An exploration of minimal writing--texts generally shorter than a sentence--as complex, powerful literary and visual works. In the 1960s and 70s, minimal and conceptual artists stripped language down to its most basic components: the word and the letter. Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Carl Andre, Lawrence Weiner, and others built lucrative careers from text-based art. Meanwhile, poets and writer…
"This graphic narrative tells the stories of political cartoonists around the world whose work has been censored"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"The untold history of experimental art in a late GDR; analyzes photography, performance art, film, publications & galleries as a form of public life that destabilized the State"--Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of California, Santa Cruz, 2017.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
Examining radical reinventions of traditional practices, ranging from a queer reclamation of the Jewish festival of Purim to an Indigenous remixing of musical traditions. Supposedly outmoded modes of doing and making--from music and religious rituals to crafting and cooking--are flourishing, both artistically and politically, in the digital age. In this book, Gabriel Levine examines collective …
How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion--the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An argument that--despite dramatic advances in the field--artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent.In this provocative book, Brian Cantwell Smith argues that artificial intelligence is nowhere near developing systems that are genuinely intelligent. Second wave AI, machine learning, even visions of third-wave AI: none will lead to human-level inte…
"This book uses the concepts and achievements of AI to explore what it means to have a sense of humor (or not)"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Mark Lee considers that the current gains in machine learning and deep learning will not produce robots that can interact effectively with humans. The book then explores how robots can become more human-like, more general-purpose, and more social. The book introduces us to the core ideas in Developmental Robotics - showing how this new approach can "grow" robots through (their own) experience …
"An accessible overview of the threats and opportunities inherent in automated decision making in academia, government, and industry"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
An accessible synthesis of ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence that moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions. Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without h…