Miguel Carvalhais
@carvalhais.org
Design, music, art + computation. Professor at fba.up.pt; also with @cronicaelectronica.org, http://at-c.org and @xCoAx.org. Author: Art and Computation (V2_), Artificial Aesthetics (U.Porto). carvalhais.org
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February 14, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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February 13, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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I tell my students that an essay is a destination, but the learning happens in the journey. AI can teleport you to the destination (in some fashion) but only the journey can enrich you along the way.
“Young people are quickly becoming so dependent on A.I. that they are losing the ability to think for themselves. And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education.”
Opinion | How A.I. Companies Are Preying on College Students
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I tell my students that an essay is a destination, but the learning happens in the journey. AI can teleport you to the destination (in some fashion) but only the journey can enrich you along the way.
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February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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February 11, 2026 at 8:31 AM
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“Four Tales”, a new album by Matilde Meireles is now available to preorder. Get your limited release CD and poster before they run out! Video by Matilde with additional footage by Joe Laverty (ropes and stills from recording process). www.cronicaelectronica.org/248/
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
“Four Tales”, a new album by Matilde Meireles is now available to preorder. Get your limited release CD and poster before they run out! Video by Matilde with additional footage by Joe Laverty (ropes and stills from recording process). www.cronicaelectronica.org/248/
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Claims of “intelligence” focus on function: if AI behaves “as if” it has a mind, it’s “intelligent.” But behavior is useless when models are designed to pass behavioral tests. Instead, the AGI label achieves the opposite goal: it suggests a human-like experience of being an LLM. ⬇️
The most important question about AI isn't determining whether the machine thinks — it's whether interacting with it displaces the conditions under which we think, writes Eryk Salvaggio. www.techpolicy.press/the-illusion...
The Illusion of AGI, or What Language Models Can Do Without Thought
It is not simple stubbornness that LLMs are not “intelligent,” much less a form of “general” intelligence, writes Eryk Salvaggio.
www.techpolicy.press
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Claims of “intelligence” focus on function: if AI behaves “as if” it has a mind, it’s “intelligent.” But behavior is useless when models are designed to pass behavioral tests. Instead, the AGI label achieves the opposite goal: it suggests a human-like experience of being an LLM. ⬇️
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February 9, 2026 at 6:53 AM
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Legends in Portugal, congrats! 👏🎇✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Landslide win for centre-left candidate António José Seguro in Portugal’s presidential runoff
Moderate socialist defeats far-right populist André Ventura, with exit polls putting him comfortably above two-thirds of vote
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Legends in Portugal, congrats! 👏🎇✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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February 8, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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Or the upcoming album by Matilde Meireles, “Four Tales”, a limited-release edition that ships with a wonderful Riso print poster created by Rachel O’Grady cronica.bandcamp.com/album/four-t...
Four Tales, by Matilde Meireles
4 track album
cronica.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Or the upcoming album by Matilde Meireles, “Four Tales”, a limited-release edition that ships with a wonderful Riso print poster created by Rachel O’Grady cronica.bandcamp.com/album/four-t...
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It's still Bandcamp Friday, so why not preorder a copy of the amazing new album by Machinefabriek, “Spelonk” cronica.bandcamp.com/album/spelonk ? @machinefabriek.bsky.social
Spelonk, by Machinefabriek
3 track album
cronica.bandcamp.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:47 PM
It's still Bandcamp Friday, so why not preorder a copy of the amazing new album by Machinefabriek, “Spelonk” cronica.bandcamp.com/album/spelonk ? @machinefabriek.bsky.social
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The connections among Epstein, AI oligarchs, cognitive scientists, eugenicists, misogynists, rapists, and outright fascists are so strong it's stunning that they are not outlined in every account of AI development and deployment.
If you are bullish on AI you might want to check yourself.
If you are bullish on AI you might want to check yourself.
February 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
The connections among Epstein, AI oligarchs, cognitive scientists, eugenicists, misogynists, rapists, and outright fascists are so strong it's stunning that they are not outlined in every account of AI development and deployment.
If you are bullish on AI you might want to check yourself.
If you are bullish on AI you might want to check yourself.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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Download codes for Matilde Meireles’s “Two (Another Way)” single in anticipation of her forthcoming album “Four Tales”. Redeem at cronica.bandcamp.com/yum
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February 5, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Download codes for Matilde Meireles’s “Two (Another Way)” single in anticipation of her forthcoming album “Four Tales”. Redeem at cronica.bandcamp.com/yum
389d-kngt
ak2c-6jf7
8yme-y6ev
2289-bkn8
kmnn-yvv2
kgav-u9tc
nk78-j9ux
lz52-ytjq
4t65-779t
euyb-vj67
nhkg-u7u9
mq3z-evmz
98xz-uyyg
yuck-vfnu
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8yme-y6ev
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February 5, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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February 4, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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It's new release day, and we're glad to announce a new single by Matilde Meireles, “Two (Another Way)", in anticipation of her forthcoming album "Four Tales", due in March, and now available to preorder. This single is available to download right now! www.cronicaelectronica.org/246/
February 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
It's new release day, and we're glad to announce a new single by Matilde Meireles, “Two (Another Way)", in anticipation of her forthcoming album "Four Tales", due in March, and now available to preorder. This single is available to download right now! www.cronicaelectronica.org/246/
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February 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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February 1, 2026 at 8:22 AM
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#JobAlert! The New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NYC area) is currently conducting a faculty search for an Assistant Professor or Lecturer in Digital Design: njit.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
Assistant Professor or Lecturer of Digital Design
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February 1, 2026 at 4:59 AM
#JobAlert! The New Jersey Institute of Technology (Newark, NYC area) is currently conducting a faculty search for an Assistant Professor or Lecturer in Digital Design: njit.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...
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Also trying to parse all the emails that read like they were written by a concussed golden retriever I think I finally get why these guys are so enthusiastic about getting chatbots to write for them
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Also trying to parse all the emails that read like they were written by a concussed golden retriever I think I finally get why these guys are so enthusiastic about getting chatbots to write for them
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“For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop”
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
Science Is Drowning in AI Slop
Peer review has met its match.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:35 AM
“For more than a century, scientific journals have been the pipes through which knowledge of the natural world flows into our culture. Now they’re being clogged with AI slop”
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
www.theatlantic.com/science/2026...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:09 AM