Have you ever wished to be in conversation with a great mind from another era? Or perhaps imagined what that dialogue would look and feel like, what insights it might bring, how it might expand your understanding of their thinking? Raising Mcluhan is a project exploring the ways in which AI/LLMs can make that dream a reality, with Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist and philosopher.
Join me, Andrew McLuhan , Sandro Pasquali and Freyja van den Boom this Saturday at Gray Area ‘s Grand Theatre in San Francisco , 5-7pm to learn more about the 15 year undertaking we’re designing to be a living archive, time machine and context engine. And so very much more.
The Raising McLuhan project, a media tech labour of love designed by media makers, archivists, technologists and philosophers with the aim to ‘raise’ Marshall McLuhan (as from the dead, from a child, from obscurity) and parent (rather than train) an AI model on McLuhan’s «body» of work and the legacy his archives hold. Come hear from the project team about their visions and entry points for this planned multi-year project.
It begins in 2024 and 1964 when Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man was first published. The project will intimately grow to include many multimedia experiences that will deepen our understandings of how the medium is the message—then, now, and tomorrow.
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Senior Research Scientist @Google DeepMind, Gemini Team
2wReally happy for the recognization to "Natural Instructions". Happy Diwali to everyone celebrating! May the Festival of Lights bring joy, prosperity, and new beginnings ✨