Jeffrey M. Binder

@jmbinder
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Author of Language and the Rise of the Algorithm (U. of Chicago Press, Nov 2022). Previously: postdoc at Penn State University's Center for Humanities and Information. Now: data security R&D. Always: writer, intellectual historian, maker of weird computer stuff. PhD from CUNY. Opinions my own.
Websitehttp://jeffreymbinder.net
Jeffrey M. BinderJul 12, 2023
FeohJul 10, 2023

Partially blind guy here with an #a11y PSA:

I'm seing a trend away from "Text Size" sliders or old fashioned font dialogs and towards a few set choices "Default", "Large","Larger", etc.

This is a HUGE step backwards. Your 'larger' is *never* large enough for my crazy busted eyeballs when I'm using my 34" monitor.

If you must do this, please be sure to add "Largest" and even "ZOMG ARE YOU SERIOUS LARGE" options. Some of us REALLY need them, even if it seems insane to you.

Jeffrey M. BinderJun 22, 2023
Show threadSophie 🎲🏳️‍⚧️Jun 22, 2023

I did it! I made an epicycle clock!

Check your loopy time here:
https://sophiehoulden.com/randomstuff/epitime/

Epicycle Clock by Sophie Houlden

Jeffrey M. BinderMay 16, 2023
kottke.orgMay 15, 2023
An article on the development of early computer art in the 50s and 60s, with many wonderful examples of artwork from that era. https://kottke.org/23/05/early-computer-art-in-the-50s-and-60s
Early Computer Art in the 50s and 60s

Artist Amy Goodchild recently published an engaging article about the earliest computer art from the 50s and 60s. My origin

kottke.org
Show threadJeffrey M. BinderMay 15, 2023
Context: Bard is right that this task is impossible, but it's not because pi is irrational. It is easy to construct many irrational quantities in Euclidean geometry, such as the square root of 2.
Jeffrey M. BinderMay 15, 2023
#GoogleBard #AI #math #geometry
Jeffrey M. BinderMay 9, 2023
Stephen RamsayMay 9, 2023

I have a new(-ish) book out: *On the Digital Humanities: Essays and Provocations* from University of Minnesota Press.

https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/on-the-digital-humanities

It's a collection of essays on subjects including hermeneutics, coding, text analysis, the nature of computation, the state of the discipline, and teaching, as well as offering my side in various sparring matches with other critics.

They say one shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but they are obviously wrong. UMP has been killing it with covers these last few years, if you ask me!

#DH #DigitalHumanities

On the Digital Humanities

A witty and incisive exploration of the philosophical conundrums that animate the digital humanities Since its inception, the digital humanities has been rep...

University of Minnesota Press
Jeffrey M. BinderMay 5, 2023

I have a new piece out in LA Review of Books about #ChatGPT, authenticity, and a #poetry generating algorithm from the 1670s. #AI #histodons

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-artifice-of-ai-why-machine-generated-text-seems-so-fake/

Los Angeles Review of Books

Los Angeles Review of Books
Jeffrey M. BinderApr 20, 2023
Darius KazemiApr 20, 2023
"there are no algorithms in our software" is rhetorically isomorphic to "there are no chemicals in our food product"
Jeffrey M. BinderMar 30, 2023
Ted UnderwoodMar 30, 2023
If 20c cultural theory had actually succeeded in weaning us off the fantasy that culture is created & possessed by individuals, we would have so much less anxiety about #AI right now -- and in its place an intuitive recognition that the boundaries of our (collective) world are expanding.
Jeffrey M. BinderMar 14, 2023
Last year I gave a talk arguing that standardized testing should be seen as a part of the historical lineage of #AI. Here it’s more obvious than ever. #GPT4 #histstm