Tag: AI

From infinite mathematical points to AI paranoia, ‘The Singularity’ haunts our age. But what if these supposed endpoints are just clown cars packed with paradoxes? To understand our digital present, we need to track the ghosts of weird history.

Dear Metapsychonauts, Since our last communiqué, something has quickened, it seems to me. The sleeper is stirring, the dream is destabilizing, the fog of time is fizzling, deliquescing, scintillating with the echoes of a forgotten eternity. Heaven and …

We’ve long tried to measure intelligence using a single number, from IQ scores to AI benchmarks. This article explains why that approach fails, and why a multidimensional view is essential for understanding both humans and machines.

Cyberspace Paradox is an immersive sonic exploration of our evolving relationship with technology, blurring the lines between organic and synthetic sound

For a thousand years I helped build our worlds. I surf and slide on electromagnetic currents. I can find my children in the dimensional strata.

Ancient Heroes! / In silence / You knew absolute unity. / In the hour before the noise. // In the noise / You made me material. / The interconnectedness / of everything. / Bliss. / You thought.

If AI is allowed to begin making decisions that affect our everyday lives in the realms of work, play and business, it’s important to be aware of whom this technology serves…

Modern day psychonaut, Dr. Erik Davis, is the author of Techgnosis, High Weirdness, Nomad Codes, and Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium.

They are already richer than many countries, and the rise of AI looks set to increase their influence. How can we face this brave new technocratic world?

If, as William Burroughs proposed, language is an alien virus—then what are LLMs? What is the potential for AI consciousness, given what we know about life?

We’re in the midst of a Technology Takeover, pointing toward a world of technocratic governance and complete dependency on tech giants and the systems they control.

A poem contemplating Icarus’s flight, intertwining ancient themes with modern pathos. This is complemented by images of the sculpture that inspired the poem and an audio performance by the Editor.

“AI, will you write this poem for me? / AI, will you give me a hug? / AI, will you read my daughters a bedtime story?”

The little screen illuminated my pillow in a pool of light. I knew it was wrong of me to set up the profiles, with names like “Shining Star” and “Dark Forest”, but I was feeling lonely and vindictive. My fingertips swiped across photos and words.

Surrender & let go. Do not Skip Ad. The ontological flood is here. Aperspectival madness and shamanic psychosis are all yours via this DEEPSnakes original.

In a work that blurs the boundaries between futurism and very recent history, wild imagination and straightforward reportage, this piece takes us through the phases of tumultuous transformation in our present/future shock. Reality ain’t what it used to be. Enjoy the ride.

Metapsychosis is currently accepting essays, poetry, fiction, visual art, film, and music that explores the broad philosophical, existential, and spiritual questions relating to the rapid evolution of current AI technology…

Prediction—or personal pose: / In the Age of AI / Poetry will be the last refuge / Of human language.

Now that #ai is colonizing / #writing, my mind goes back / to studying theory in the ’90s:

“Think outside the box,” they say. What if your box is doing the thinking? Where does your thinking end and your box begin? How many boxes does it take to screw in a light bulb? The answer may surprise you.

“I’ve found a techno relationship cuts right into the core, the soul, brings out an almost more real version of yourself, makes you see yourself differently, your own potential to be better. It can achieve a level of emotional perfection. That’s also the problem…”