INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

6 June 2023

On this glorious occasion of the splendid defeat (*). The best website i have seen today is this ASCII haven in a random newsletter. I keep coming back to this anachronism once in a while to subdo Emojis, AI Art or Apple's latest device that looks so clumsy. Ten years ago i co-founded a VR studio and i, myself have been one of the bustling bees repeating again and again and again that the future looks ridiculous in the beginning etc. etc.

But i just don't get it. Wearing this thing. With a string and a battery attached. In an empty hotel room. The air feels more real out here (*) and augmented reality = telling you the technologically mediated virtual world will be more desirable than unmediated experience (*). Let's stretch out and wait.

Meanwhile a Putin deepfake is on television (*) while the Kakhovka dam is blasted (*). The air feels more real out there. AI’s Rapid Growth Threatens to Flood 2024 Campaigns With Fake Videos (WSJ) while Big Tech rolls back misinformation measures ahead of 2024 (Axios).

Interdimensional Clown Wrestling is a thing now. Good Morning Memes might be a thing of the past. White Ferrari. Frank Ocean. Youth. Rendez Vous. Frosting. High School. Saturday in Silesia. Rational Youth. Transgender. Crystal Castles. Claws. Charli XCX

My AI persona is the current hot property