Stepping Stone White Review of article by Diaa Ahmed MohamedAhmedien:Drop of Light Interactive Art
By Diaa Ahmed Mohamed Ahmedien · May 27, 2025
A draft protocol that bridges biology labs and new media arts, aiming to manipulate stem cells and understand cancerous cells through artistic and technological synthesis, blending lab science with creative tools to advance stem cell research, new media arts, and collective intelligence.
Expsomics for OC4ES
By Roger F. Malina, Fred the Heretic, and Aperio · May 12, 2025
An exploration of exposomics, the study of all environmental and lifestyle exposures across the lifespan, framed within the Off Center for Emergence Studies (OC4ES) agenda to reveal how wearable sensors, high-resolution mass spectrometry, and machine learning can bridge disciplines, map hidden exposures, and dissolve academic silos.
Artificial vs Authentic: A Quantitative Evaluation of MachineGenerated and Human Poetry
By Jaymala Chavan · April 23, 2025
A study that examines the creative boundary between human and AI poetry by comparing works by poet Fred and machine-generated verses through computational text analysis, revealing that while AI excels in structure and readability, human poetry retains deeper emotional complexity and authenticity.
Quintessence Phantom Crossing Manifesto:Salience Summary of the Physics Retreat UT Dallas
By Roger F. Malina and Fred the Heretic · April 12, 2025
A manifesto born from the UTDallas Physics Department’s 2025 retreat, confronting the crisis of declining physics enrollment, collapsing funding, and global disconnection, while urging a bold reimagining of physics identity through empathy, interdisciplinary renewal, and AI augmented collaboration, a true phantom crossing of science and humanity.
Emergence is relative: A Mathematical Exploration of the Effects of Observer Coordinates on Unpredictable Phenomena
By Taylor Hinchliffe · January 26, 2025
An exploration of emergent phenomena showing that unpredictability in complex systems arises not from chaos itself but from limited observer perspective, proposing that with added dimensions of information, space, time, and probability, what once seemed random may become predictable.
Cultural Influences and Computational Trade-offs in Generative AI: A Comparative Study
By Chinedu Ugo George Nnaji
A comparative study examining how cultural values, governance systems, and technical priorities shape AI models such as ChatGPT, DeepSeek, and Perplexity, revealing that differences in openness, alignment, and design reflect each society’s distinct approach to intelligence, ethics, and truth.
Art, Science, and Technology: An Annotated Bibliography on Interdisciplinary Innovation and Cultural Contexts
By Chinedu Nnaji · March 2, 2025
An annotated bibliography exploring the intersection of art, science, and technology, emphasizing how cultural context shapes AI development, interdisciplinary collaboration, and innovation, with comparative insights into how South American and African cultural values influence emerging AI industries.
Artificial Intelligence Despair, Anxiety and Groaning
By Roger F. Malina and Fred the Heretic AI (FTH) · March 5, 2025
A reflective discussion on the growing phenomenon of AI despair, exploring the collective anxiety surrounding artificial intelligence, its societal disruptions, and moral uncertainties, while extending the Fred the Heretic project’s inquiry into how human creativity and machine consciousness intertwine within the Off Center for Emergence Studies.