Ryan (ryanthompson)

'Expanded Cinema' by Gene Youngblood A monumental book considering film/video and new technologies as an art form and how they effect consciousness and society. So relevant today with generative AI.

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'Atlas of Anomalous AI' edited by Ben Vickers and K Allado-McDowell is like no other 'AI' book I've read; which all seem to hover around the ideas of creativity, technology and the potential pros/cons. This book dives deeper into historical perspectives on our relationship with knowledge and intelligence.

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I held off sharing 'Aaron's Code' by Pamela McCorduck thinking it would be a book that would get posted right away given the resurgence of interest in Harold Cohen's work. Must read for artists working with plotters or machine intelligence.

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The first book on my New Year reading list is 'Output' an anthology of computer-generated text from 1953–2023. Edited by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram and Nick Montfort.

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