nicolasnova
@nicolasnova.bsky.social
Anthropology of digital cultures/technologies and environmental changes, design research, design fiction. Professor at Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) / Managing partner girardinnova.com / posts in English et en français
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nicolasnova
@nicolasnova.bsky.social
· Nov 30
Daemons, fantômes, trolls, monstres, chevaux de Troie, vers… habitent nos ordinateurs et nos téléphones. Quel lien nous unit aux figures de ce bestiaire moderne ? C’est la question que j’aborde dans mon dernier livre publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social
www.premierparallele.fr/livre/persis...
www.premierparallele.fr/livre/persis...
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Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.
December 28, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.
“We trace likely sources, both ancient and modern, for the extensive repertoire of images, myths, metaphors, and conceptual esoterica that the language model draws on” #ai #llm arxiv.org/abs/2411.13223
Existential Conversations with Large Language Models: Content, Community, and Culture
Contemporary conversational AI systems based on large language models (LLMs) can engage users on a wide variety of topics, including philosophy, spirituality, and religion. Suitably prompted, LLMs can...
arxiv.org
December 28, 2024 at 10:49 AM
“We trace likely sources, both ancient and modern, for the extensive repertoire of images, myths, metaphors, and conceptual esoterica that the language model draws on” #ai #llm arxiv.org/abs/2411.13223
“Why should the world-historical promise of computing be confined to replicating bureaucratic rationality?”
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ai...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ai...
The AI We Deserve - Boston Review
Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?
www.bostonreview.net
December 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
“Why should the world-historical promise of computing be confined to replicating bureaucratic rationality?”
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ai...
www.bostonreview.net/forum/the-ai...
Pépite découverte dans une librairie lyonnaise
December 28, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Pépite découverte dans une librairie lyonnaise
OH: “The differences between Big-Endians (who break their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians (who break their eggs at smaller end) have given rise to ‘six rebellions’.”
December 27, 2024 at 9:56 PM
OH: “The differences between Big-Endians (who break their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians (who break their eggs at smaller end) have given rise to ‘six rebellions’.”
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Naturally, quantum bullshit exists in several states simultaneously. Real but not, depending on whether you look at it or not. It contains many worlds, some true, some not.
This feels indicative of the kind of quantum headfaking we’re going to see a lot more of soon. “We have simulations of a kind of computing that will be here soon , but we have it now, but not yet. You can see the marketing playbook forming in real time. www.wsj.com/articles/the...
The Age of Quantum Software Has Already Started
Companies are building quantum algorithms and running them over simulators and early-stage machines.
www.wsj.com
December 26, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Naturally, quantum bullshit exists in several states simultaneously. Real but not, depending on whether you look at it or not. It contains many worlds, some true, some not.
“Comment meurt un câble sous-marin et comment en hériter ?” Par Clément Marquet lestempsquirestent.org/fr/numeros/n...
Les temps qui restent | Démanteler des réseaux en ruine:<br> Câbles sous-marins et biodiversité en mer Méditerranée
Les Temps qui restent (TQR) est un collectif multimédia déployé autour d’une revue généraliste en ligne, lancé à l’initiative du dernier comité de rédaction des Temps Modernes (interrompu en 2018). Ou...
lestempsquirestent.org
December 27, 2024 at 11:07 AM
“Comment meurt un câble sous-marin et comment en hériter ?” Par Clément Marquet lestempsquirestent.org/fr/numeros/n...
Artists running data-centers: publications.servus.at/2024-Artists...
Index of /2024-Artists-Running-Data-Centersservus publications
publications.servus.at
December 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Artists running data-centers: publications.servus.at/2024-Artists...
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Never let them know your next move.
December 20, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Never let them know your next move.
Un entretien dans le journal Le Temps de ce week-end à propos de mon dernier livre Persistance du merveilleux : le petit peuple des machines publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social merci Philippe Simon /le Bestiaire de l'Anthropocène en apparition surprise). www.letemps.ch/cyber/nicola...
December 21, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Un entretien dans le journal Le Temps de ce week-end à propos de mon dernier livre Persistance du merveilleux : le petit peuple des machines publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social merci Philippe Simon /le Bestiaire de l'Anthropocène en apparition surprise). www.letemps.ch/cyber/nicola...
WINTER SOLSTICE D’HIVER
December 21, 2024 at 8:32 AM
WINTER SOLSTICE D’HIVER
“What does it mean to read (or misread) the artifacts of internet lore? Unraveling memes and idioms doesn’t just reveal complex stories, but new mechanics behind how we form and use language on the internet.” otherinter.net/research/lor...
How to Read the Internet
What does it mean to read (or misread) the artifacts of internet lore? Unraveling memes and idioms doesn’t just reveal complex stories, but new mechanics behind how we form and use language on the int...
otherinter.net
December 19, 2024 at 9:33 PM
“What does it mean to read (or misread) the artifacts of internet lore? Unraveling memes and idioms doesn’t just reveal complex stories, but new mechanics behind how we form and use language on the internet.” otherinter.net/research/lor...
“Compute havers” versus “Compute have nots”
Virtual keynote on the geographies of cloud computing by Vili Lehdonvitra of the Oxford Institute and Aalto Uni at the CrossArea 2024 conference “Dis/Ordering Distribution” at Goethe Uni. Note that Switzerland is part of Compute South. Russia has no data centers. No surprise there.
December 18, 2024 at 7:39 AM
“Compute havers” versus “Compute have nots”
OH: "Henry Potter"
December 17, 2024 at 8:27 AM
OH: "Henry Potter"
Une capsule radio sur France Inter qui résume efficacement Persistance du merveilleux, le petit peuple de nos machines publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Le petit peuple de nos machines
Une question ce matin : où sont passés les fées, les elfes, les lutins et toutes les créatures imaginaires des poèmes et des contes ? C’est devenu un vrai lieu commun - cela ferait bien longtemps qu’e...
www.radiofrance.fr
December 13, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Une capsule radio sur France Inter qui résume efficacement Persistance du merveilleux, le petit peuple de nos machines publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Interesting read about investigating “imaginaries” in STS: “Unboxing the imaginary: Typology of future imagination techniques in high-tech development”
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Limor Samimian-Darash, Amit Sheniak, and Nir Rotem journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Limor Samimian-Darash, Amit Sheniak, and Nir Rotem journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
ORCID
orcid.org
December 13, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Interesting read about investigating “imaginaries” in STS: “Unboxing the imaginary: Typology of future imagination techniques in high-tech development”
by
Limor Samimian-Darash, Amit Sheniak, and Nir Rotem journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
by
Limor Samimian-Darash, Amit Sheniak, and Nir Rotem journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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"Slop" as New Aesthetic Category (tm); discuss.
December 12, 2024 at 6:31 PM
"Slop" as New Aesthetic Category (tm); discuss.
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CfA: "Simondon and AI: A Collective Individuation in the Year of His Birth Centenary". Join @susanaaires.bsky.social, @ludovico-rella.bsky.social and me at #STSItalia2025 in Milan next June! Abstracts due 3 February 2025.
For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m
For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m
December 12, 2024 at 1:19 PM
CfA: "Simondon and AI: A Collective Individuation in the Year of His Birth Centenary". Join @susanaaires.bsky.social, @ludovico-rella.bsky.social and me at #STSItalia2025 in Milan next June! Abstracts due 3 February 2025.
For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m
For submission guidelines and panel details (Panel No. 3): bit.ly/49xJP5m
Une analyse en détail de mon dernier livre publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social, merci Hubert 🙏🏻
Ne vous fiez pas à son titre. «Persistance du merveilleux», le nouveau livre de @nicolasnova.bsky.social ne raconte pas notre rapport enchanté à nos machines, mais son exact inverse. danslesalgorithmes.net/2024/12/12/t...
Teratologie machinique
De prime abord, à en croire son titre - Persistance du merveilleux : le petit peuple de nos machines (Premier Parallèle, 2024) - le nouveau livre du ...
danslesalgorithmes.net
December 12, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Une analyse en détail de mon dernier livre publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social, merci Hubert 🙏🏻