A conversation with a chatbot

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A conversation with a chatbot

If something already characterizes this third decade of the 21st century it’s Artificial Intelligence, commonly referred to as AI. The increasingly popular chatbots are the de facto liaisons between humans and machines. Though lacking consciousness or self-awareness (as of right now), these autonomous techie assistants do show some personality patterns in the way they interact with and provide answers to users’ requests. Of course, the resulting conversations are, well, synthetic —they mostly regurgitate facts harvested from humanity’s intellect (or even generate inaccurate “facts” sometimes)—, but…Continue Reading “A conversation with a chatbot” →

1998/2025… still here

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1998/2025… still here

Though I’m not actively making (or taking or creating or whatever) fractal pictures as I used to do, I take the time to revisit this website at least once a year to keep the information that is —still— relevant up-to-date. Lately, that task has become manageable because the fractal hype of the early 2000 is over, fewer generators keep updating, and overall people’s activity has slow down significantly. Worth checking out are: The point is, even though the dates of the “latest picture” may suggest…Continue Reading “1998/2025… still here” →

Simplicity

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Simplicity

To generate a fractal image is to put a face on complexity. Those richly-detailed pictures of swirling spirals or intricate patterns that go ad infinitum –the themes dominating most fractal renderings– always thrill both creators and onlookers. Whether they think of themselves as artists or not, fractal drafts(wo)men –almost– always go for the thrill and the complex. Simplicity is most likely discarded because its statement is usually not so pompous or eerie, but calm and serene, sometimes even emptying. Plus it’s hard to figure a…Continue Reading “Simplicity” →

Artist… fractal artist

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Artist… fractal artist

In the 21st century, in the age of self-publishing and the immediacy of information spread, being an artist is –or so it seems to me– more a matter of attitude, self-esteem and passion for public projection or self-promotion (or should I say personal marketing?), rather than a natural or trained disposition to excel in producing artifacts that may be regarded as appealing to both maker and public (in that order). It also seems to be a distinction, for the most part, bestowed upon oneself, rather…Continue Reading “Artist… fractal artist” →