Materialising Myths
Exploring Future Societal Roles of AI
What ancient stories of artificial beings can tell us about the roles we may allow AI systems to inhabit.
- society
- mythology
- ai
Michael AnslowIdeas in progress
An outlet for exploring and crystallising ideas through essays, field notes and creative work. These outputs often become speculative targets for research: concrete forms that can be questioned, tested and developed.
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Exploring Future Societal Roles of AI
What ancient stories of artificial beings can tell us about the roles we may allow AI systems to inhabit.
Part II — Aw-ful
Disconnection, suffering and the shadow side of self-transcendence.
Part I — Awe-some
From the overview effect to meditation and ordinary belonging—an exploration of awe and the self-world relationship.
Part II — The Signal in the Machine
The Intention Rendering Engine and a possible signal-processing paradigm for writing with AI.
Part I — Poiesis Studio
A look back at an experimental writing instrument built with masked language modelling in 2019.
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