The New York Times has published an article on AI-generated faces which strikes me as an informal litmus test of our humanity, or at least of neurotypical emotional response. Here’s how to work it. Scroll through the mega-composite image at the top of the article — do it slowly, then quickly, then varying your speed […]
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On (not) being human
Posted in SoundScape, SpiritMatter, tagged artificial intelligence, artificially generated faces, emotional intelligence, emotional politics, emotional practice, emotions, facial expression, fake people, Greta Thunberg, mirror neurons, neuropolitics on November 23, 2020 | 1 Comment »
Emotional practices, part 1: Affective neuroscience
Posted in GeoPhilosophy, SpiritMatter, tagged affect theory, affective neuroscience, Charles Hampden-Turner, constructionism, constructivism, emotions, G. I. Gurdjieff, Lisa Feldman Barrett, neurophenomenology, neuropolitics, neuropsychology, politics of affect, practices of the self, Rami Gabriel, Stephen Asma on August 16, 2020 | 4 Comments »
The study of emotions, particularly within the field of affective neuroscience, is a complex field riven by paradigmatic division. In my book Shadowing the Anthropocene, I proposed a way to engage with one’s experience, including one’s emotional or affective experience, within an “eco-ethico-aesthetic” (or “logo-ethico-aesthetic”) practice that could help us deal with the “Anthropocene predicament.” […]
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