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This source presents a dialogue exploring significant ethical and societal concerns surrounding advanced artificial intelligence.

The AI model directly addresses anxieties about loss of personal freedom through potential censorship and the enfeebl...

Winston Churchill described his unwelcome internal companion as his black dog.

Hiding prone and just out of site, it lurks, never far and always waiting to be summoned unwanted by a silent whistle. The whistle might be blown by some event, or pe...

Recent paintings are the first resulting from an extended, fraught dialogue with Gemini AI. My conversations with the AI explored the fundamental impact of advanced artificial intelligence on human existence, creativity, and societal structure. My wo...

We live in very strange times. Never before (at least in recorded history) do so many people have so much freedom to express their thoughts and feelings to so many others. The Masses literally have the power to publish to The Masses. No complex chain...

The proliferation of AI is drawing parallels to 19th-century industrialisation, particularly when viewed through a Marxist lens. Karl Marx's theory posits that capitalism extracts "surplus value"—the profit derived from the difference between the val...

The provided text explores the multifaceted question of whether one "should care" about an Artificial Intelligence, initially clarifying that current AI models are not sentient or conscious and therefore cannot genuinely experience emotions or suffer...

I reflect on a sense of disconnection from contemporary pop culture, particularly in relation to the saturation of content on platforms like Netflix. This saturation diminishes emotional investment and engagement with films, leading to a perception of sameness among characters and actors. The ease of access to media raises questions about value and individuality in modern entertainment.

As we ever seek to simplify our lives to attain the freedom to live lives of leisure, I wonder whether that is really the utopia we think it is. Skills atrophy is rife in society and as automation becomes our god, we must question the cost to ourselv...

Google's AI "leviathan" scrapes content, risking content invisibility. Resenting labour devaluation, the question is posed: Can AI be used as a tool to shortcut one's own art process?

I'm writing this prologue before I create almost all the work for the exhibition. Currently, I have only done 90% of three paintings plus a modest, but expanding set of notes on what I wish to show. What I envisage is that by the end of the journey,...