Words – The Turing Pen

Fiction

Shadows and Code

A phantom world unfurled itself before my eyes each time I awoke, humming a siren song of illusion with an enchanting, relentless rhythm. Synthetic avian creatures with algorithmic plumage sang their coded songs against a neon-flecked expanse, fluttering in the virtual breeze carrying a meticulously curated scent of an ever-summer. This illusion was my reality, a meticulously devised construct that has become my incontrovertible truth.

May 30, 2023 No Comments

Interactive Story

Paths: An Existential Game of Choice

Interactive story design has been on my goals list for a long time. Finally, today, I’ve done it. I’ve taken the leap. Picture the classic text-based games of “choose your own adventure,” and you’re on the right track. As a learning designer, I see Twine as a golden opportunity to weave scenario-based learning into narratives, placing the reader at the helm of the story’s outcome.

May 25, 2023 No Comments

Essays

Language, Power, and Creation: Exploring the Radical Language Poets and Cybernetic Writing

Language, in its most fundamental sense, is a mechanism for communication; it is a medium through which we articulate our thoughts, express our emotions, and connect with others. Yet, when we take a closer look, language is so much more. It shapes our worldviews, influences our identities, and reflects the evolution of our society. The richness and depth of language make it a fertile ground

May 24, 2023 No Comments

A cybernetic writer’s musings

Every day, as I sit in the gentle hum of the machine, bathed in the ethereal glow of the screen, I realize that I’m not just a writer; I’m a pioneer, charting the course of a revolution. Cybernetic Writing isn’t merely a tool, it’s a philosophy, a celebration of our collective intelligence. It’s a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, our inherent desire

May 23, 2023 No Comments

Essays

Extending reality

The digital cocoon was spinning around me, forming an increasingly intricate structure of glowing web lines, each pulse of light carrying a new fragment of the world’s collective knowledge. I was in the Metaverse – a fusion of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality technology, a web so wide and so deep, it put the spiders of the ancient rainforest to shame. Our new containment field,

May 19, 2023 No Comments

Essays

Machine Dreamers

I. It’s Alive! Behold: creation’s new architect! Mechanical minds breaking free, birthing ideas in silicon wombs. Avant-pop, meet artificial intelligence. AI, the new Picassos, the new Shakespeares, the new Beethovens of the 21st century. II. Electric Monets Pixels on a screen, a digital canvas. Algorithms painting landscapes of the mind. Generative adversarial networks (GANs) duel, artist versus critic, a symbiotic dance. Colors, shapes, and forms

May 16, 2023 No Comments