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Anthropology of digital cultures/technologies and environmental changes, design research, design fiction. Professor at Geneva University of Art & Design (HEAD) / Managing partner girardinnova.com / posts in English et en français

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Nov 30

Daemons, fantômes, trolls, monstres, chevaux de Troie, vers… habitent nos ordinateurs et nos téléphones. Quel lien nous unit aux figures de ce bestiaire moderne ? C’est la question que j’aborde dans mon dernier livre publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social

www.premierparallele.fr/livre/persis...

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 30

Merci Régine ! La première demande de traduction que la maison d’édition a reçu sera déjà pour l’ialien, ce serait top pour une version en anglais :)

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 28

My nephews introduced me to the work of Mary Anning #fossiles

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 28

Lichen posting is great

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melomys @melomys.bsky.social · Dec 28

Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 28

“We trace likely sources, both ancient and modern, for the extensive repertoire of images, myths, metaphors, and conceptual esoterica that the language model draws on” #ai #llm arxiv.org/abs/2411.13223

Existential Conversations with Large Language Models: Content, Community, and Culture

Contemporary conversational AI systems based on large language models (LLMs) can engage users on a wide variety of topics, including philosophy, spirituality, and religion. Suitably prompted, LLMs can...

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 28

“Why should the world-historical promise of computing be confined to replicating bureaucratic rationality?”
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The AI We Deserve - Boston Review

Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where’s the utopian vision for what it could be?

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 28

Pépite découverte dans une librairie lyonnaise

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 27

OH: “The differences between Big-Endians (who break their eggs at the larger end) and Little-Endians (who break their eggs at smaller end) have given rise to ‘six rebellions’.”

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Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · Dec 26

Naturally, quantum bullshit exists in several states simultaneously. Real but not, depending on whether you look at it or not. It contains many worlds, some true, some not.

Scott Smith @changeist.bsky.social · Dec 26

This feels indicative of the kind of quantum headfaking we’re going to see a lot more of soon. “We have simulations of a kind of computing that will be here soon , but we have it now, but not yet. You can see the marketing playbook forming in real time. www.wsj.com/articles/the...

The Age of Quantum Software Has Already Started

Companies are building quantum algorithms and running them over simulators and early-stage machines.

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 27

Épouvantail / Scarecrow #charlieu

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 27

“Comment meurt un câble sous-marin et comment en hériter ?” Par Clément Marquet lestempsquirestent.org/fr/numeros/n...

Les temps qui restent | Démanteler des réseaux en ruine:<br> Câbles sous-marins et biodiversité en mer Méditerranée

Les Temps qui restent (TQR) est un collectif multimédia déployé autour d’une revue généraliste en ligne, lancé à l’initiative du dernier comité de rédaction des Temps Modernes (interrompu en 2018). Ou...

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 24

Lecture de TER

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 24

Artists running data-centers: publications.servus.at/2024-Artists...

Index of /2024-Artists-Running-Data-Centersservus publications

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Canadian Bacon @tashaneedshelp.bsky.social · Dec 20

Never let them know your next move.

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 21

Un entretien dans le journal Le Temps de ce week-end à propos de mon dernier livre Persistance du merveilleux : le petit peuple des machines publié chez @premierparallele.bsky.social merci Philippe Simon /le Bestiaire de l'Anthropocène en apparition surprise). www.letemps.ch/cyber/nicola...

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 21

WINTER SOLSTICE D’HIVER

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 19

“What does it mean to read (or misread) the artifacts of internet lore? Unraveling memes and idioms doesn’t just reveal complex stories, but new mechanics behind how we form and use language on the internet.” otherinter.net/research/lor...

How to Read the Internet

What does it mean to read (or misread) the artifacts of internet lore? Unraveling memes and idioms doesn’t just reveal complex stories, but new mechanics behind how we form and use language on the int...

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 19

A Christmas classic!

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 19

That makes sense, thanks for the clarification

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 18

I wondered about that too, and I don’t really know what it means… mostly bc there are data centers around here, especially in the mountains

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 18

“Compute havers” versus “Compute have nots”

Vinzenz Hediger @vinzenzhediger.bsky.social · Nov 29

Virtual keynote on the geographies of cloud computing by Vili Lehdonvitra of the Oxford Institute and Aalto Uni at the CrossArea 2024 conference “Dis/Ordering Distribution” at Goethe Uni. Note that Switzerland is part of Compute South. Russia has no data centers. No surprise there.

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nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 17

OH: "Henry Potter"

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 17

Merci de l’encouragement François !

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 16

“Phasmatron 77”

nicolasnova @nicolasnova.bsky.social · Dec 15

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