I am accepted at the City University of Hong Kong, at the School of Creative Media to do a PhD.
Offered is a full studentship to do this, which i accepted. Title of this PhD will be: “Artificial Consciousness in Postmedia Art”. I will study new mechanisms and tools to study general consciousness by using the territory of Postmedia Art, Robotics, Installation Art etc. as a realm outside the human consciousness framework. By approaching, connecting and establishing collaborations with different researchers from various scientific disciplines who are all studying consciousness, envisioned is to create a territory, a playground really to test a variety of hypothesis all targeted to get more insight in this elusive and little understood field. Could art infused research create a mechanism to provide a neutral zone to invoke and possible provide new insights in this very important moment in time, where a discussion of AI, Machine Learning, Singularity are all contributing to biased fears of a future technology, wrecking havoc and even supposedly can jeopardize the core existence and survival of humanity. These fears are all based in my opinion on misunderstanding and misuse of media. Of course all these new technology is mostly in hands of giant commercial corporations, and their intentions. Its thus paramount to research and develop insights outside the commercial realm in a controlled academic environment, and where better to test these technologies than in the experimental laboratories of the world of art. In time i will update this information on the go in a new blog on this website, so stay tuned for more information on this new challenge in my work.