Alex Dobrenko

I felt arrows of rage rising in me, fraught images spreading like bloodstains. There’s no point, I told myself. I reached for the ordinary decoys. It won’t get you anywhere. Think of the outcome you want and make sure you are moving towards it. Got to be practical. That’s what I always told the girls at school. There is so much in life that doesn’t... See more

One of the unexpected and wonderful outcomes of using a pen plotter is that no two pieces of artwork are ever the same. The pen may draw the exact same paths and shapes, but the resulting inked image will always be different and unique. I really wanted to create artwork that felt familiar but intangible and out of reach, like that feeling you get... See more

"And again and again, wherever one went, competitors came with wonderful, big machines, which were ever more expensive and electric, but something was missing in the world market," said Herzstark in an extensive interview (PDF) conducted by the Charles Babbage Institute in 1987. "'I would like to have a machine that fits into my pocket and can... See more

This will change in the future, but if we are evidence based, the data so far is that the real harms of AI are almost nil, while the imagined harms are astronomical. If we base our policies for AIs on the reasonable fact that they are varied and heterogenous, and their benefits are more than answering questions, and that so far we have no evidence... See more