The Decentralized Mind

AI-generated hands have been mocked for their flaws—but what if those “mistakes” are telling us something deeper? This piece explores how malformed AI hands challenge our ideas of perfection, reflect real human diversity, and expose ableist assumptions buried in both tech and culture. Rather than correcting the AI, maybe it’s us who need to look again.

Who owns your data? In an era where corporations profit from personal information, the fight for data ownership has never been more urgent. This article explores the philosophical, legal, and economic case for treating personal data as property, drawing from Kant, Locke, and Proudhon to argue for autonomy in the digital age.

Imagine chefs, cooks, and restaurateurs posting their visually stunning, signature dishes and plating styles online, sharing their culinary creations with the world. These chefs, each who love their craft, hope to inspire others, gain recognition, or attract loyal customers. Fascinated by food, a group of engineers create a program capable of generating new recipes and dish presentations. In order to build the program, they collect millions of publicly available images of these dishes (signat...

Introduction: When Protest Becomes Necessity In a striking act of rebellion, a group of artists recently leaked OpenAI's Sora video model to protest unpaid labor. Their actions, reported by The Decoder, are a clarion call to reevaluate the relationship between large AI corporations and the creative community.

The Bigger Picture: AI, Data, and Power Structures As artificial intelligence technology evolves, its ability to learn from vast amounts of data—including artwork—has sparked heated debates among artists, creators, and even those not yet fully engaged in discussions of art and/or ethics. These debates often focus on how AI models access data—images, music, and other creative works—without permission. It’s important to clarify that while AI models themselves don’t typically scrape the web, the...

Surrealism has long been a movement rooted in the exploration of the unconscious mind, pushing the boundaries of reality through strange and dreamlike imagery. From Salvador Dalí's melting clocks to Leonora Carrington's otherworldly narratives, the movement sought to reject the constraints of rational thought by unlocking new dimensions of creativity. Today, a new experimental frontier has emerged where the classic spirit of Surrealism meets the evolving potential of Artificial Inte...

I realize I say this about every AI book I read, but this one really is the best (so far), and most important in my view."Atlas of AI" by Kate Crawford is a well-researched work that should appeal to AI enthusiasts and opponents alike; not because it flatters either side, but because it challenges both to think beyond the usual narratives. Whether you see Ai as a revolutionary tool for progress or a dystopian force of unchecked power, there’s no denying that it it is shaped by real-world syst...