GPT-J, an open-source mimic of the GPT-3 neural net

*This seems like it might be significant.   https://towardsdatascience.com/cant-access-gpt-3-here-s-gpt-j-its-open-source-cousin-8af86a638b11 (…) EleutherAI project: Open-sourcing AI researchthe project was born in July 2020 as a quest to replicate OpenAI GPT-family models. A group of researchers and engineers decided to give OpenAI a “run for their money” and so the project began. Their ultimate goal is to replicate […]

Getting started with your own metalworking machine shop

*This is of interest if you’ve seen metal works of device art and wonder how they were built.  Commonly they were built with repurposed metalworking equipment in the garage of the artist’s uncle. *If you really want to lathe and grind metal, there are two things I feel compelled to say about it.  (A) Buy […]

Text to Ascii Art web toy. The old tricks are the good ones

http://patorjk.com/software/taag/#p=display&f=Graffiti&t=Type%20Something%20          

Prominent Artificial Intelligence artists

*Hey, these people are pretty good,  and that’s an impressive list of modern tech-art creatives.   https://aiartists.org/ai-artist-founding-members  

Artificial Intelligence newsletters

  https://aiartists.org/ai-newsletters   *They list no fewer than twenty-five of these AI resources, and if you read all 25 of them you would never have time to do anything else.  

Limor Fried and Philip Torrone

*They know everything!  

Meanwhile, at V2 Lab for Unstable Media

*It’s the latest newsletter from the mavens of Dutch new-media at v2.nl.     V2_Newsletter July 2021 With corona restrictions being eased, we are happy that we can welcome more visitors at V2_. On Thursday 1 July DNK Ensemble will perform Intona Re-enacted, a re-interpretation of Dick Raaijmakers’ iconic piece Intona, with a performative exhibition running from 2–4 July. We also […]

One history of the Hic et Nunc NFT platform

*Well, what is “Hic et Nunc”?  Here’s a recently written guide.  It’s not complete.  I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s never complete. *However, it’s the best one I’ve seen to date.   https://matheussiq8.medium.com/hic-et-nunc-the-story-facts-suppositions-and-ideas-june-2021-19927f9106ad   Hic Et Nunc — the story, facts, suppositions and ideas (June 2021) Matheus Siqueira 1 day ago· 12 min read If […]

How to buy NFT art on Hic et Nunc (back in March 2021)

*We are not recommending that you actually buy NFT art from any of the numerous platforms (although Hic et Nunc is the most interesting.  However,  if you want some idea of how people do it, this is one of the methods. *Currently, Hic et Nunc got hacked and its users are selling and buying art […]