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Kelly Truelove

@truesciphi.org

Technologist | Erstwhile computational physicist | Projects at TrueSciPhi.org: Explorations in computational philosophy via AI dialogues • Curated science & philosophy podcast collections

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Kelly Truelove@truesciphi.org · 3mo ago

"In the early 1990s ... artist Janet Zweig created something extraordinary and prescient: sculptures that married early computers, simple algorithms, and dot-matrix printers with mechanical parts to auto-generate streams of poetic text that moved objects." www.inventorypress.com/product/jane...

Recursive Apologies

Janet Zweig 9 × 9 inches, 144 pages, hardcover ISBN 978-1-941753-93-4 Design by Ben Denzer Available for Pre-order Shipping May 2026   In the early 1990s, when personal computing was young and artific...

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Keith Frankish@keithfrankish.com · 4mo ago

I've created a list for Bluesky users who were part of philosophy Twitter back in the day. Help me populate it! Also happy to add people who wish they had been part of the old community. I've added a few names already. (Ask if you'd like to be removed.) bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Katie Mack@astrokatie.com · 4mo ago

The #Artemis II astronauts said they needed more superlatives to describe their view of the eclipse, when the Sun was behind the Moon and its near surface was faintly illuminated by Earthshine

Captured by the Artemis II crew during their lunar flyby on April 6, 2026, this image shows the Moon fully eclipsing the Sun. From the crew’s perspective, the Moon appears large enough to completely block the Sun, creating nearly 54 minutes of totality and extending the view far beyond what is possible from Earth. The corona forms a glowing halo around the dark lunar disk, revealing details of the Sun’s outer atmosphere typically hidden by its brightness. Also visible are stars, typically too faint to see when imaging the Moon, but with the Moon in darkness stars are readily imaged. This unique vantage point provides both a striking visual and a valuable opportunity for astronauts to document and describe the corona during humanity’s return to deep space. The faint glow of the nearside of the Moon is visible in this image, having been illuminated by light reflected off the Earth. [alt text from NASA]
Kelly Truelove@truesciphi.org · 4mo ago

"The Universe could not possibly work like that, he thought, cannot possibly. That, he thought to himself, would be as absurd as, as absurd as... he terminated that line of thinking. Most of the absurd things he could think of had already happened." Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker's Guide

A black-and-white photograph captures a solar eclipse, showcasing a glowing ring of white light encircling the dark silhouette of the Moon, set against a deep, inky black sky.
Justin Weinberg@dailynous.com · 6mo ago

"...on Daily Nous, AI isn’t just 'new infrastructure'; it’s already a contested symbol tied to authorship, legitimacy, disciplinary self-image, and the fear that the activity philosophers most prize... is being hollowed out."

An AI Analyzes Philosophers’ Discussion of AI - Daily Nous

Last week I posted about PhilLit, a new AI research tool for philosophers that finds and summarizes philosophical writing. The post generated a lot of comments, which prompted one reader to run a litt...

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