Watching the Netflix production The Electric State about a retro-future dystopia where the thinking machines have been locked away in a no man’s land, under the leadership of Mister Peanut, and noticing stacks in a warehouse of presumably contraband Big Mouth Billy Bass, we couldn’t resist reposting this clever modification to this novelty animatronic trophy catch from Austrian hacker Charlie Diaz that greatly expands its vocabulary with the the help of ChatGPT, responding in a voice inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger. This benevolent vision of things to come with AI shoehorned into everything is not yet commercially available but Diaz helpfully includes builds for all of his projects.
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synchronoptica
one year ago: Stile Bertone (with synchronoptica), a pronunciation guide to British surnames plus a walk in the countryside
seven years ago: more on Fluxus, US school shootings, Balinese New Year traditions plus propaganda and reality television
eight years ago: feline hybrids plus a constellation calligram
nine years ago: the Mah Nà Mah Nà song, culinary mushrooms, outdoor classrooms plus the original vision for Star Trek: The Motion Picture
ten years ago: intermediate geologies, the sugar trade plus assorted links worth the revisit