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Techno-futurists are selling an interplanetary paradise for the posthuman generation—they just forgot about the rest of us
Inside the cult of TESCREALism and the dangerous fantasies of Silicon Valley’s self-appointed demigods, for Document’s Spring/Summer 2024 issue
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AI art can’t be copyrighted, according to a federal judge
Amidst SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, last week’s ruling indicates a sea change in the AI intellectual property debate
![Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/13130910/Simulator_1-600x450.jpg)
Google put 25 AI agents together in a Sims-inspired virtual town, and told them to go about their lives
The ChatGPT-powered characters go to work, flirt, and throw Valentine’s day parties—forecasting new uses for AI in the study of human behavior
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Consent-based brothel wants to fix problem of bad robot sex
Sex dolls can be made to do anything the user desires—both in and outside the realms of morality.
![Humanoid robots transform visual artworks into sound waves at the Smithsonian](https://djwp.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/05105609/Pepper-Smithsonian-Robot-THUMB_HORIZONTAL-600x450.jpg)
Humanoid robots transform visual artworks into sound waves at the Smithsonian
Made by Japanese firm SoftBank, "Peppers" will allow the visually impaired to experience art through sound at the Washington, DC museum.
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What does AI-generated art look like?
An exhibition at Nature Morte in New Dehli showcases the artwork generated not by human hand, but by artificial intelligence.
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The Document Agenda: “Solid light works”
Iran indulges its reptilian paranoia, machines are making art that's fooling the human eye, and book reviews, argues one critic, only seem to offer vapid...
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