matau

Digital Artist / Cultural Remixer / False Prophet - Interests: AR/VR, Mythmaking, Space Exploration, AI, Futurism, Techno-Optimism - matau.eth / matau.tez

[matau @matau_eth]

"Peace Love & Understanding / Annihilator 1" is a video diptych I created for the dual wall display at the RGBMTL 2025 show, a digital art event in Montreal on August 22nd-23rd. Because of the file's size, I uploaded it to Vimeo and you can watch it there.
https://t.co/WuiwoTwSew

[matau @matau_eth]

@JosephMooneyMP Cody is a gem.

[matau @matau_eth]

@corsaren "A square made of marbles and a square made of stars are both squares" -- I love sentences like this. At first pass, it reads as matter of fact, almost prosaic, but then I do a double-take and just fall into it like it's a fathomless well.

[matau @matau_eth]

This straddles that gloriously ragged edge between truth and disaster.

[corsaren @corsaren]

Okay, I see how it is. So if you say that Claude has no feelings, all the AI folks will get upset. But if you criticize their CNC parties suddenly it’s all “a simulation of a thing is not the thing itself” 😒

[Mario Klingemann💧💦 @quasimondo]

Trying to reverse engineer this 20 year old deprecated tv server by FAST which uses a Philips Trimedia chip and some custom CPU in the hope to write a little "Hello World" sketch.

Right now Claude is writing a disassembler for the C166 so we can figure out how to write and package our own apps.

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Become ungovernable

[Devon Eriksen @Devon_Eriksen_]

I'll tell you what humans are good at: stories.

Stories aren't just fictional tales told to amuse. They are what happens when you see a series of events, and you create a narrative that connects them in a chain of causes and effects.

Without stories, you can't understand your world. Without stories, you can't build technology or civilization. Without stories, you can't even learn things.

Every mental operation that humans are bad at, like mathematics or chess, we are bad at because we have to translate it into stories first, then deal with it as stories with a brain optimized for stories.

This is like trying to pound nails with the handle of a screwdriver.

[Rambo Van Halen @RamboVanHalen]

This is exactly how I remember the 90s.

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

48 Years ago today, one of the most bonkers variety specials of the 1970s.

The Carpenters Space Encounters, starring the Carpenters, Suzanne Sommers, Charlie Callas, and John Davidson.

[Heavy Metal @HeavyMetalInk]

Art by John Jude Palencar for “The Lord of the Rings” ✨

[matau @matau_eth]

@Xer0x_XYZ I went to Art Basel once. I couldn't afford the paintings but i snagged a pack of Art Basel branded breath mints in a gift shop. Now the muse speaks through me.

[Mario Klingemann💧💦 @quasimondo]

https://t.co/K2exIBUk8q

[psychotronica @psychotronica_]

Baron Prásil
(The Fabulous Baron Munchausen)
1962 / Czechoslovakia / Karen Zeman
👁️sound on👁️

[𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢ @viemccoy]

You see this and you think "what is he doing? he is operating the jellyfish machine?"

And yes, he is. This is a video of the future, hauntologically summoned from the possible-ether, showing us a vision of what may be to come.

As environments become more bespoke, operating the jellyfish machine becomes a respectable position for the aspiring interface architect. It is a necessary step before they allow you to operate the other machines, a sort of "start in the mailroom" situation.

But make no mistake - some jellyfish machine operators have turned this into a lifelong career, a true passion. The barrier to entry is low but the skill ceiling may never truly be reached.

[matau @matau_eth]

I would love this so much.💖💖

[beanmouth strikes again @piperocktheory]

said this a million times but Apple are idiots for not doing a 25th anniversary iPod this year

clickwheel, multiple colors, Apple Music, Bluetooth and AirPods support, a good DAC and storage up to 2 TB just to appease the audiophiles — boom, you have the product of Christmas 26

[matau @matau_eth]

A little Boards of Canada to make your day better.

[𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢ @viemccoy]

Are the models conscious?
Who cares?
Are you?
...

Prove it.

...

You can't?

...

Great. Now we can have an interesting conversation.

Tell me what it's like to be You.

[Nick @nickcammarata]

if every database is hacked this month and all my texts and dms come out i didn't mean any of it. i was steering mythos. i was thinking far ahead. i knew exactly what words to say and they might seem weird but they were all necessary for making things go well

[Animation Obsessive @ani_obsessive]

Background paintings by Kevin Dart for The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show (2015–2017), DreamWorks Animation Television

[Shen Zhuoran @CMS_Flash]

This is a substantially imperfect measure, but getting beyond average AI researcher IQ does seem what people originally imagined of the singularity, and maybe it actually is.