<![CDATA[The Thing]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/164709739779

The Thing

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Mon, 28 Aug 2017 05:23:56 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/164709739779
<![CDATA[Follow your dreams]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/158886572874

Follow your dreams

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Mon, 27 Mar 2017 03:46:11 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/158886572874
<![CDATA[Even Sophisticated AI Can’t Always Tell a Parrot from a Cat | Motherboard]]> http://motherboard.vice.com/read/even-sophisticated-ai-cant-always-tell-a-parrot-from-a-cat

Samim Winiger spends a lot of his time playing around with neural networks, primitive artificial brains trained to autonomously run through algorithms for some kind of output, whether image recognition or text generation.

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Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:38:00 -0700 http://motherboard.vice.com/read/even-sophisticated-ai-cant-always-tell-a-parrot-from-a-cat
<![CDATA[Ape]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/121710099284

Ape

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Tue, 16 Jun 2015 16:27:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/121710099284
<![CDATA[Babugeri]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/118689522639

Babugeri

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Mon, 11 May 2015 04:40:21 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/118689522639
<![CDATA[The Triumphant Rise of the Shitpic - The Awl]]> http://www.theawl.com/2014/12/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic

In the first chapter of his book, After Photography, digital photography theorist Fred Ritchin explains the central selling point of digital over analog: Digital is based on an architecture of infinitely repeatable abstractions in which the original and its copy are the same; analog ages and rots,

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Thu, 18 Dec 2014 01:48:00 -0800 http://www.theawl.com/2014/12/the-triumphant-rise-of-the-shitpic
<![CDATA[‪‎Collage by Steph Davidson]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/104284293114

‪‎Collage by Steph Davidson

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Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:32:38 -0800 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/104284293114
<![CDATA[Computers Wrote the Caption for This Photograph, and Changed Everything]]> http://io9.com/computers-wrote-the-caption-for-this-photograph-and-ch-1660450610

Computers at Google now have a machine-learning system that can analyze images like the one above and generate captions for them. The phrase used to caption this image? "A person riding a motorcycle on a dirt road." It might not seem like much, but it's actually one hell of an accomplishment.

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Mon, 24 Nov 2014 15:54:57 -0800 http://io9.com/computers-wrote-the-caption-for-this-photograph-and-ch-1660450610
<![CDATA[Giraffeical Interchange FormatA GIFbite made in homage to Steve...]]> http://gifbites.com/post/51067723636

Giraffeical Interchange Format A GIFbite made in homage to Steve Wilhite (and Interchanging Giraffes everywhere)

Want to take part in future episodes? : Submit a GIFbite

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Wed, 22 May 2013 06:21:42 -0700 http://gifbites.com/post/51067723636
<![CDATA[Diving]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/29430567129

Diving

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Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:09:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/29430567129
<![CDATA[Pesky Humans]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/27482511528

Pesky Humans

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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 07:39:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/27482511528
<![CDATA[Curating underscored/corrected/erased]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/25999695581

Curating underscored/corrected/erased

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Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:13:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/25999695581
<![CDATA[Hot Dog Homocide]]> http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/24530334690

Hot Dog Homocide

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Wed, 06 Jun 2012 01:53:03 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/24530334690