siobhán o'flynn

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Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream. Canadian Studies UofT. Children's data privacy, DIgital Humanities & Social Sciences / DHSS. Digital/ geolocative /interactive storytelling, video games & game studies.
Cities / mapping hidden histories.
Speculative design & fiction. Life Design Educator. 
She/her.
Playing w MidJourney & w AI gen texts, Bitsy, Twine.
@sioflynn on Threads

I asked #ChatGPT the following. Then a script of the first episode. It invented a next-gen device from an existing product & company, Lovense. Pretty solid overall:

"Hello! Can you write me a short pitch for an Ezra Klein podcast on teledildonics and the future of wellness in the style of Ezra Klein that Ezra Klein would like to do on the The Ezra Klein Show? Include details of new tech innovations in the field of teledildonics, wellness tech, and accessibility tech."

cc @ezraklein

I am thrilled to share details of the 2023 Barker Fairley Event at University College! Join
Thea Lim, Sheila Heti & Suzette Mayr for a vital discussion, "Money's Too Tight to Mention: Writing Novels About Labour"

March 27, 6-8 pm. LIVE! Registration:
https://uc.utoronto.ca/bfv2023

Teaching / talking Premee Mohamed’s The Annual Migration of Clouds
#CliFi
#climatechange
#climate crisis
#hopepunk
#speculativefiction
#Indigenous scientific knowledge AND #Latour #actornetworktheory

Really excited about Eric Zimmerman's new book!

#videogames
#gamestudies
#prototyping

I can't wrap my head around FIFA excitement with est. 6,500+ deaths of migrant workers over the years of construction.
So, to help me visualize - 29 Days of FIFA - 6500+ deaths
Each square is 8 rows of 27 dots - 216 per square
7 days x 216 = 1,512
29 days x 216 = 6,264
The 6,500 number is from a Guardian article that estimates that number is likely higher. Add in more squares..

Background is the Qatar flag

Looked back in on #Twitter & WOW - mayhem

Musk CLEARLY wasn't thinking through entirely predictable responses to his #TwitterBlue dictums

Leaf blowing a forest feels PEAK 2022

Meanwhile, I'm also running a Bird account @MuskAIVerse - not Blue - a daily #MidJourney rendering of a Musk tweet. Lots to work with right now.

Starting with new handle "Hotline Complaint Online Manager"

#Twexit
#Twittanic
#TwitterMigration

#midjourney
#midjourneyAi
#midjourneyArt

https://twitter.com/MuskAIVerse/status/1589578543020711936?s=20&t=W5H3w5hvZUmcMM9UTr511g

What did I do today???

Caught more amazing talks with AdventureX2022 Day 2

Played & marked 25-30 student Twines.

Wrote an AI generated text, "Ten Maxims for Guiding Shy, Reluctant or Unruly Artificial Intelligence" with WriteWithLaika." Grazie mille Char Putney & Martin Pichlmair

Created a short Bitsy game - quite like the animated dragon.

Ravine walk AND beach walk with dog.

AND learned & found many many good people & things on Mastodon.

The fall colours are astonishing this year. The air, the light are golden