The Clockwork Penguin

Daniel Binns is a media theorist and filmmaker tinkering with the weird edges of technology, storytelling, and screen culture. He is the author of Material Media-Making in the Digital Age and currently writes about posthuman poetics, glitchy machines, and speculative media worlds.



The Archives

  • Give me your answer, do

    For better or worse, I’m getting a bit of a reputation as ‘the AI guy’ in my immediate institutional sub-area. Depending on how charitable you’re…

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  • New research published: The Allure of Artificial Worlds

    This is a little late, as the article was actually released back in November, but due to swearing off work for a month over December…

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  • De-platforming is hard

    I have two predilections that sometimes work hand in hand, and other times butt up against each other. The first is apps, tools, technology, all…

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  • Alternate Spaces

    Alternate Spaces © 2024 by Daniel Binns is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. See more AI weirdness here.

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  • On Procreate and AI

    The team behind the powerful and popular iPad app Procreate have been across tech news in recent weeks, spruiking their anti-AI position. “AI is not…

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