The Luv Doc: Questioning AI

Terrible taste is pretty much hardwired into the American aesthetic

"...YouTube, and Googling Chick-fil-A. Is it any wonder that artificial intelligence is off to a shaky start? You don't..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Column by The Luv Doc

SXSW Goes Monster Hunting With Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves

Evil Dead Rises and more added to festival lineup

"...Damon Lindelof Mrs. Davis is the world’s most powerful Artificial Intelligence. Simone is the nun devoted to destroying Her...."

Jan. 11, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...next six months. The company's long-term goals include blending artificial intelligence with the brain and aiding disabled patients in..."

Dec. 9, 2022 News Feature

Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now

AI on your plate

"...have been grown sustainably and with the help of artificial intelligence...."

Jan. 14, 2022 Food Feature by Jessica Zuniga

Other Worlds Boards the Flight of the Navigator

Beloved '80s sci fi adventure picked as Defender of the Universe

"...Chloe volunteers to try a new rehabilitation process, using artificial intelligence. The smart-house-system, known as AIDA, will do anything..."

Dec. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Planned Parenthood CEO to Headline SXSW 2022 Conference

Lucasfilm, Patreon, WWE all sending speakers for 2022

"...Created Pop Music) to the possibilities and perils of artificial intelligence (Machine or Human? The Ethics Behind Smarter AI..."

Oct. 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shudder for Charity at Scare for a Cure

Austin's biggest fundraising haunt returns with safety in mind

"...around a nuclear power plant and run entirely by artificial intelligence. Guests play the role of citizens whose civic..."

Oct. 8, 2021 Arts Feature by Cody Song

We Have an Issue: Couch by Couchwest

Previewing SXSW’s all-virtual Conference and Festival, Austin FC’s spring training kickoff, and other stories on the web

"...the most pressing issues of the day (racial justice, artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, take your pick) – streams..."

March 12, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

How to “Attend” SXSW Online

The annual citywide insanity becomes Couch by Couchwest

"...the most pressing issues of the day (racial justice, artificial intelligence, the climate crisis, take your pick) – streams..."

March 12, 2021 Features Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Luv Doc: An Insultingly Simplistic Moral Reminder

There is no greater sign of a dumbass than a dumbass who doesn't think he's a dumbass.

"...(and for all you Trump voters that stands for "artificial intelligence"), but the truth of the matter is that,..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

Willie Nelson to Deliver SXSW Online Conference Keynote

Shotgun Willie brings a few hundred friends to the virtual stage

"...Great Power Competition: A conversation about the future of Artificial Intelligence and National Security with Lt. Colonel Alexander S...."

Jan. 13, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Samuel Woolley and The Reality Game

UT professor's new book attacks the disinformation wars

"...2016 election, an entire rogues' gallery of trolls, bots, artificial intelligences, and other malevolent online tools arrived to threaten..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Arts Post by Mike Berry

SXSW Unpacks Longest Lineup List

Soccer Mommy, Caroline Rose, Alyona Alyona, and 351 more

"...honor goes to Dadabots, where Boston-based music technologists create artificial intelligence programs that serve as very specific bands. Check..."

Jan. 14, 2020 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Video: Pataphysics’ Cubicle Daydream

Clip employs Reggie Watts and rising director Ambar Navarro

"...take us into the universe of unknown things, like artificial intelligence?’”..."

April 9, 2019 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

UT Professors Discuss the “Fourth Agricultural Revolution” at SXSW

Predicting the future of food

"...growing without soil, meat produced in a lab, and artificial intelligence measuring peak harvest times are the future realities..."

March 8, 2019 Food Feature by Gracie Awalt

SXSW 2019 Announces Art Programs

Seven installations and conference sessions on art scheduled

"...sound installation that evolves through the presence of humans. Artificial intelligence manifests itself in several large minimalist structures that..."

Feb. 6, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Explore East Austin Gentrification

Technology and social justice come together in Latinitas' film

"...next. "I don't think we'll be doing anything with artificial intelligence, but if it gets easier, gets more hands-on..."

May 25, 2018 Screens Feature by Mae Hamilton

SXSW Panel Recap: Sex & Text: Breaking Down Movie Stereotypes w/ AI

StoryFit on dismantling unhealthy gender roles in Hollywood

"...and Grace Lin of StoryFit, a tech company using artificial intelligence insights to better inform the entertainment industry, presented..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Sarah Marloff

Texas Book Festival 2017: Soonish:
A Funny Future of Technology

Guess what? It would be so easy for robots to wipe us out

"...Soonish doesn’t get specifically into the field of artificial intelligence, explained Weinersmith, but he and his wife discovered..."

Nov. 5, 2017 Arts Post by David McWilliams

La Zona Rosa Building Rebranded as LZR

Bygone music destination reopening as event space

"...Vast, a tech company specializing in data and artificial intelligence for the automobile industry that’s already a tenant..."

Nov. 1, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

SXSW Panels: Food and Technology

More highlights from the 2017 food track

"...Brahmbhatt, the discussion was about the ways in which artificial intelligence and machine learning can help improve people’s culinary..."

March 13, 2017 Food Post by Emily Beyda

How Smart Is Your City?

Interactive panels dive into the data

"..."The next phase of artificial intelligence assistants in our homes will evolve from being..."

March 10, 2017 Screens Feature by Beejoli Shah

Vortex Repertory’s A Perfect Robot

Sarah Saltwick’s timely script elegantly explores the tension between idealized automatons and messy humans

"...woman, she is also the ultimate helpmeet – possessing artificial intelligence that passes the Turing Test (meaning that Mollybot..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

A Deep Dive Into Play

Austin is about to become an R&D lab for interactive stories

"...analog and digital puppetry, generating applications for interactive with artificial intelligence and new tech, and applying interactive in virtual..."

Oct. 5, 2016 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Casual Strangers Administer Turing Test

Who or what created the universe – woman, robot, or God?

"...experiment developed by Alan Turing in 1950 that evaluated artificial intelligence on the basis of whether a computer can..."

Aug. 8, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

The Vortex's Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale

Ancient myth meets modern surveillance memorably in this devised work at the Vortex

"...mortal after whom Zeus lusts is presented as an artificial intelligence program run amok, victim to the flawed humanity..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Review by Shanon Weaver

SXSW Interactive Adds Featured Speakers

Doctors, scientists, athletes, and more

"...Rodney Brooks looks into the future of artificial intelligence. He’s the founder of Rethink Robotics, so we..."

Jan. 11, 2016 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Opposite Day

"...Sam Arnold's lyrics converge in Greek mythology, astronomy, and artificial intelligence. Eschewing horn-rimmed didactics, he instead advances a loose..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Review by Greg Beets

The Fembot Gambit

Oscar Isaac reflects on Ex Machina

"...Turing test on Ava (Alicia Vikander), a specimen of artificial intelligence. What ensues is a gorgeously cerebral pas de..."

April 17, 2015 Screens Feature by Melanie Haupt

Too Soon?

We grade some of SXSW Interactive's boldest tech

"...move in to your living room. Combine the latest artificial intelligence, video technology, and predictive software, and beam your..."

March 13, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessica Luther

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