Join us next week for Nick Montfort (@nickmofo) sharing two recent books on generative AI: "Output" & "All the Way for the Win" March 25, 5-6:30pm; Hirshon Suite, 55 W 13th St, 2nd floor Open to all; registration required; refreshments will be served event.newschool.edu/nick-mon…

We're gearing up for Warren Sack's event tomorrow. Sure to be a fun & fascinating evening! There's still time to register here: event.newschool.edu/software… #softwarearts #codeasaliberalart

Warren Sack, The Software Arts Weds, Feb 19, 5-7pm All are welcome, registration required: event.newschool.edu/software… More info here: bsky.app/profile/codeatlang.…

Our Radical Software class is working on designing a virtual quad platform as their final project and will be presenting this work at @woodbinenyc on Thur, Dec 12, 12:20-1:20pm. All are welcome! There will be food

We’re excited to read, teach, and share!

We’re honored to have the opportunity!

We’re grateful for your contributions and looking forward to it!

OpenAI only works because we gave it 20 years of free labor

We published a must-read story by @_KarenHao at @TheAtlantic today on the resources demanded by just one datacenter in Goodyear, Arizona—millions upon millions of gallons of water every year to support AI. theatlantic.com/technology/a…

Python tip: setdefault() is a dictionary method that either returns a value of the key or inserts a key with the default value into a dictionary. If the default value is not set, the value is None.

I took a 40 year break, but am back to coding in BASIC on my childhood Apple II computer. (🔈on for song by @WillFromAmerica 🎶)

digital art history - on march 23, 2021 social codes on @FeralFile was released, curated by @REAS and featuring @dmitricherniak @manoloidee @carreras_anna @liasomething @pixlpa @mayaonthenet @RavenKwok @wblut @sasj_nl @beesandbombs this show fundamentally changed the way i perceive algorithmic art and how i experience it on the browser. i remember waiting till the clock hit the hour to hurriedly purchase a full set. each work was $75 and a full set was $750. those who were there at the time know what this felt like given the generative art boom that unfolded shortly thereafter. i have spent hours watching each piece from this show full screen on my laptop. "social codes is an exhibition of software art, also called generative art. all of the work is comprised of code written by artists to create visual experiences. some works in the exhibition relate to the visual histories of drawing, painting, animation, and video, but all of it is native digital art, in that each artwork is a performance of code choreographed by the artist." - @REAS this will forever go down in my own personal history with digital art.

“The [computer] code is not the art. The code is not *it*. The code is a way of articulating ideas but there's nothing interesting, special or unique about [it]” lerandom.art/editorial/demys… by @MonkAntony_tez

Some additional perspective. We will continue to use Processing in several of our classes as we have been, and we're all comforted knowing that the platform and community will continue to thrive and be available for all our students!

before there was processing, there was design by numbers by @johnmaeda -- a small, playful environment for learning the language of creating coding. I asked my @medialab student @LingdongH to take a look at it for inspiration and... (🧵)

We're a little late on sharing this, but this is some big news in the Processing world – a platform well-used through our curriculum. We wish everyone involved the best and hope this community will only continue to thrive!

Code as a Liberal Art faculty member Frank Shepard will be teaching The Algorithmic Sublime at @BklynInstitute: a class we originally developed for our program now offered to a wider audience outside of The New School linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…