Professor of film school pedagogy and Head of Studies at the Norwegian Film School. Reader of science fiction. Lover of dogs. Watcher of sports. Drinker of whisky. Sceptical enthusiast when it comes to gadgets and tech.
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To everyone's utter surprise, "AI" people understand neither humans nor computers
Grounded intellectual work, when it happens, if it ever happens again, is uncomfortable. It tells you things you don't want to hear, makes arguments that threaten positions you hold, points out problems you'd rather not see.
The public intellectuals of the past, at their best, did this.
Our current crop // slop does the opposite.
Wander into any bookstore (I dare you.) The non-fiction table will be all but dominated by the usual suspects: Malcolm Gladwell's latest exploration of how some counterintuitive thing is actually the opposite of what you'd expect, a David Brooks meditation on character and virtue, something by Michael Lewis about how
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I was not expecting a farewell message from "Buck Rogers" actor Gil Gerard, who passed away yesterday, to choke me up. But here we are
Vi har lyst ut to stipendiatstillinger knyttet til doktorgradsprogrammet FILMART ved INN (https://www.inn.no/forskning/doktorgradsutdanning/filmart/). Stipendiatene skal knyttes til det nasjonale KI-senteret MishMash (https://mishmash.no/) og, med utgangspunkt i egen kunstnerisk praksis, utforske sammenheng mellom kunst, KI og kreativitet.
Fullstendig utlysning her: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/290933/stipendiat-i-kunstnerisk-utviklingsarbeid-med-fokus-paa-ki-og-kreativitet-i-film-tv-og-spill
Del gjerne videre!
Ph.d.-programmet ved Fakultet for film, TV og spill er forankret i kunstnerisk praksis. Fagfeltet er «film og beslektede audiovisuelle kunstformer», og det er åpent både for de som arbeider innenfor mer tradisjonelle filmfaglige disipliner og utøvere som utforsker nye teknologier og format.
Firefox forks, such as LibreWolf and Waterfox, and Vivaldi are alternatives to the Big Tech Bro assimilated Mozilla's product. And the Tor Project, of course.
Prism-break.org still has good listings for alternatives to mainstream, privacy invasive options.
RIP Buck Rogers...
#GilGerard #BuckRodgers #ScienceFiction #Celebrity #Television
Gil Gerard, known for his role as Buck Rogers, has died at 82. His manager, Tina Presley Borek, said he died Tuesday in hospice care as a result of a rare cancer. Gerard starred in NBC's “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” from 1979 to 1981. The show was based on Philip Francis Nowlan's 1928 novella. Gerard's wife, Janet, shared a posthumous message from him on Facebook, urging fans to focus on what thrills them. Throughout his career, Gerard appeared in various TV shows and movies. He was open about his struggles with addiction and underwent gastric bypass surgery in 2007.
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Ledere for store team: – Den varme, menneskelige kontakten forsvinner først
De siste tiårene har mange norske ledere fått store grupper ansatte under seg. Konsekvensen? Mer latskap og mindre trivsel, ifølge en ny studie.
https://www.oslomet.no/forskning/forskningsnyheter/ledere-store-team
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