The Knowledge with David Elikwu 60: Art, Technology, and the Future with Sterling Crispin
David speaks with Sterling Crispin, an Artist and Software Engineer.
Sterling is a conceptual artist and software engineer who works with machine intelligence, generative art, and techno-sculpture. His artwork oscillates between the computational beauty of nature and our conflicting cultural narratives about the apocalypse. As an AR/VR engineer, Sterling helped to build the AR Specs at Snap, and then spent 3.5 years with Apple contributing to the neuroscience behind the Apple Vision Pro.
They talked about:
💻 His exploration of programming and computer science
🎨 Conceptual art, generative art, and the changing dynamics of the art market
🍎 The fascinating world of Apple's latest innovation, the Apple Vision Pro
🤖 The impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on society and the future
🤔 Various aspects of AI, including its potential to erode critical thinking
📜Full transcript:
https://www.theknowledge.io/sterlingcrispin/
📹 Watch on Youtube:
https://youtu.be/-mJAg13x-1U
👤 Connect with Sterling:
Twitter: @sterlingcrispin
Website: sterlingcrispin.com
Event: Flourish | https://www.sterlingcrispin.com/flourish.html
🗣 Mentioned in the show:
Ray Kurzweil | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Kurzweil
Carnegie International Show | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie_International
Andy Warhol | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Warhol
Banksy | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksy
Midjourney | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midjourney
Marcel Duchamp | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Duchamp
Willem de Kooning | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_de_Kooning
Yoko Ono | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono
Painting for the Wind | https://www.moma.org/collection/works/289486
The rise of the long-form generative art | https://tylerxhobbs.com/essays/2021/the-rise-of-long-form-generative-art
Van Gogh | https://www.theknowledge.io/issue64/#:~:text=The Van Gough method
The Andy Warhol Foundation | https://warholfoundation.org/
Art Basel | https://www.artbasel.com/
Richard Dawkins | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dawkins
Future Tense Project | https://csi.asu.edu/category/projects/future-tense-project/
Marty McFly | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_McFly
SpaceX | https://www.spacex.com/
Sistine Chapel | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistine_Chapel
Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs
Fusiform gyrus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusiform_gyrus
Mark Zuckerberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg
Cognitive artefacts | https://www.theknowledge.io/issue41/#:~:text=Thepower of cognitive artefacts
Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/
Metaverse | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaverse
Stand-your-ground Law | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law
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