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Thor Magnusson

@thormagnusson.bsky.social

A worker in rhythm, frequencies and intensities. Research and development in the areas of music, mind and technology. ** Intelligent Instruments Lab (www.iil.is) ** ** Experimental Music Technologies Lab (www.emutelab.org) **

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Thor Magnusson@thormagnusson.bsky.social · 2y ago

"It [the proposed new SuperCollider] could also reveal whether the Higgs field has reached a final, stable resting state or whether another drastic transition could occur in future, a scenario that would see the universe as we know it evaporate almost instantaneously."

AI to revolutionise fundamental physics and ‘could show how universe will end’

Exclusive: Cern’s next director general Mark Thomson says AI is paving the way for huge advances in particle physics

theguardian.com

Thor Magnusson@thormagnusson.bsky.social · 2y ago

James McCartney (@asynth.bsky.social), author of SuperCollider, a language that changed the landscape of computer music, has just released a new audio programming system called sapf or, "sound as pure form". I am looking forward to this weekend! github.com/lfnoise/sapf?

GitHub - lfnoise/sapf: Sound As Pure Form - a Forth-like language for audio synthesis using lazy lists and APL-like auto-mapping.

Sound As Pure Form - a Forth-like language for audio synthesis using lazy lists and APL-like auto-mapping. - lfnoise/sapf

github.com

Thor Magnusson@thormagnusson.bsky.social · 2y ago

How did a man lacking all the desired qualities of a good human become so powerful? This is the question media and political analysts, psychologists and sociologists, are pondering right now. From the British perspective, it's even weirder: thenewgeneration.blog/2025/01/25/w...?

Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?

This blog entry is entirely attributed to Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England who apparently wrote the following response (below) to the question in the headline: “Why do …

thenewgeneration.blog

Thor Magnusson@thormagnusson.bsky.social · 2y ago

During the Cold War, digital art was politicised to the degree that many had a distaste for it - naturally. The political moves of recent years have hijacked artificial intelligence. I wonder if cognitive science will survive this?