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• In Media Res
  Re: Bodies in Code, and in the Cultural Imaginary

  Taking back the street

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  Christine Mitchell McGill University

  Friday, June 24, 2011 — 3:14 pm

  I remember getting a link to this project when it first came out, and couldn’t make it run at the time (I think I was on a library computer). That’s the last I thought about it until today—I’ve just given it a whirl with a childhood address and the one I’ ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Daily Double-Take: the Friendly "Face" of AI

  To be fairly tricked

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  Christine Mitchell McGill University

  Thursday, June 23, 2011 — 8:09 pm

  Thanks, all, for your input! Lisa, I completely agree that the story extends to von Kempelen's chessplayer. Thanks to this prehistory, I think there's an expectation of fraud in most any AI demo. We know von Kempelen's chess machine was rig ...
• In Media Res
  Re: Spore 1.1.

  ay, there's the rubber...

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  Christine Mitchell McGill University

  Thursday, June 23, 2011 — 7:19 pm

  An interesting project, and an important set of issues. I like how Spore 1.1 uses the notion of "cybernetic contract" to link systemic payoffs between sustainability, consumption, economics and industry. The potted plant is a particularly curiou ...