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SFPC mid-program talk @ codecademy

Andy Dayton
October 14, 2015
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SFPC mid-program talk @ codecademy

Andy Dayton

October 14, 2015
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  1. andy dayton
    @andyinabox / @notion_nyc

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  3. sfpc?

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  4. How does the coffee maker work?
    What’s the best way to teach humans
    about computers?
    How does it work?
    What can I use it for?
    How can I break it?
    Is “poetic computation” possible?
    How can I understand the tool deeply
    without forgetting that it’s only a tool?
    How can I be generous?
    What happens when combine strictly
    “human” things like spirituality/ethics
    with logical machines?
    How can we use technology but avoid
    idolizing it as utopian?
    How can we riff on the phrase “spiritual
    technology”?
    What can we do with this loading dock?
    What can we learn about ourselves by
    simulating human experience with
    machines?
    How do you build a metaphysical
    machine?
    How do you build a transformative
    machine?
    How can we build machines for asking
    questions rather than “solving” problems?
    What about the body?

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  5. Recreating the Past
    Zach Lieberman

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  6. How does it work?

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  7. –Vera Molnar, "Toward Aesthetic Guidelines for Paintings with the Aid
    of a Computer”
    “In spite of their advantages, computers, no
    more than other simpler tools, do not
    guarantee that a work of art of good quality
    will result, for it is an artist’s skill that is the
    decisive factor”

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  9. Generative Text
    Allison Parrish

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  10. Is “poetic computation”
    possible?

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  12. Concept & Theory
    Taeyoon Choi

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  13. How do you build a
    transformative
    machine?

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  16. Radical Computer
    Science
    Ramsey Nasser

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  17. How can I break it?

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  18. simplicity > easyness

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  19. extracurricular
    activities

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  20. How can we build machines
    for asking questions rather
    than “solving” problems?

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  23. What about the
    body?

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  25. What can I use it for?

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  27. How do you build a
    metaphysical machine?

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  28. sfpc!

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  29. What’s the best way to
    teach humans about
    computers?

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  30. How can I be
    generous?

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  31. thanks!

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  32. andy dayton
    sfpc-amd.tumblr.com
    github.com/sfpc-amd
    @andyinabox / @notion_nyc

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