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no earthquake (cultural tutor) @noearthquake.bsky.social · 14h

LLMs have convincingly demonstrated that coding is the easiest activity, maths is medium hard, and having taste is the hardest

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 8h

Putting finishing touches on a performance and a paper for the IEEE Internet of Sounds Symposium at L'Aquila later this month.

@comsoc.bsky.social

www.ucc.ie/en/dah/news/...

Music & Machines at the 5th IEEE Internet of Sounds Symposium | University College Cork

Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.

www.ucc.ie

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 8h

Applications for our digital artist in residence pilot close this Friday at 5:30. More info at the link:

artscouncil.ie/funding-oppo...

Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence at University College Cork (Pilot) - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

artscouncil.ie

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James Kelleher @jameskelleher.pilcrow.ie · 1d

Next time somebody asks me what Bluesky is like, I'll send them this

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 21h

Strange situation to be in where we treat messy mistakes in gen AI model outputs as proof of their inadequacy, when for many years prior mistakes messiness were seen as proof of humanity in contrast to the grid-like perfection of the computer.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 1d

this !

Puppius Caledonius @skanedog.bsky.social · 1d

Every single word of this was written with the intent of taking the world further down the road to darkness.

Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.bsky.social · 1d

i don't have the words to emphasise how seriously bad things are gonna get

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 2d

Great read. It’s got me thinking about all of the things machines don’t care about.

Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · 3d

I've been re-acquainting myself with NNs, transformers and LLMs this week, so these are early thoughts. But I am starting to think about language without the capacity to imagine language, i.e., an LLM unable to imagine itself participating in language. mail.cyberneticforests.com/what-machine...

What Machines Don't Know

Imagining Language Without Imagination It's important to acknowledge that Large Language Models are complex. There's an oversimplified binary in online chatter between the dismissive characterizatio...

mail.cyberneticforests.com

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 2d

Rates of change of rates I find useful for explaining vector space representations, at least to myself.

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Brian Bridges @bridgesbb.bsky.social · 5d

I’m off to Leeds with briefcase modular synth in tow for a performance of ‘Machine Time’, inspired by the spacetime-distorting cybernetic soundscapes of Roland Kayn.

Also giving a paper w/ @stephenroddy.bsky.social on some media archaeology of Kayn & Jaap Vink’s pioneering musical cybernetics.

Title ‘Machine Time’ with blurred modular synthesiser with feedback loops in background

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 7d

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 7d

Back a decade ago it seemed like a lot of people were working on a generalisable HRTF model. Have to assume there’s an LLM based solution to that now?

@arxiv-sound.bsky.social ??

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 23d

We're hiring for a Digital Artist in Residence with
@artscouncilireland.bsky.social at Digital Humanities @ucc.ie.
Applications are open right now.
Please drop me a line if you're interested or have any questions.

James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · 27d

Delighted to share that the Department of #DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie will host a digital artist as part of the first @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Digital Artist in Residence pilot programme.

Applications are now open!
Enquiries to @stephenroddy.bsky.social

artscouncil.ie/funding-oppo...

Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence at University College Cork (Pilot) - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

artscouncil.ie

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 7d

Until…*

Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 8d

Just a reminder that applications are open brilliant the 17th for our Digital Artist in Residence programme here at Digital Humanities @ucc.ie

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions etc.

James O’Sullivan @jamesosullivan.bsky.social · 27d

Delighted to share that the Department of #DigitalHumanities @ucc.ie will host a digital artist as part of the first @artscouncilireland.bsky.social Digital Artist in Residence pilot programme.

Applications are now open!
Enquiries to @stephenroddy.bsky.social

artscouncil.ie/funding-oppo...

Arts Council Digital Artist in Residence at University College Cork (Pilot) - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

artscouncil.ie

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 13d

I’m having a very hard time telling if the Orchid is a real device:
youtu.be/hbO1z13WP8o?...

"How to Orchid" by Telepathic Instruments

YouTube video by Telepathic Instruments

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 14d

Big fan of Koestler's genuinely wonderful 'Anthropomorphic view of the rat has become a Ratopomorphic view of the man' (paraphrasing)

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No Place Like Drone @noplacelikedrone.bsky.social · 14d

We are on call from 9pm tonight on @dublindigitalradio.bsky.social

Drop by the drone clinic and collect your prescription for medicinal musical minimalism.

Use only as directed.

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 16d

What if Agatha Christie books were written by and for Judge Judy fans was the general feel.

Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 16d

Okay. Embarrassingly bought one of those books because I liked the cover. Un-embarassingly took 3 pages to know it was time for me to move on.

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 16d

This isn't most academic book deals?

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 18d

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University College Cork @ucc.ie · 19d

Landmark study on symptom dismissal and diagnostic delays in women’s health launched

The study will explore women's experiences of medical gaslighting and issues including diagnostic delays and patient–doctor interactions.

Read: www.ucc.ie/en/news/2025...

Researchers will examine diagnostic delays, complex overlapping symptoms, and patient–doctor interactions. Pictured are Dr Sarah Foley and Jenny Cooney-Quane, UCC School of Applied Psychology.

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 19d

Big Phibsborough Shopping Centre vibes alright.

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 21d

Let my membership lapse for this very reason.

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Stephen Roddy @stephenroddy.bsky.social · 21d

arXiv pre-print for the IEEE I2S paper is up. If you've ever wondered how Wavetable Synthesis might be deployed on-device for soil moisture monitoring in water scarcity contexts, well, now we know: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19097

On-device Internet of Sounds Sonification with Wavetable Synthesis Techniques for Soil Moisture Monitoring in Water Scarcity Contexts

Sonification, the mapping of data to sound to communicate information about the original data source, is becoming a viable strategy for the sonic representation and communication of information derive...

arxiv.org

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