This article sketches a theoretical framework that allows the conceptual inclusion of non-human animals and artificial intelligences in human sonic collaborations. Post-humanist concepts question categorical divide between nature culture, following Donna Haraway Bruno Latour, converge with contemporary, non-adaptationist evolutionary aesthetics. Therefore, anthropocentric ‘othering’ non-humans ...

two hundred and fifty-eight iranian university students estimated their own, parents', and partners' overall (general) intelligence, and also estimated 13 'multiple intelligences' on a simple, two-page questionnaire which was previously used in many similar studies. in accordance with previous research, men rated themselves higher than women on logical-mathematical, spatial and musical intellig...

Abstract Smart city discourses often invoke the Panopticon, a disciplinary architecture designed by Jeremy Bentham and popularly theorized Michel Foucault, as model for understanding social impact of AI technologies. This framing focuses attention almost exclusively on negative ramifications Urban AI, correlating ubiquitous surveillance, centralization, data consolidation with development, posi...

Emotions play a central role in the decisions we make. For example, we often make poor investment choices because we are driven by our emotions rather than rational judgment (Tversky & Kahneman 1991). On the positive side, when emotional input is added to learning experiences, it makes them more memorable and exciting. The brain deems the information more important and enhances memory of the ev...