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ghosts in our spaces
Have you heard the theory about spaces? I think formally it is referred to as Third Space Theory, and having just spent some time reading about the background of it I can share that (a) it is a kind of sociological theory of culture and identity that is meant to help us understand our modern
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the emdash conundrum
I’ve been writing about AI on a Substack, but like everything else digital I don’t trust that it won’t one day get slurped away in a corporate shuffle, so… reposting here. Check out my Substack called of poets & processors and subscribe there! What is that mysterious double-dash and why isn’t it a red flag
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Copy Wrongs & Rights
Perhaps the only reason to bring up here the great copyright debates that permeated the internet in the early 2000s is one of idle speculation linked to a tangential theory. As digital media formats matured and before technologies were blessed by the often-corporate owners of the media encoded therein, piracy abounded. Discussions flared and festered
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The Poets Against the Processors
I ask you: What is AI? Artificial intelligence, you reply. Sure, but what is it? Really? I suppose we first need to get a handle on what defines those two terms: artificial & intelligence—and I think the first is likely easier to get our minds around than the latter. Let’s get that one out of the
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undeleted
To be fair, I didn’t actually read the article. In these days of click-bait headlines it is equally likely that any given bit of tripe posted in traditional media is some too-clever journalist writing a bit of sarcastic parody humor prefixed by an all-too-clever title to draw in the crowds who are almost certainly looking