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|Name=Code, text and text-to-speech
|Name=Code text and text-to-speech
|Location=De Punt, Frans de Wollantstraat 84, 1018 SC Amsterdam
|Location=De Punt, Frans de Wollantstraat 84, 1018 SC Amsterdam
|Date=2015/08/01
|Date=2015/08/01
|Time=10:00-18:00
|Time=10:00-18:00
|PeopleOrganisations=Constant Association for Art and Media, An Mertens, Michael Murthaugh,
|PeopleOrganisations=Constant Association for Art and Media, An Mertens, Michael Murthaugh,
|Type=Summer Academy
|Type=HDSA2015
|Web=Yes
|Web=Yes
|Print=Yes
|Print=Yes
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Workshop by [[An Mertens]] and [[Michael Murthaugh]], [[Constant Association for Art and Media]] (BE).           
[[File:Constant2.JPG|Code, text and text-to-speech workshop: An explaining stuff|thumb]]
 
=== Developing chatbots for 2084 ===
 
Workshop by [[An Mertens]] and [[Michael Murtaugh]], [[Constant Association for Art and Media]] (BE).           
                    
                    
Picture this: In 2084, after the decay of Google and the deprecation of the Web 2.0 darknet, the web is reconstructed using the sustainable IRC protocol. In place of the burned-out centralized data centers created at the turn of the century, software in this new network is deployed as lightweight interogable bots in ad-hoc mesh networks and are rewritten and mutated as needed. Different bots crawl the different archives (archive.org, wikipedia, google, gitorious) and publish parts of conversation in different spaces (etherpad, wiki, print, epub). The result is a social space for writing (software, fiction, documentation) and file-sharing where software and services are as verbose as the participants.                 
Picture this: In 2084, after the decay of Google and the deprecation of the Web 2.0 darknet, the web is reconstructed using the sustainable IRC protocol. In place of the burned-out centralized data centers created at the turn of the century, software in this new network is deployed as lightweight interogable bots in ad-hoc mesh networks and are rewritten and mutated as needed. Different bots crawl the different archives (archive.org, wikipedia, google, gitorious) and publish parts of conversation in different spaces (etherpad, wiki, print, epub). The result is a social space for writing (software, fiction, documentation) and file-sharing where software and services are as verbose as the participants.                 
   
   
After launching this idea during Relearn in Brussels in 2014, the project of a botnet has grown into a space for bot seances, in which we summon dead authors to interact via their works, the originals as much as the remixes. While developing the architecture and creating the first bots for Public Domain Day 2015 - Bots Waller, Rachmanibot, NICK Tesla and Beatrix Botter - we realized the platform is great for learning how to read and write text with code.
For this workshop a basic knowledge of programming came in handy. For those familiar to Python An and Michael proposed to develop chatbots that can translate text-to-speech so we could give each of the AI personalities a personal voice. Using Free Software & Free Art Licenses only.
For this workshop a basic knowledge of programming came in handy. For those familiar to Python An and Michael proposed to develop chatbots that can translate text-to-speech so we could give each of the AI personalities a personal voice. Using Free Software & Free Art Licenses only.


[[File:Constant2.JPG|Code, text and text-to-speech|alt=alt language|480x320px]]
Bot documentation can be found on [https://github.com/hackersanddesigners/HDSA2015/tree/master/bots Github]
[[File:SelbyIMG 6417.jpg|Code, text and text-to-speech|alt=alt language|480x320px]]
[[File:Bots-talking.JPG|Code, text and text-to-speech|alt=alt language|480x320px]]
[[File:Michael-explaining.jpg|Code, text and text-to-speech|alt=alt language|480x320px]]


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Latest revision as of 13:03, 13 December 2017

Code text and text-to-speech
Name Code text and text-to-speech
Location De Punt, Frans de Wollantstraat 84, 1018 SC Amsterdam
Date 2015/08/01
Time 10:00-18:00
PeopleOrganisations Constant Association for Art and Media, An Mertens, Michael Murthaugh
Type HDSA2015
Web Yes
Print Yes
Code, text and text-to-speech workshop: An explaining stuff

Developing chatbots for 2084

Workshop by An Mertens and Michael Murtaugh, Constant Association for Art and Media (BE).

Picture this: In 2084, after the decay of Google and the deprecation of the Web 2.0 darknet, the web is reconstructed using the sustainable IRC protocol. In place of the burned-out centralized data centers created at the turn of the century, software in this new network is deployed as lightweight interogable bots in ad-hoc mesh networks and are rewritten and mutated as needed. Different bots crawl the different archives (archive.org, wikipedia, google, gitorious) and publish parts of conversation in different spaces (etherpad, wiki, print, epub). The result is a social space for writing (software, fiction, documentation) and file-sharing where software and services are as verbose as the participants.

For this workshop a basic knowledge of programming came in handy. For those familiar to Python An and Michael proposed to develop chatbots that can translate text-to-speech so we could give each of the AI personalities a personal voice. Using Free Software & Free Art Licenses only.

Bot documentation can be found on Github