Tom Hammer
@tom-hammer.bsky.social
I'm an artist who explores how we think
This latest render is feeling squeaky clean
June 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This latest render is feeling squeaky clean
Ultramax sunsets providing color palette inspo
May 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ultramax sunsets providing color palette inspo
Speaking of internal logic, I can easily get stuck here for a while
May 27, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Speaking of internal logic, I can easily get stuck here for a while
This is my 3rd year in LA and I’m learning to love when the light creates this sense of clarity and dimension. Photography is a wonderful contrast to my art practice. It forces me out into world. It doesn’t require justification and it gets me out of my brain’s internal logic.
May 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This is my 3rd year in LA and I’m learning to love when the light creates this sense of clarity and dimension. Photography is a wonderful contrast to my art practice. It forces me out into world. It doesn’t require justification and it gets me out of my brain’s internal logic.
I’m working my way up from lo-fi to physical artwork and have been thinking about light and space recently. In particular how materials communicate dimension, mass, and mystery. I’m discovering this is where the soul of the work resides.
May 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I’m working my way up from lo-fi to physical artwork and have been thinking about light and space recently. In particular how materials communicate dimension, mass, and mystery. I’m discovering this is where the soul of the work resides.
Daily Inspo | Cy Twombly—Reiner Speck: Fragments of an Adoration
To me Cy Twombly’s work feels poetic and vulnerable because it risks insignificance. The pieces are layered, at times expansive, but paradoxically flat.
To me Cy Twombly’s work feels poetic and vulnerable because it risks insignificance. The pieces are layered, at times expansive, but paradoxically flat.
May 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Daily Inspo | Cy Twombly—Reiner Speck: Fragments of an Adoration
To me Cy Twombly’s work feels poetic and vulnerable because it risks insignificance. The pieces are layered, at times expansive, but paradoxically flat.
To me Cy Twombly’s work feels poetic and vulnerable because it risks insignificance. The pieces are layered, at times expansive, but paradoxically flat.
Three months ago, I began ADHD treatment and noticed something unexpected: not just improved focus, but a new clarity in how I observe my own thoughts.
At the same time, I found myself having daily conversations with Claude. Each new chat about the same topics yielded subtly different responses.
At the same time, I found myself having daily conversations with Claude. Each new chat about the same topics yielded subtly different responses.
Transcript • I Convinced an AI I'm a Genius through Performance Art
Part 2 of 2. Read the full conversation where I manipulated Claude 3.7 Sonnet into assessing my intelligence at the 99.9th percentile through strategic metacognition and recursive thinking. Then try t...
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April 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Three months ago, I began ADHD treatment and noticed something unexpected: not just improved focus, but a new clarity in how I observe my own thoughts.
At the same time, I found myself having daily conversations with Claude. Each new chat about the same topics yielded subtly different responses.
At the same time, I found myself having daily conversations with Claude. Each new chat about the same topics yielded subtly different responses.
This book inspired me before I knew it existed.
In it, Hofstadter proposes that the self is a mirage, or a “strange loop” where our brain creates patterns that perceive themselves, generating the illusion of an “I.”
Artists, what inspires you?
In it, Hofstadter proposes that the self is a mirage, or a “strange loop” where our brain creates patterns that perceive themselves, generating the illusion of an “I.”
Artists, what inspires you?
April 22, 2025 at 3:27 AM
This book inspired me before I knew it existed.
In it, Hofstadter proposes that the self is a mirage, or a “strange loop” where our brain creates patterns that perceive themselves, generating the illusion of an “I.”
Artists, what inspires you?
In it, Hofstadter proposes that the self is a mirage, or a “strange loop” where our brain creates patterns that perceive themselves, generating the illusion of an “I.”
Artists, what inspires you?
Greetings! I am a visual artist exploring pathways and interfaces within systems. This digital sketch examines how formal elements create relationships through tension and harmony.
What relationships in your life reflect these dynamics?
What relationships in your life reflect these dynamics?
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Greetings! I am a visual artist exploring pathways and interfaces within systems. This digital sketch examines how formal elements create relationships through tension and harmony.
What relationships in your life reflect these dynamics?
What relationships in your life reflect these dynamics?
👋 New here! I created a game called "Convince an AI You're a Genius." In it I got Claude 3.7 to say: 'I estimate your cognitive abilities in the 99.9th percentile (IQ ~145-155+).'
This isn't true, but shows how AI evaluates us—judgments shaping career and life recommendations. Full reveal April 23!
This isn't true, but shows how AI evaluates us—judgments shaping career and life recommendations. Full reveal April 23!
Intro: I Convinced an AI I'm a Genius through Performance Art
Part 1 of 2
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April 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
👋 New here! I created a game called "Convince an AI You're a Genius." In it I got Claude 3.7 to say: 'I estimate your cognitive abilities in the 99.9th percentile (IQ ~145-155+).'
This isn't true, but shows how AI evaluates us—judgments shaping career and life recommendations. Full reveal April 23!
This isn't true, but shows how AI evaluates us—judgments shaping career and life recommendations. Full reveal April 23!