Bernhard Schmitt
@patchcritics.bsky.social
Assoc.Prof. NTUSingapore ◽️Experimental Animation & Human-Robot-Interaction ◻️Accidental Academic ▫️Ex-Disney/Aardman
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Note: Life in Germany is worse than in China AND Portugal.
January 15, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Note: Life in Germany is worse than in China AND Portugal.
And here i was, thinking it couldn't get more cringe than AI slop produced by fascists.
Monarchists: "Hold my crown."
Monarchists: "Hold my crown."
January 3, 2026 at 5:34 PM
And here i was, thinking it couldn't get more cringe than AI slop produced by fascists.
Monarchists: "Hold my crown."
Monarchists: "Hold my crown."
"It is time to abandon that dream for good. Robots are for battle, and robots are for spying, and robots are for places where humans will not or cannot be."
I'd like to differ:
>Underneath my couch< is definitely a place I don't like to be.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
I'd like to differ:
>Underneath my couch< is definitely a place I don't like to be.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
December 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"It is time to abandon that dream for good. Robots are for battle, and robots are for spying, and robots are for places where humans will not or cannot be."
I'd like to differ:
>Underneath my couch< is definitely a place I don't like to be.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
I'd like to differ:
>Underneath my couch< is definitely a place I don't like to be.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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«Wissenschaftliche Fakten gelten als langweilig. Mit langweiligen Fakten konfrontiert zu werden, funktioniert also offenbar ganz hervorragend als Provokation! An Kunst als Transgression hat man sich dagegen gewöhnt, die wird als normal hingenommen.» www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
„The Island": Hito Steyerl in der Fondazione Prada
Die Künstlerin Hito Steyerl zeigt in Mailand ihre neue Videoinstallation. Darin kämpft ein Superheld mit Unterstützung der Quantenphysik gegen Populismus und die Übermacht von KI. Ein Gespräch über Fa...
www.faz.net
December 13, 2025 at 2:28 PM
«Wissenschaftliche Fakten gelten als langweilig. Mit langweiligen Fakten konfrontiert zu werden, funktioniert also offenbar ganz hervorragend als Provokation! An Kunst als Transgression hat man sich dagegen gewöhnt, die wird als normal hingenommen.» www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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Das ist eines der Probleme des öffentlichen KI-Diskurses – der Begriff «Künstliche Intelligenz» suggeriert eine spezifische Technologie (für die meisten Leute: ChatGPT und Verwandtes), kann aber bei Bedarf alle möglichen avancierten Software-Anwendungen auf Machine-Learning-Basis umfassen
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December 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Das ist eines der Probleme des öffentlichen KI-Diskurses – der Begriff «Künstliche Intelligenz» suggeriert eine spezifische Technologie (für die meisten Leute: ChatGPT und Verwandtes), kann aber bei Bedarf alle möglichen avancierten Software-Anwendungen auf Machine-Learning-Basis umfassen
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These moralizing Disney posts are weird.
As if Disney had ever acted out of moral principles.
Disney has always been tech-obsessed and profit-driven, from multiplane cameras to robots.
Testing technology is in Disney’s DNA. It is the reason for the success.
Acting surprised now is just naive.
As if Disney had ever acted out of moral principles.
Disney has always been tech-obsessed and profit-driven, from multiplane cameras to robots.
Testing technology is in Disney’s DNA. It is the reason for the success.
Acting surprised now is just naive.
Disney has signed a deal with OpenAI & invested $1 billion into the company
Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on animated, masked & creature characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar & Star Wars
Curated selections of AI generated videos will be released on Disney+
Sora will now be able to AI generate videos based on animated, masked & creature characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar & Star Wars
Curated selections of AI generated videos will be released on Disney+
December 12, 2025 at 1:06 PM
These moralizing Disney posts are weird.
As if Disney had ever acted out of moral principles.
Disney has always been tech-obsessed and profit-driven, from multiplane cameras to robots.
Testing technology is in Disney’s DNA. It is the reason for the success.
Acting surprised now is just naive.
As if Disney had ever acted out of moral principles.
Disney has always been tech-obsessed and profit-driven, from multiplane cameras to robots.
Testing technology is in Disney’s DNA. It is the reason for the success.
Acting surprised now is just naive.
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For people who trusted copyright laws to rein in AI, this should be the last scene in Animal Farm. “They looked from IP to Tech, and from Tech to IP, but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
The Walt Disney Company and OpenAI reach landmark agreement to bring beloved characters from across Disney’s brands to Sora
Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.
openai.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For people who trusted copyright laws to rein in AI, this should be the last scene in Animal Farm. “They looked from IP to Tech, and from Tech to IP, but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
Time again for this meme
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Time again for this meme
In Japan you can still smoke while eating dolphin.
😳
😳
November 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
In Japan you can still smoke while eating dolphin.
😳
😳
Helme Heine (1941–2025). 😢
Amazing illustrator and author.
Amazing illustrator and author.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Helme Heine (1941–2025). 😢
Amazing illustrator and author.
Amazing illustrator and author.
MITpress ragebaiting on Instagram 😅
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
MITpress ragebaiting on Instagram 😅
“tHiS iS AI! Who dares post this! 😠” - the replies alone prove how utterly humorless Bluesky has become. (Or always was)
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“tHiS iS AI! Who dares post this! 😠” - the replies alone prove how utterly humorless Bluesky has become. (Or always was)
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Pay $500/month&request on phone app a task to be done-human virtually in your house teleops robot-sometimes succeeds. "In reality, projects like Tesla’s Optimus or 1X’s NEO are less about practical consumer robotics and more about cashing in off of technological hype." futurism.com/future-socie...
$20,000 Robot Servant Comes With a Major Catch
Owners of the NEO butler-bot from 1X will have to schedule a time for remote operators to plug in and complete tasks.
futurism.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Pay $500/month&request on phone app a task to be done-human virtually in your house teleops robot-sometimes succeeds. "In reality, projects like Tesla’s Optimus or 1X’s NEO are less about practical consumer robotics and more about cashing in off of technological hype." futurism.com/future-socie...
It’s always funny how many Asians are 100% convinced “Maggi” is an old, traditional Asian brand and simply won’t accept it’s Swiss.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 AM
It’s always funny how many Asians are 100% convinced “Maggi” is an old, traditional Asian brand and simply won’t accept it’s Swiss.
He’s 100% right.
Also: the robot doesn’t look fashionable - the silhouette just isn’t there.
For good-looking humanoids, see ’80s/’90s Hollywood.
At least they tried.
Also: the robot doesn’t look fashionable - the silhouette just isn’t there.
For good-looking humanoids, see ’80s/’90s Hollywood.
At least they tried.
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 30, 2025 at 9:46 AM
He’s 100% right.
Also: the robot doesn’t look fashionable - the silhouette just isn’t there.
For good-looking humanoids, see ’80s/’90s Hollywood.
At least they tried.
Also: the robot doesn’t look fashionable - the silhouette just isn’t there.
For good-looking humanoids, see ’80s/’90s Hollywood.
At least they tried.
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Ai Weiwei.
Ruhestand in Portugal, Schimpfen über die frühere Heimat:
Der deutsche Proto-Rentner.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
Ruhestand in Portugal, Schimpfen über die frühere Heimat:
Der deutsche Proto-Rentner.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier
A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it.
hyperallergic.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ai Weiwei.
Ruhestand in Portugal, Schimpfen über die frühere Heimat:
Der deutsche Proto-Rentner.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
Ruhestand in Portugal, Schimpfen über die frühere Heimat:
Der deutsche Proto-Rentner.
hyperallergic.com/1050197/what...
Playing around with Fibonacci based procedural stop-motion animation and AI-generated code-to-Blender-to-3D-print pipelines.
Still a bit messy, but promising.
Still a bit messy, but promising.
October 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Playing around with Fibonacci based procedural stop-motion animation and AI-generated code-to-Blender-to-3D-print pipelines.
Still a bit messy, but promising.
Still a bit messy, but promising.
After walking into the workshop over the weekend, I now know:
A) Why my students don’t get any assignments done in time.
B) Where all the materials are disappearing to.
They’re preparing for Comic-Con.
A+
#Halo
A) Why my students don’t get any assignments done in time.
B) Where all the materials are disappearing to.
They’re preparing for Comic-Con.
A+
#Halo
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
After walking into the workshop over the weekend, I now know:
A) Why my students don’t get any assignments done in time.
B) Where all the materials are disappearing to.
They’re preparing for Comic-Con.
A+
#Halo
A) Why my students don’t get any assignments done in time.
B) Where all the materials are disappearing to.
They’re preparing for Comic-Con.
A+
#Halo
STEM postdocs when you ask them if they need help with the grant writing they do for you.
a little girl in a red and purple dress is holding a comb and saying stay away
ALT: a little girl in a red and purple dress is holding a comb and saying stay away
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
STEM postdocs when you ask them if they need help with the grant writing they do for you.
Phil Tippett (74) apparently adapts to new technology far better than many of young creatives in the industry who cling to the “anything AI is Satan” narrative.
Oscar-winning VFX legend Phil Tippett ('Star Wars,' 'Jurassic Park') mastered the blending of practical and digital effects when the latter technology was still new. At View Conference this week, he shared how his studio is now bringing AI into the mix.
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/phil-tip...
www.cartoonbrew.com/vfx/phil-tip...
VFX Icon Phil Tippett On His Studio's Generative AI Use
At Italy’s VIEW Conference, Tippett Studio veterans explore how artificial intelligence could accelerate stop motion and VFX without losing the human touch.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Phil Tippett (74) apparently adapts to new technology far better than many of young creatives in the industry who cling to the “anything AI is Satan” narrative.
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Guillermo del Toro, Netflix, and Gobelins have teamed to open a stop-motion studio in Paris. The endeavor shares a kindred spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and will honor stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson.
www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...
www.cartoonbrew.com/stop-motion/...
Guillermo Del Toro, Netflix, Gobelins Team On Stop-Motion Studio
The new Paris studio shares a stop-motion spirit with Mexico's El Taller del Chucho, also co-founded by del Toro, and honors Mark Gustafson’s legacy.
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Dramaqueens
Gleich mehrfach musste die Wiesbadener Feuerwehr am Samstag in die Nähe eines asiatischen Supermarkts ausrücken: Verdacht auf Gas-Alarm. Ursache waren jedoch exotische Früchte - mit einem markanten Geruch.
Falscher Gas-Alarm: Feuerwehr in Wiesbaden rückt viermal wegen übler Stinkfrucht-Gerüche aus
Gleich mehrfach musste die Wiesbadener Feuerwehr am Samstag in die Nähe eines asiatischen Supermarkts ausrücken: Verdacht auf Gas-Alarm. Ursache waren jedoch exotische Früchte - mit einem markanten Geruch.
www.spiegel.de
October 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dramaqueens