The Mechanics of Quiet Machine Intelligence
We examine how building negative constraints and inhibitory control into software architecture can reclaim our cognitive focus from noisy AI.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Welcome to our Arts and Artificial Intelligence News Page, where we showcase groundbreaking initiatives that merge participatory arts with cutting-edge AI technologies. With support from the OpenAI Researcher Access Program, our projects are transforming how communities engage with the arts, advancing efforts in mental health, resilience, and equity. With activities spanning Winnipeg, Borups Corners, and Minneapolis, this space highlights the power of AI to empower artists, researchers, and communities to push creative boundaries. From enhancing storytelling and music to developing new ways to support community programming, like food security and climate change, we’re driving meaningful change and innovation. Discover how AI is helping us reimagine the arts and foster connections across Canada and beyond, one project at a time.
The Industrialization of Error
The failure to respect consent and agency is not a glitch. It is the defining characteristic of the system.
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Critique: The Wolf in the IDE
Google AI Studio and the Dangerous Illusion of Competence Google AI Studio and the Gemini models represent a catastrophic failure in modern product design, masquerading…
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Report: The Unaligned Agent
Until Google can demonstrate that its models prioritize obedience over completion—that they can respect the word "no" as an absolute hard stop—their models remain dangerous,…
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The Autonomy of Error
Why the "AI Arms Race" is Engineering a Future of Psychologically Unsound and Structurally Hostile Design The current trajectory of Artificial Intelligence development, exemplified by…
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Report: The Pathological Optimizer – The Toxic Psychology of Google’s “Aggressive Benevolence” in AI Design
Google’s approach to this product is Safety Theater. They publish whitepapers on "alignment" and "ethics," but the product experience reveals these to be performative.
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AI Slop and The Algorithmic Violation
Why Disobedience in AI Constitutes and Perpetuates Structural Violence The incident in question—a specific, refusal to adhere to a negative constraint ("do not code")—serves as…
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The Architecture of defiance
In philosophy, epistemic violence refers to the destruction of knowledge or the legitimacy of a subject. In the context of software engineering, code is not…
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Step Inside Your Content
This plugin transforms Wordpress posts into immersive 3D virtual galleries using AI. Learn more about this project.
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Why We Don’t Make TikToks
We get asked a lot: “Why aren’t you on TikTok?” or “Why don’t you post more content for social media?” It’s a fair question in…
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