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by heehaw
Tue Apr 07, 2015 9:30 am
Forum: Philosophy of Language
Topic: Internet language influence
Replies: 20
Views: 10336

Re: Internet language influence

The question of the Internet influencing language came up for me at work last week. We installed a dashboard creator from a tech company called datapine and listened to a presentation about managing 'big data,' a term I'd never encountered before. I did some research and found this Atlantic article ...
by heehaw
Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:56 am
Forum: Aesthetics
Topic: Do you need imagination to make art?
Replies: 17
Views: 8195

Re: Do you need imagination to make art?

What would a work of art be or look like by someone without imagination? Robot art perhaps. I talked to an artist recently who is interested in artificial intelligence and art. She trained a robot in Japan to sing 'Ave Maria' via Skype, then recorded the two versions, human and robot, for an exhibi...
by heehaw
Tue Apr 07, 2015 8:41 am
Forum: Aesthetics
Topic: Message to Earthlings
Replies: 12
Views: 4300

Re: Message to Earthlings

Nicely done. Reminded me of this guy: Image
by heehaw
Thu Apr 02, 2015 11:00 am
Forum: Articles in Philosophy Now
Topic: Noam Chomsky on Institutional Stupidity
Replies: 71
Views: 36674

Re: Noam Chomsky on Institutional Stupidity

Anyone notice this month's cover is Foucault seemingly facepalming both sides of his head? Appropriate poster boy for the spirit of the awards. :lol: