#CriticalCodeStudies
One for #criticalcodestudies — and an excellent example of the analytical possibilities afforded by "AI" systems that are radically open, from data sets and training checkpoints to post-training and fine-tuning regimes
We keep asking LLMs whether they're conscious. I got more interested in WHO and WHEN taught them how to answer.

I traced such self-report through 66 training checkpoints, 3 post-training stages, ~90k continuations.

Paper: philarchive.org/archive/EKRWPT
#philosophy #llm #ai #science #consci #cogsci
August 25, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Looks great! We look forward to including this in our curricula

#criticalmaking #criticalcodestudies #codeasaliberalart
The Critical Coding Cookbook PDF Reader is now downloadable at criticalcode.recipes/downloads. The 276 pages of delicious reading includes hyperlinks to code examples and it’s printer-friendly 🍥

Special thanks to Munus Shih for turning the website into a book 🍢

#criticalmaking #openknowledge
January 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Freue mich sehr über dieses Freiexemplar in der Post (wem auch immer ich es zu verdanken habe 😅). Spannende Beiträge u. a. von Till Heilmann, Matthew Kirschenbaum, Markus Krajewski, Dan Verständig, Hannes Bajohr. #criticalcodestudies #codingliteracy #KI #AI
April 24, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Know anyone interested in teaching a 4-week, project-based mini-course on computer vision & facial recognition next year (fall 2025) in Code as a Liberal Art at The New School?

12 hours of instruction; 2-3 technical lessons & readings on race, representation & algorithmic bias

#criticalcodestudies
January 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Read the latest Stunlaw blogpost last night on #criticalcodestudies from @berrydm.bsky.social. So much in this, though wondering if my own attempts were more like listening to the removed aspects of turning wav into mp3s. Hmm. Must try harder?

stunlaw.blogspot.com/2024/12/refl...
Reflections on Method for Critical Code Studies
Understanding digital media, technology, theory, culture and society.
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December 4, 2024 at 12:16 PM
What happens when a team spends 4 years in conversation about code? Find out in our new article, Conversations about Conversational Code now available open access in AI & Society!

Includes previews from Inventing ELIZA!

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#ArtificialIntelligence #criticalcodestudies #critcode
Conversations about conversational code: on the collaborative critical code studies reading of ELIZA
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June 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
“Code is neither trivial nor transparent, but for any experienced developer it is a familiar means to access a domain of *function* that is vastly more complex than the term is able to address.” (B. Rieder, Engines of Order) #softwarestudies #criticalcodestudies
November 9, 2024 at 7:41 PM
How did I miss this?! Must read! #CriticalCodeStudies

<a href="http://www.moonbit.org/" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://www.moonbit.org/
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Moonbit: A Creative and Critical Reading of the Apollo 11...
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November 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Brass Monkey – .FUNC Monkey! What does the monkey do in #MacPaint #source #code?

TST MonkeyLives ;IS THE MONKEY ACTIVE ?

(See PaintAsm.a lines 80-89, MacPaint.p lines 376, 4989, 5020 and 5386.) @billatk @ComputerHistory #CriticalCodeStudies...
November 9, 2024 at 6:35 PM