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unpacking the rat in the box

unpacking the rat in the box

It seems I'm far more tentative than ChatGPT 4o. Asked about the Skinner box analogy in part 1 of On AI: what do you make of the Skinner box analogy? that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, neuroscience-inflected neoliberalism, stimulus-response theory, put us in the box? The AI answered*: *[Caution is
Simon Taylor 24 Jul 2025
On AI: part I by Simon Taylor; part II a self-portrait by Chat GPT 4o*

On AI: part I by Simon Taylor; part II a self-portrait by Chat GPT 4o*

*resources follow, at the end of part 1, in the interval, they give a complete and detailed record of the language-prompts and the responses On AI: part 1 My critical attitude towards AI has been directed towards the error of attributing to it consciousness or self-awareness, by way of the
Simon Taylor 22 Jul 2025
molecular communism

molecular communism

Gareth Simpson, having replied to What Is A Practice? with some great questions, is my interlocutor here. A question put to me by Johannes Birringer in an email (he can let me know whether he minds my using his proper name and I can remove it later) has also prompted
Simon Taylor 15 Jul 2025
What Is A Practice?

What Is A Practice?

My thoughts converge on this question because nobody seems to know, least of all those who engage with it professionally—academe has become a club where they congratulate each other on getting in and protest that they should stay. I can say this because I'm not in it.
Simon Taylor 25 Jun 2025
lectures on moving image: theory | context

lectures on moving image: theory | context

Below please find links to a series of lectures I delivered to first-year students, before they specialised in digital image-making, film, motion graphics, VFX (very popular), game development (also very popular), animation or post-production, in 2022 at (although, since during COVID-19, distantly) AUT. Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema, comes out of
Simon Taylor 16 May 2025
Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema

COMING SOON! This post is a place-holder for a long work currently being digested, that is presented cut into bite-sized pieces in the digest section of this site. It is as yet lacking an introduction and two, maybe three, chapters to complete it Please subscribe to outside light if you
Simon Taylor 06 May 2025
theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form

theatre | . . . : first half in epistolary form

Simon Taylor 04 Apr 2025

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