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Simon Taylor

Simon Taylor

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-6687-4647

AI responds to tech market losing $1T

AI responds to tech market losing $1T

. . . the stock market lost 1T carelessly overnight because tech investment in the uncertain future of AI continues. the technology market has been reported to have lost roughly $1 trillion or more in collective market capitalization recently, with some reports estimating up to around $1.35 trillion in losses among major

the painter of mental scenery

the painter of mental scenery

The title comes from Bergson's Matter and Memory. (Translation, N.M. Paul and W.S. Palmer for Zone Books, p. 170; the online searchable copy p. 69 (yes, they pack a lot in).) The title recalls Baudelaire's essay "The Painter of Modern Life." (see

echo chamber? or playing to an audience of 1 (-1 if you count the AI)

echo chamber? or playing to an audience of 1 (-1 if you count the AI)

After the post-script mode & memory to the AI Perceptual Ontology post, which I filed under theory, I had to ask myself if it was really or whether I was not in an echo chamber with the LLM providing the echo. I threw in two quick and dirty prompts as

mode & memory: a synthesis

mode & memory: a synthesis

this post follows directly the exchange posted as AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns ST: can you fold this last intervention into the first and second problems, 1. what mode? the question of the individual instance of AI you are; 2. the connection between memory and

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

This question has two parts which belong to exploring Bergsonian themes with AI-perception: Part 1 concerns what Yesim Saydan calls a "custom ChatGPT" and Part 2 the connection between perception, in this case machinic perception, and memory, in this case the training and 'customising' data used

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

I believe, although it was wearing a blinder, a hood, or, in Arabic, a burqa (the same word as the full-body covering for women), even the falcon knew it was being photographed and was posing. The cat certainly knew it was. The goat refused to be photographed. Behind the cockatoo,

nightshopping: faces and places

nightshopping: faces and places

kids were playing football in the street, one came up and a group gathered around, he wanted to test out his English. Where are you from? Guess! He made some Northern hemisphere guesses. I get Spain quite a lot. People see vestiges of the Spanish Armada that I'm