My latest experimental short film: youtu.be/yaBAGkUExCU
based on idea I've had for a while and the technology is just now almost good enough for its execution. It might have been faster to find 606 people and get them to pose.

We're looking for 2D visual artists (in US/Canada) to collaborate on a research project, co-designing a new art feedback tool.
It's a remote, compensated opportunity.
Details & apply: rise.csit.carleton.ca/studies/arti...
Approved by Carleton University Research Ethics Board (CUREB-B #124851).

We're looking for 2D visual artists (in US/Canada) to collaborate on a research project, co-designing a new art feedback tool.
It's a remote, compensated opportunity.
Details & apply: rise.csit.carleton.ca/studies/arti...
Approved by Carleton University Research Ethics Board (CUREB-B #124851).

My latest short film: vimeo.com/1104538810

Let's take a closer look:

This chart shows the percentage increase in distracted drivers' response times. An undistracted driver typically reacts in 1 second.

Now, compare the response of a drink drive limit to using in-car touch screens.

The Art of VQGAN+CLIP: An Ode to Early AI Image Generation medium.com/@hannahj/the...

If you’re in line when the polls close, stay in line. You can still cast your ballot. Your vote matters.

Visual artists with ethical objections to AI Image Generation: do you have similar concerns about Large Language Models (like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)?

Hey Ontario voters: advanced voting is today, tomorrow, and Saturday. Find your riding and lets get turnout over 50% this time:

Find your riding/where to vote: elections.on.ca/en.html
Find who's competitive in your riding: smartvoting.ca

Advance polls open tomorrow in Ontario for the opportunistic early called by the mean and corrupt PC government.

Yet, most people haven’t got their voter cards that tells them where you can go vote.

You can look it up here, though.

voterinformationservice.elections.on.ca/en/election/...

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

any bay area artists available for a small, weird, custom job?

[Keanu Reeves centaur photorealistic]

missing keanu, missing centaur (and horse!), and disappearing arms, but the video is sharp.

fal.ai/models/fal-a...

In response to last Monday's passing of Bill 212, @joelharden.bsky.social launched a new petition to repeal the legislation and "immediately stop the government’s attack against life-saving active transportation infrastructure." #BikeTO #ottbike #TOpoli #ONpoli www.joelhardenmpp.ca/stay_in_your...

Does anyone know a contemporaneous account of someone who believed ELIZA "understood" them, and had a meaningful conversation with it? The catch: it can't be from Weizenbaum. I'm particularly interested in first-person accounts, but someone who directly observed such a conversation would also count.

Are you using Generative AI (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Mircosoft CoPilot, etc.) in the classroom or for work? How? Why? Tell me More... #AIClassroom #ChatGPT #AICreativity #AIEthics #AIEducation #HigherEd #EdTech

I've been trying to find research on collaboration among visual artists (with other visual artists), but not finding much. Is there other terminology used in the art world?