Nocturnecat Notacat
@nocturnecat.bsky.social
Exploring AI & human collaboration in art. Dreaming up a better real world, or at least a delightfully absurd imaginary one.
Glitches are best part of AI
Art communities are vital and beautiful! Take care of one another on and off the internet!
Glitches are best part of AI
Art communities are vital and beautiful! Take care of one another on and off the internet!
so midjourney profiles is up! Look for me if you like! They don't have a social link to bluesky, but I'd much rather chat with you here than on some other platforms.
Here are some hurricane cats.
Here are some hurricane cats.
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
so midjourney profiles is up! Look for me if you like! They don't have a social link to bluesky, but I'd much rather chat with you here than on some other platforms.
Here are some hurricane cats.
Here are some hurricane cats.
i'm just randomly scrolling various social medias. everyone is being nice today!
(ymmv: my xitter is *very* narrow and i know better than to click on certain trends)
(ymmv: my xitter is *very* narrow and i know better than to click on certain trends)
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i'm just randomly scrolling various social medias. everyone is being nice today!
(ymmv: my xitter is *very* narrow and i know better than to click on certain trends)
(ymmv: my xitter is *very* narrow and i know better than to click on certain trends)
my artist social media feeds:
1/3 "hi, I'm recording the dark times with comics"
1/3 "hi, I'm making poems out of math and light and then I tell machines to give them physical form"
1/3 "hi, here is some paint I made out of plants and rocks"
and I love it all
1/3 "hi, I'm recording the dark times with comics"
1/3 "hi, I'm making poems out of math and light and then I tell machines to give them physical form"
1/3 "hi, here is some paint I made out of plants and rocks"
and I love it all
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
my artist social media feeds:
1/3 "hi, I'm recording the dark times with comics"
1/3 "hi, I'm making poems out of math and light and then I tell machines to give them physical form"
1/3 "hi, here is some paint I made out of plants and rocks"
and I love it all
1/3 "hi, I'm recording the dark times with comics"
1/3 "hi, I'm making poems out of math and light and then I tell machines to give them physical form"
1/3 "hi, here is some paint I made out of plants and rocks"
and I love it all
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returning to a better era that never really existed, anybody need anything
October 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
returning to a better era that never really existed, anybody need anything
I started my morning by reading this by @harrylaw.bsky.social
AI art is better off bad
Reclaiming the beautiful error
www.learningfromexamples.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I started my morning by reading this by @harrylaw.bsky.social
Great article, relevant to all artists despite tech focus. Also posted to the worse place (sigh)
"..to be a creative person today is to be constantly creating content to perform the act of being an artist, which you spend more time doing than you do being the artist” -Yancey Strickler
"..to be a creative person today is to be constantly creating content to perform the act of being an artist, which you spend more time doing than you do being the artist” -Yancey Strickler
‘We’ve reached a boiling point’: How do we create a better art world?
From elitist galleries to Big Tech’s attention economy, the outlook is bleak for artists and art fans alike – Dazed speaks to Mat Dryhurst, Yancey Strickler, and more to imagine some hopeful alternati...
www.dazeddigital.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Great article, relevant to all artists despite tech focus. Also posted to the worse place (sigh)
"..to be a creative person today is to be constantly creating content to perform the act of being an artist, which you spend more time doing than you do being the artist” -Yancey Strickler
"..to be a creative person today is to be constantly creating content to perform the act of being an artist, which you spend more time doing than you do being the artist” -Yancey Strickler
Came across this via Mat Dryhurst on xitter- also the term "sloptimist" 😆
"It's a strange thing for the creative classes to suffer a failure of imagination." from @harrylaw.bsky.social
www.learningfromexamples.com/p/the-slop-m...
"It's a strange thing for the creative classes to suffer a failure of imagination." from @harrylaw.bsky.social
www.learningfromexamples.com/p/the-slop-m...
The Slop Must Flow
AI and the case for creative abundance
www.learningfromexamples.com
February 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Came across this via Mat Dryhurst on xitter- also the term "sloptimist" 😆
"It's a strange thing for the creative classes to suffer a failure of imagination." from @harrylaw.bsky.social
www.learningfromexamples.com/p/the-slop-m...
"It's a strange thing for the creative classes to suffer a failure of imagination." from @harrylaw.bsky.social
www.learningfromexamples.com/p/the-slop-m...
All the devil knows is what you tell him
February 20, 2025 at 4:50 AM
All the devil knows is what you tell him
this is pointing towards what i would like to do, really- but I also need to move my body and do things in the material world, so I just say good morning to the midjourney bot every day and enjoy the fantastic community there when i can, and think about how much other really cool stuff is developing
AIxDESIGN
We’re a Global Community and Lab Nourishing Alternative, Feminist + Participatory Approaches to AI for the Rest of Us 🐛
aixdesign.co
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is pointing towards what i would like to do, really- but I also need to move my body and do things in the material world, so I just say good morning to the midjourney bot every day and enjoy the fantastic community there when i can, and think about how much other really cool stuff is developing
today's --sref 2132025: lyrical fine-grained drawings in colored pencil or graphite, in which we may see or imagine something happening in space
February 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
today's --sref 2132025: lyrical fine-grained drawings in colored pencil or graphite, in which we may see or imagine something happening in space
--sref 2112025: xerography, collage, juxtaposed images, and grids.
Many of my daily srefs wind up with a vaguely-anime style and feature girls, birds and floating houses since my prompt is so vague. Today is much more interesting
Many of my daily srefs wind up with a vaguely-anime style and feature girls, birds and floating houses since my prompt is so vague. Today is much more interesting
February 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
--sref 2112025: xerography, collage, juxtaposed images, and grids.
Many of my daily srefs wind up with a vaguely-anime style and feature girls, birds and floating houses since my prompt is so vague. Today is much more interesting
Many of my daily srefs wind up with a vaguely-anime style and feature girls, birds and floating houses since my prompt is so vague. Today is much more interesting
Reposted from fellowshiptrust on twttr (I can't find them on here, alas)
if you're in or near London, go!!!!!!!!!
if you're in or near London, go!!!!!!!!!
The Call: Finissage - Serpentine Galleries
Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst and Serpentine Arts Technologies invite the public to sing together from the songbook developed for The Call.
www.serpentinegalleries.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Reposted from fellowshiptrust on twttr (I can't find them on here, alas)
if you're in or near London, go!!!!!!!!!
if you're in or near London, go!!!!!!!!!
QP with your fallen angel #midjourney
January 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
QP with your fallen angel #midjourney
All through December, any prompt with "december" in it produced imagery skewed towards Western Christmas themes , not a surprise
however, different --srefs as well as my own weird preferences took it in some interesting directions. before december ends, I'll show you what I found
--sref 12242024
however, different --srefs as well as my own weird preferences took it in some interesting directions. before december ends, I'll show you what I found
--sref 12242024
December 29, 2024 at 3:30 PM
All through December, any prompt with "december" in it produced imagery skewed towards Western Christmas themes , not a surprise
however, different --srefs as well as my own weird preferences took it in some interesting directions. before december ends, I'll show you what I found
--sref 12242024
however, different --srefs as well as my own weird preferences took it in some interesting directions. before december ends, I'll show you what I found
--sref 12242024
I love how right now, it's cozy here. I can just post things that people might be interested in, if they look me up. Not flogging constant engagement.
it's like when I have someone over to my physical studio, their favorite thing might be an old sketch that I taped to the wall and forgot about
it's like when I have someone over to my physical studio, their favorite thing might be an old sketch that I taped to the wall and forgot about
November 23, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I love how right now, it's cozy here. I can just post things that people might be interested in, if they look me up. Not flogging constant engagement.
it's like when I have someone over to my physical studio, their favorite thing might be an old sketch that I taped to the wall and forgot about
it's like when I have someone over to my physical studio, their favorite thing might be an old sketch that I taped to the wall and forgot about
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Roundtable on AI & sustainability in #rightclicksave — out now. Grateful to @dianedrubay.bsky.social for convening this chat (a sliver of an ongoing dialogue/effort) + #alexestorick for shining a light on this topic.
www.rightclicksave.com/article/is-a...
www.rightclicksave.com/article/is-a...
Is AI Art Sustainable?
A trio of specialists discusses how artists can respond to the environmental cost of generative AI with Diane Drubay
www.rightclicksave.com
November 20, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Roundtable on AI & sustainability in #rightclicksave — out now. Grateful to @dianedrubay.bsky.social for convening this chat (a sliver of an ongoing dialogue/effort) + #alexestorick for shining a light on this topic.
www.rightclicksave.com/article/is-a...
www.rightclicksave.com/article/is-a...
some of the ways people bring their AI creations into the physical world and then back to show their online communities are really inspiring.
Glad to see more Midjourney people on Bluesky
Glad to see more Midjourney people on Bluesky
November 21, 2024 at 1:06 AM
some of the ways people bring their AI creations into the physical world and then back to show their online communities are really inspiring.
Glad to see more Midjourney people on Bluesky
Glad to see more Midjourney people on Bluesky
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Next week, the Senate will vote on a bill that would revive some of the worst patents, including patents on human genes.
Tell Congress: We Can't Afford More Bad Patents
A key Senate Committee is about to vote on two bills that would bring back some of the worst patents and empower patent trolls.
The Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (PERA), S. 2140, would throw out...
act.eff.org
September 19, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Next week, the Senate will vote on a bill that would revive some of the worst patents, including patents on human genes.
I love visual and musical AI tools as idea decks for creating paintings and songs, but so far AI writing just feels lifeless and without possibility.
Perhaps because the images/songs I like contain ambiguities that spark my own intuition
The writing does not evoke new symbols and tries to be exact
Perhaps because the images/songs I like contain ambiguities that spark my own intuition
The writing does not evoke new symbols and tries to be exact
September 2, 2024 at 9:05 PM
I love visual and musical AI tools as idea decks for creating paintings and songs, but so far AI writing just feels lifeless and without possibility.
Perhaps because the images/songs I like contain ambiguities that spark my own intuition
The writing does not evoke new symbols and tries to be exact
Perhaps because the images/songs I like contain ambiguities that spark my own intuition
The writing does not evoke new symbols and tries to be exact
Esherick on weirdness that arises when human-established rules and systems are left to run without humans:
"Bureaucracy is an example of this phenomenon at the level of human organization, your Twitter feed embodies it algorithmically, and neural networks now manifest it anew."
bit.ly/42qA7yg
"Bureaucracy is an example of this phenomenon at the level of human organization, your Twitter feed embodies it algorithmically, and neural networks now manifest it anew."
bit.ly/42qA7yg
Manglecore and the Aesthetic of Strangeness
On AI, weird art, and the world they reflect
bit.ly
July 20, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Esherick on weirdness that arises when human-established rules and systems are left to run without humans:
"Bureaucracy is an example of this phenomenon at the level of human organization, your Twitter feed embodies it algorithmically, and neural networks now manifest it anew."
bit.ly/42qA7yg
"Bureaucracy is an example of this phenomenon at the level of human organization, your Twitter feed embodies it algorithmically, and neural networks now manifest it anew."
bit.ly/42qA7yg
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Making art with AI is about much more than just typing a prompt and hitting a button, Nettrice Gaskins tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
Podcast Episode: AI on the Artist's Palette
Collaging, remixing, sampling—art always has been more than the sum of its parts, a synthesis of elements and ideas that produces something new and thought-provoking. Technology has enabled and
www.eff.org
June 5, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Making art with AI is about much more than just typing a prompt and hitting a button, Nettrice Gaskins tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet.”
AI has a *huge* community aspect. Users of Udio, Midjourney etc etc are talking to each other every day, and not only about prompting. And many of them are also working musicians and artists (in more traditional media)
From Napster to YouTube, some of the most important and controversial uses of the internet have been building community, filmmaker @alexwinter.com tells EFF’s Cindy Cohn and @thejasonkelley.com on the new episode of “How to Fix the Internet."
Podcast Episode: Chronicling Online Communities
From Napster to YouTube, some of the most important and controversial uses of the internet have been about building community: connecting people all over the world who share similar interests,
www.eff.org
May 23, 2024 at 4:57 PM
AI has a *huge* community aspect. Users of Udio, Midjourney etc etc are talking to each other every day, and not only about prompting. And many of them are also working musicians and artists (in more traditional media)
Midjourney's describe tool allows us to do this too, taking a familiar image in strange and inspiring directions
Data artist Robert Hodgin created a recursive feedback loop between Midjourney and ChatGPT-4: “the former creates an image from a description and the latter creates a description from an image”. [kottke.org]
AI Image Feedback Loop
Data artist Robert Hodgin recently created a feedback loop between Midjourney and ChatGPT-4 — he prompted MJ to create an image of an old man in a messy room wearing a VR headset, asked ChatGPT to describe the image, the
kottke.org
April 30, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Midjourney's describe tool allows us to do this too, taking a familiar image in strange and inspiring directions