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# Week 04 | Sep 30

## IN CLASS

<figure><img src="/files/nCRj0FpwF7pFGBwhVT5i" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>A skeleton holding a copy of Roland Barthes, painted by Manet-- Midjourney</p></figcaption></figure>

**ANNOUNCEMENTS**

* Going forward please turn in assignments by 3pm on Monday, so that we can review them before class!
* Your prof Carla G has a solo exhibition **opening THIS Friday,** with a press release written by your other prof A.V.M.&#x20;
  * **All info** [**here**](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oHp10O_k0ZwsB0KUjc86acK770_1NMcJ?usp=sharing)

**AUTHORSHIP AND OWNERSHIP**

* **Discussion and Crits**
  * Alex: Barthes discussion
  * Eric Demo and Install: Pytorch 1hour 1/2
    * Click here to proceed: <https://github.com/SuperTornadox/AI_Studio_DCGAN/tree/main>
  * If time: Carla and Alex: Crits of [Creation 03: Remix](/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/creations/03-everything-is-a-remix.md)
* \*\*\*\*ERIC'S EMAIL for THIS WEEK: Eric He, <xh2815@nyu.edu>\*\*\*\*

## ACTIVITIES 04

* **READ** [E.T.A. Hoffmann's "The Sandman"](https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32046/32046-h/32046-h.htm#sandman):&#x20;
  * **WATCH** (optional) [Ballet Coppelia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDYKDfM5A5s) which is based on this short story
* **READ** ["My AI Lover"](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/opinion/ai-chatbot-relationships.html) (watch this one on the NYT website directly so you can view the documentary the text refers to-- you can view it free with a trial account)
* **READ** ["Are We All Technosexuals Now?"](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xoBBnjftEwaSwb8On3ndKp7nrK0qfX7_/view?usp=drive_link)
* **READ** [**"**&#x41;.I. Is Making the Sexual Exploitation of Girls Even Worse"](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EKYyoAIuW7lDLSciOzyVhCbHw6A3KuEh/view?usp=drive_link)
* **WRITE** a two paragraph response to one or more of the above readings/viewings **\[post to the Discord, also share as a doc in your folder on the class google drive**]
* **CREATION 04** [Do Something and Do Something Else](/visual-ai-studio-for-art-and-technology/creations/04-do-something-and-do-something-else.md)

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