Thu. 02/02 - AI Seinfeld & Real-World Tamagotchi

The AI-generated Seinfeld parody cartoon that never goes off the air. Plus, Netflix did not read the room when they announced the AI image generation in their latest anime short. And a smartwatch that stops working if you don’t keep the living organism inside of it alive. It’s a high-stakes Tamagotchi, and it has an intriguing purpose.

Links:

• Watchmeforever (Twitch) 
• ‘Nothing, Forever’ Is An Endless ‘Seinfeld’ Episode Generated by AI (Vice)
• Trans Seinfeld (voxybunch, Twitter) 
• More trans Seinfeld (gayjerryseinfeld, Tumblr) 
• AI ‘Seinfeld’ Parody Experiment Foretells Streaming’s Hellish Future (The Mary Sue) 
• Netflix Made an Anime Using AI Due to a 'Labor Shortage,' and Fans Are Pissed (Vice)
• Netflix is getting blasted for using AI art in an anime instead of hiring artists (Mashable) 
• Netflix stirs fears by using AI-assisted background art in short anime film (Ars Technica)
• High-Stakes Tamagotchi: Living Smartwatch Literally Dies if You Don't Feed It (Gizmodo)
• Smartwatch Powered By Slime Mold Is Like Having A Tamagotchi On Your Wrist (IFL Science)
• Bizarre Smartwatch Contains Living Organism (Futurism)
• Integrating Living Organisms in Devices to Implement Care-based Interactions (Human Computer Integration Lab)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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