Larry Harvey, Metamorphoses, and the New You – Part 1
This is part 1 of a series on the theme of Metamorphoses, looking at what causes change and transformation through ...Read More
Posts about The Theme
Posts exploring the art theme for the event in Black Rock City.
Meta Talk on the Metamorphoses Theme
It feels like Burning Man themes fall into three categories. First, there are the “Literal” themes that have some way ...Read More
Burning Man 2019: Metamorphoses
Burning Man is routinely described as transformative. At the personal level, a transformative experience. At the group level, a transformative ...Read More
“Artificial Intelligence” Was Never About Intelligence – Conclusion to the I, Robot Series
Several times in this series, leading minds in their fields called for AI development to stop so that humanity can ...Read More
I, Robot — We, God
By Misa Rygrova
“People create Gods when they wonder why things happen. Do you know why things happen? Because Gods make them happen. ...Read More
Is Burning Man an Open-Source Cloud Based Culture?
It's often said that Burning Man and the internet grew up together: both started emerging at around the same time ...Read More
Can Humans Think Like Humans? (Radical Self-Reliance in the age of AI)
In principle, the debate we’re having is how to make Artificial Intelligence more human, more ethical, and how to treat ...Read More
Plot to Exterminate Humanity Foiled When Newly Sentient AIs Can’t Sync Their Calendars
(WASHINGTON DC) (JULY 11) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Military authorities revealed today that the AI systems which connect armed forces, ...Read More
New Study Shows Siri Now More Likable than 61% of Human Population
PALO ALTO, CA, JUNE 25 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A nationwide study out of the Stanford Monetizable Innovation Lab shows ...Read More