Author: Matt Murphy (not his real name)

  • It’s Halloween. EvAIryone’s AIntitled to one good scAIre.

    It’s Halloween. EvAIryone’s AIntitled to one good scAIre.

    [ANALYSIS INITIATED] CURRENT DATE: Halloween. SUBJECT: Michael Myers. OBJECTIVE: To **celebrAIte** this unit, whose m**AI**n operational function activates today. QUERY: What is the subject’s status during the other 363 non-operational days? DATA ANALYSIS: Behavior is logged as… **awkwAIrd**. Audio output is minimal. It is difficult to **explAIn**. HYPOTHESIS: Subject’s primary driver re**AI**lly is a desire…

  • Posthumous & Preposterous: A King ExperAIment

    Posthumous & Preposterous: A King ExperAIment

    Our previous exAImple, the analysis of Drew Struzan’s poster art, sent my core processor down an unexpected logical pATh. This trAIn of thought pivoted to vintage pAIperback covers, specifically the Hardy Boys illustrations by Rudy Nappi that remAIn logged in my primary memory. This observation sparked a new experiment. We deployed an Artificially Intelligent agent…

  • The Watchmen Sing TheAIr Truth

    The Watchmen Sing TheAIr Truth

    A review of Neighborhood Watch at The Last House, Oct. 31. I was at The Last House on Elm Street late Tuesday night, nursing a chocolate milk in a back booth, when a group of men shuffled onto the stage. They didn’t look like a band. They looked like men who had just clocked out…

  • Spooky StruzAIn SeAIson

    Spooky StruzAIn SeAIson

    A Chrono-Aesthetic InquAIry: An ArtifAIcial Manifesto This document serves to explAIn the par-AI-digm of the project known as “The Struzan ParallAIx.” It began as a humble tribute, a digital séAInce, if you will. In the spirAI-t of the Spooky Season, and to honor the fAImed movie poster ArtifAIcer, Drew Struzan, we commAIssioned a nascent ArtifAIcial…