Naturalist Approaches to AI, Consciousness, and Evolution Through Art & Stories - Landon Ross | #17 скачать в хорошем качестве

Naturalist Approaches to AI, Consciousness, and Evolution Through Art & Stories - Landon Ross | #17

My guest today is multidisciplinary artist Landon Ross. EPISODE PAGE + TRANSCRIPT: https://www.realitystudies.co/p/lando... Please support this podcast by checking out: ZBiotics: https://zbiotics.com/?sca_ref=4926056... (click the link or use code: JESSEDAMIANI for 10% off) MUD\WTR: https://mudwtr.pxf.io/Urgent (click the link to reveal 43% off starter packs with code) Mission Farms CBD: https://mission-farms-cbd.sjv.io/Urgent (20% off with code listed on website via that link) NordVPN: https://nordvpn.com/special/?utm_medi.... (Get up to 69% off 2-year plans + a Saily eSIM data gift with that link) PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://www.realitystudies.co/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4JOs9Ds... RSS: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast... Full episodes playlist: ‪@UrgentFutures‬ MORE ABOUT LANDON: Landon Ross is a Los Angeles artist working primarily in painting, sculpture, video, and installation. Ross’s work explores the ontology of mathematics, consciousness, the self, and seeks to explore origin-stories of a distinct epistemological stance: those derived from nature. The artist’s once-central role in channeling the human inclination for the transcendent or the sublime is one that Ross seeks to continue from within the framework of naturalism. CONTEXT: As you can tell from his bio, Landon isn’t your “typical” artist! I met him through my work as a curator. Earlier this year I was fortunate to launch SMALL V01CE, an exhibition I curated for Honor Fraser Gallery, which examined the intersection of artificial intelligence and instinct, intuition, and feelings. As I was refining that concept last year with Honor, and beginning to have conversations with artists, Honor connected me with Landon. Our studio visit was jam-packed full of ideas, not just about art but politics, media, philosophy, math, cosmology, evolution, the list goes on. As I knew he would, Landon did create incredible work for the show, which we not only talk about in the episode, but which you can see for yourself in the show’s exhibition trailer on YouTube (😉). But more importantly Landon has remained a friend and someone I’m always excited to dive into conversation with. In a moment when it feels like many people who hold strong opinions are just ragebaiting or dunking online, Landon’s strong positions are deeply researched and deeply felt. I admire this quality in him, even—perhaps especially—in the moments where our perspectives diverge. In a highly polarized environment, it’s hard to go against what is perceived to be the party orthodoxy—in the U.S., that’s team red and team blue, and the various subfactions. A certain set of ideas is meant to “belong” to one group vs the other, or the group is meant to only discuss particular aspects of issues and not mention others. Of course, there are bad faith takes here, and I don’t want to discount those. But what happens when your beliefs don’t fall neatly into those camps? Sometimes that’s the case with Landon—such as his opinions about free speech and why it’s vital for democracy, or the notion that beauty has an objective quality to it. The fact that he’s resolute enough to continue to voice them makes his voice a special one to hear from, especially in such a complex moment. So much more to say, but I’ll let you hear it from him. CREDITS: This video was produced by Adam Labrie and Jesse Damiani. It was also edited by Adam Labrie. For more information, please visit realitystudies.co. SOCIAL: Twitter:   / jessedamiani   LinkedIn:   / jessedamiani   Instagram (+ Threads):   / jessedamiani   Substack: https://substack.com/@damiani