https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/09/saving-the-world-from-code/540393/?utm_source=fbb
Affiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
In 1995 I argued at Stanford & Berkeley that the master Wicked Problem in computer science is NOT NP≠P, but the brittleness of code.
Instead of arguing with over-confident and under-informed colleagues during the dotcom boom, I started with some courageous, playful souls the Topological Media Lab* to create realtime, gestural media, and hybrid matter that can evolve with the robustness of analog materials, but with continuous (indefinite-dimensional) & multivalent state behavior that can be designed to suit the phenomena of interest, and admit ad hoc intention.
To do it right is not trivial, requires a head for physics as well as a nose for irreality and poetry…
It’s time to reap…
* Georgia Tech / GVU / 2001-2004, Concordia University 2005-2013
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Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts + Fulton Schools of Engineering • ASU
Fellow: ASU-Santa Fe Center for Biosocial Complex SystemsAffiliate Professor: Future of Innovation in Society; Computer Science; English
Associate Editor: AI & Society Journal
skype: shaxinwei • mobile: +1-650-815-9962
Founding Director, Topological Media Lab
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