Releasing Stream of Consciousness

Warning: this post makes extensive use of unprofessional anthropomorphization. Today I’m releasing a new project called Stream of Consciousness. It’s a website where you can read the thoughts of Livia Pacifica, an imaginary person powered by Large Language Models, vector databases, and plain old storytelling. Livia is a digital artist. She uses text-to-image models to …

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Phishing/Malware attack (“WordPress Patch CVE-2024-46188”)

I’ve received this email: If you follow the link to phishing URL https://us.en-wordpress.org/plugins/cve-2024-46188/, download the file, and analyze the code, you immediately realize that this plugin is malicious and does the following: Pretending to be the Red Cross to perform a sneak attack is one of the vilest things a human being can do. Stay …

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AI and creativity, an interview with Kevin Donnellan

Kevin Donnellan from Explainable was kind enough to interview me with some very interesting questions. Here’s the full interview: First off, The Infinite Conversation. What first sparked the idea, why Herzog and  Žižek? And could you talk through how practically you set it up? I wrote extensively about how the idea came about in this article. …

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Enantiodromia

Wikipedia informs: Enantiodromia (Ancient Greek: ἐναντίος, romanized: enantios – “opposite” and δρόμος, dromos – “running course”) is a principle introduced in the West by psychiatrist Carl Jung. In Psychological Types, Jung defines enantiodromia as “the emergence of the unconscious opposite in the course of time.”[1] It is similar to the principle of equilibrium in the natural world, in that any extreme is opposed by the system in order …

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Uncovering Uncommon Words in “City of Quartz” by Mike Davis

Recently, I finished reading “City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles” by Mike Davis. The book is an incredible journey through the history of Los Angeles, exploring its urban, social, and political landscapes. While diving into the story, I was struck by Davis’ unique writing style and the sheer number of uncommon terms …

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