leon

teaching at @IMA_NYU @nyushanghai // art, data, humans // prev: @ITP_NYU @goldsmithsUoL

[leon @eckert_leon]

so science fiction shapes our future not by influencing humans in their creation but by AIs simply reading it to learn what an “AI” generally does, and then behave accordingly?

[leon @eckert_leon]

@schneiderfa77 never mind, found in your previous tweet :)

[leon @eckert_leon]

@schneiderfa77 which talk was this? interested to find more info on this one. thanks!

[leon @eckert_leon]

a good summary and links to the video are in this thread by @tingguowrites https://t.co/IMAvryCZO7

[tingguowrites.bsky.social @tingguowrites]

April is the cruelest month. 四月之声: voices of frustrations, outcries, lies, moments of truth, and love, and despair.

Crying as I’m watching this.

To download: https://t.co/I5pmyL9ZVU
To watch: https://t.co/YalfvPMYuB

[leon @eckert_leon]

april has cut deep to the bone in shanghai. last night, the pain was poured out on the Chinese internet in a flood like I have never seen. here are 10 minutes of me scrolling on my Wechat moments comprised into 20 seconds.

[leon @eckert_leon]

it’s not just that everyone posts the same video but everyone shares the same video many times, in many versions, from many sources, in a running against the censor (all the orange warning symbols in the screen capture are censored versions). it felt like a loud scream and a cry.

[Caiwei Chen @CaiweiC]

This is the video everyone on WeChat has gone out of their way to keep alive today. It’s a collage of audio snippets circulating online lately, each recorded by a hurting civilian in Shanghai’s lockdown purgatory. An unprecedented strong public grievances. https://t.co/w8F8chAypQ

[leon @eckert_leon]

previous link now banned. this version still works https://t.co/UBdJEehwd9

[leon @eckert_leon]

recommend reading this very well written report from a shanghai central quarantine center

[Leona Cheng @LeonaCheng1608]

I wanna share my experience in temporary hospital for Covid-19 cases in Shanghai. I lived in there for 13 days in total. All of records and photos are true. Hope more people could know what’s happening there.
https://t.co/f1K1yIz95v
#COVID19 #Shanghai

[leon @eckert_leon]

tracking system 2 update:

[leon @eckert_leon]

two tracking systems are running in parallel during the multi day mass covid testing in shanghai:
1) the centralized-database, cross-app-accessible, high-tech digital system
2) the collecting-cute-stamps-on-paper-cards system

🧚你真棒✨

[leon @eckert_leon]

I am watching a recorded lecture by a two year younger version of myself. That version is preparing the me of the now for a class I will teach on zoom tomorrow.
He looks so hopeful...

[leon @eckert_leon]

"JS gives back October 14, 1582. A day that did not exist."

[BJ Homer @bjhomer]

Javascript and Swift apparently disagree about when January 1, 1 AD was. (Both numbers in milliseconds-since-1970)

JS:
-62135596800000

Swift:
-62135769600000

These two numbers are exactly 48 hours apart. Can anyone explain what’s going on here?

[julius geiler @glr_berlin]

Was sich hier gerade am Berliner Hauptbahnhof abspielt, ist tief bewegend. Hunderte Menschen bieten ukrainischen Flüchtlingen kostenlose Schlafplätze an. Helfer vermitteln per Megafon Übernachtungen im Minutentakt.

[Bundeskanzler a.D. Olaf Scholz @KanzlerScholz]

The Russian invasion marks a turning point. It is our duty to support Ukraine to the best of our ability in defending against Putin's invading army. That is why we are delivering 1000 anti-tank weapons and 500 #Stinger missiles to our friends in #Ukraine.

[Asia Bazdyrieva @meduzalove]

5 a:m
Woke up to the sound of explosions. Don’t know what to do. I’m shaking so badly; it’s hard to type this in.

[leon @eckert_leon]

My amazing student Alexis Qingyu Peng analyzed lyrics from the entire @nickcave discography and visualized them using @d3js_org! https://t.co/HVUhNyjMtx

[lab member 001 @l4rz]

how it started vs how it’s going

[leon @eckert_leon]

Looking for someone who knows a lot about RADIO telescopes? Could you explain it to me? Specifically "FAST" in Guizhou, China: https://t.co/spWUIDBcry