Fieldwork at the Effective Altruism conference this weekend. So many bright young minds strategizing to prevent hostile takeovers by technologies that don't exist...all while a human-led hostile takeover may already be underway

I didn't attend the Paris AI Safety Summit this year, but I did visit the same site in 2016 for Monumenta. I photographed Huang Yong Ping's "Empire": a skeletal serpent winding among shipping containers. IMO that pic depicts the industry more accurately than any picture from last week's event:

Visiting a new office today for field work. Every office is full of books. It’s as if they leave them out on purpose—little clues…or diversions?

Planetary ambitions from Burning Man to NeurIPS

Today I was told that brain-computer interfaces funded by crypto will save us from AI extinction. But don't worry, the AI extinction people laughed at the crypto part. Oh and this was the view from the venue:

If anyone wanted a vibe check on AI in SF…

Haven’t even stepped 100 feet into the field

This weekend my studio held its annual holiday sale and I sold my pottery for the first time ever…to total strangers!

My research really messes with the recommendation algorithms. I guess I'm a "fan" 🫠

Clubs in Toronto have great décor:

The models’ believers hallucinate just as their models do

Not...this...upon opening the AAA conference app

Is this a university or fashion house? Either way, it's backed by private equity

Got my first AI-generated party invitation (in SF). Spooky!

Hello bluesky...might as well start off with some pics from my end of summer southwest road trip (ft. 80 miles of hiking)