Eric Shmeric
@ericdienstfrey.bsky.social
Film/Media/Comm/Sound @ UC & UA
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
MAKING STEREO FIT
www.ucpress.edu/books/making-stereo-fit/
Lover of Kiarostami, Rivette, Sondheim, Philip Roth, Dark Tower, Twin Peaks, Pale Fire, and Taylor Swift.
"The cinema has not yet been invented!" - Spinoza
Those look incredible, my goodness.
November 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Those look incredible, my goodness.
Phenomenal film.
November 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Phenomenal film.
Anyway, worth reading or listening to. Again, very assignable to students. It was published prior to ChatGPT, but everything in the book still holds true despite the current AI "gold rush" taking place on Wall Street and in Sillicon Valley.
November 26, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anyway, worth reading or listening to. Again, very assignable to students. It was published prior to ChatGPT, but everything in the book still holds true despite the current AI "gold rush" taking place on Wall Street and in Sillicon Valley.
Among it's many claims, I appreciated hearing just how influencial Hofstadter's GODOL, ESCHER, BACH was to the intellectual history and development of machine learning. And it's eccentric definition of consciousness continues to inform AI research.
bookshop.org/p/books/gode...
bookshop.org/p/books/gode...
Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
An Eternal Golden Braid
bookshop.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Among it's many claims, I appreciated hearing just how influencial Hofstadter's GODOL, ESCHER, BACH was to the intellectual history and development of machine learning. And it's eccentric definition of consciousness continues to inform AI research.
bookshop.org/p/books/gode...
bookshop.org/p/books/gode...
I've come across and read other studies of AI, but none really get at its tech history without buying into certain myths. And there's often either a "trust the science" or a "only experts can understand it" angle to the storytelling. This book has neither.
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I've come across and read other studies of AI, but none really get at its tech history without buying into certain myths. And there's often either a "trust the science" or a "only experts can understand it" angle to the storytelling. This book has neither.
Reposted by Eric Shmeric
"On a better implemented website, people would all agree with my bad ideas."
November 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"On a better implemented website, people would all agree with my bad ideas."