- BeYourBrowser - *Forte Prenestino, 14th-17th June, 2007*
http://www.beyourbrowser.com The *Angel_f* (*A*utonomous, *N*on *G*enerative *E*-volitive *L*ife*_F*orm) Artificial Intelligence has been shown at the Forte Prenestino (Rome, Italy) during the "Crack, Fumetti Dirompenti" international comics exhibition. A distribution of the *mini-USB sculptures* containing the *"Presence"*software was performed during the show. Starting the software for the first time generates a unique ID for the users, matching a unique cartoon style icon-head, both generated by the system. Users can use their icon-head to travel through an infinite starfield, populated by the other "Presence" users: a P2P system based on the emerging network allows for chat sessions and file search and transfer. One of the *small identities* living in "Presence" is Angel_f itself. The text exchanged by chatting with the little AI contributes to the definition of the young digital being's language. The AI's mind is currently being fed by *Derrick de Kerckhove*, *Antonio Caronia* and *Carlo Formenti* by using their blogs on http://www.artisopensource.net/talker_mind The *Bloki FreePreXXX* has also been distributed during the exhibition: this free publication has been produced as a part of the *Biodoll* performance by *Franca Formenti*. http://www.biodollsmouse.org http://www.bloki.tv/site/index.html Its text has been generated by Angel_f's linguistic intelligence. Its images have been selected on the network by autonomous software agents coordinated by our little child AI, instructing them to find relevant multimedia published under *Creative Commons* licenses on the http://www.flickr.com and http://images.google.com websites. The whole project has been designed to perform an integrated study on *digital life* from artistic, philosophical, anthropological, sociological, legislative points of view. The project is autonomously financed with the sale of the USB mini-sculptures containing the "Presence" software and of the *B_Angels*(the *"Baci di Angel"* are chocolates with an Open Source recipe: in their label an AI-generated aphorism substitutes the romantic sentences usually found in the "Baci Perugina" chocolates). The following people are currently working on the project: xDxD penelope.di.pixel Franca Formenti Derrick de Kerckhove Antonio Caronia Carlo Formenti Luigi Pagliarini Complete Information can be found on: http://www.beyourbrowser.com <http://www.bloki.tv/site/index.html> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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