markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 20hPrepping the release of a new edition of the first print Mrs. Wobbles & The Tangerine House book UnBoxing for libraries and bookstores! Coming soon! Feat. poem by Margaret Rhee & Illustrations by Brian Gallagher! 111
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Congratulations to new PhuDs, Liza Long and Rob Wittig, whose dissertation injected doubt into the self-improving Journal till it overwhemed the system. UnderAcademy College takes not responsibility for the Autodors of the journal. claude.ai/artifact/Ayv... 010
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 25/09/2026In a later reloads (around version 24) of the Self-Improving Journal of Untrained Models, you play "Fakulty Crossing," tending to the UnderAcademy College Digressors for max data . Margaret Rhee, Patrick M Lichty, Sergio Figueiredo, Anna Nacher, Davin Heckman, and more! claude.ai/artifact/Ayv... 010
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialRe•mediate Lit Mag @remediatelitmag.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A huge joy of working with @ben_zxb and other collaborators at re•mediate has been opening ourselves out to more multilingual work—+ this generative poem by Mehulkumar Desai + Deena Larsen is part-English, part-Gujarati! Shoutout to our friends @ Indian Consortium for Interactive Digital Narratives! 011
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The Journal of Untrained Models (Issue 5) is now even more self-improving! President Memmott and I have basically let the bots have at it! Every time you reload the journal, it improves itself. Even better than a revise and resubmit. It's full on Universal Paperclips now. claude.ai/artifact/Ayv...claude.aiClaude ArtifactTry out Artifacts created by Claude users 000
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Journal of Untrained Models, Vol. 4, No. ∞ is out and it's now self-improving! New editor, the UnderAcad-O-Matic 6000, rewrites the issue every time you reload. Keep reloading: it publishes its friends, writes poetry, and eventually places me in a folder. claude.ai/artifact/SV7... 100
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 19/09/2026So pleased to publish 4 new issues of the Journal of Untrained Models hallucinated by Davin Heckman. His CV must be jumping for joy! This is an UnderAcademy College misadventure. Prematurely Imprimatured by President Talan Memmott. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comJournal of Untrained Models Vol1_No3_PrepublicationUnaccredited since 2011 Journal of Untrained Models An Anti-Degree Journal of the UnderAcademy College Fakulty Volume 3 · Number 1-4 · September 2026 Special Prepublication Number Containing Volu... 210
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026So happy to see Quantum Entanglement in Re*mediate! Cats, robots, and octopuses in this work of quantum erotica. (This domesticated edition is safe for wok.) The new issue launches tomorrow! Written with 7 others in Quantized Victoria Clarckson. On Scrollimation! remediatelitmag.xyz/issue6/ 010
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Got an AI-generated dissertation? UnderAcademy College wants you to submit. Then defend it against our v 0.1 agentic examination bots. Don't have the tokens? We'll generate it for you! claude.ai/artifact/31J... Unendorsed by President Talan Memmottclaude.aiClaude ArtifactTry out Artifacts created by Claude users 000
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I'm proud to announce the second issue of the Journal of Untrained Models featuring the generated dissertations of Scott Rettberg and Patrick M Lichty to candidates for for the UnderAcademy College PhuD Degree Uncertificate. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comJournal of Untrained Models 1.2c (September 2026)Unaccredited since 2011 Journal of Untrained Models An Anti-Degree Journal of the UnderAcademy College Fakulty Volume 1 · Number 2 · September 2026 Peer-adjacent. Openly inaccessible. Published ... 011
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Announcing the phirst ever PhuD from UnderAcademy College! Only AI generated applications will be considered (i.e. stochastic sorting). Fully defunded. Despite this sloppy certificate, we remain a committed free non-degree granting uninstitution AIpply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 100
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@berrydm.bsky.social & @markcmarino.bsky.social, two of the authors behind "Inventing ELIZA," joined The Vergecast to explain how Joseph Weizenbaum created the first chatbot, why he came to regret it, and what ELIZA can teach us about life in the AI age. @theverge.comyoutube.comHow a 1960s chatbot fooled everyone | The VergecastFrom The Vergecast, this episode takes a look back at one of the earliest chapters in the history of AI. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named… 1347
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Here's a video of David Berry of Team ELIZA on the code of the first chatbot at the UNESCO Source Code Exhibition. This exhibition can travel to your area Organized by the Software Heritage Foundation. A milestone in Critical Code Studies #critcode @softwareheritage.org youtu.be/-Xo4uImfdLc?...youtu.beELIZA: Rediscovering the First Chatbot / À la redécouverte du premier chatbot by TEAM ELIZAYouTube video by Inria - Médiation Scientifique 021
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 09/09/2026If you're in San Diego, come hear about Inventing ELIZA on Oct. 8. I'll be there in person, and Team ELIZA virtually. Thanks, to Jessica Pressman for all the support! 182
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Out today: TextGenEd: Continuing Experiments! I’ve got two pieces in the collection, coauthored with Jeremy Douglass and Jon Ippolito. Shoutouts to Jeremy and Jon, and congrats to Annette, Carly, and Tim on the new collection! @jonippolito.net 053
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Part 3 of my Resistance Training exercises is online at Medium. This is a series of exercises designed to teach critical AI literacy through interaction with AI systems. markcmarino.medium.com/resistance-t... #criticalaimarkcmarino.medium.comResistance Training: teaching with and against AI (part 3)This is the third in a series of posts about resistance training. Here’s part 1 and part 2. 151
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialCatherine D'Ignazio (she/her/ella) @kanarinka.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Join our open, free learning community 📣 Technofascism, Feminism and Democracy 📣 to explore: the rise of global authoritarianism; Big Tech, AI, & the billionaire class; how feminist & grassroots movements are proposing alternative democratic futures. technofascism.dataplusfeminism.mit.edu 39543
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialAlex Saum @alexsaum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Friends of the Bay! @mariosantamaria.bsky.social and I are taking folks on a new tourist experience! Join us on October 3rd for **A TOUR OF AI** and help us beat the algorithm together ✨💕 www.eventbrite.com/e/a-tour-of-...eventbrite.comA Tour of AI, with Mario Santamaría and Alex SaumAn In-Person Journey through Santa Clara’s AI Infrastructure: A Tourist Route of Non-Touristic Places and Prompts 043
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 03/09/2026After having discarded and shredded all the drafts, I have put the much anticipated Sentence 117 into the bookstore that is my email signature. I believe these are so far uncollected, so you must trade with my correspondents to read them all. #e-sig 000
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialmarkcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This Thursday: Sarah Ciston and David Berry will launch Inventing ELIZA at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin! If you are in the area, check it out! 👉 More information: buff.ly/etpZItR @sarahciston.com @davidmberry.bsky.social 064
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 02/09/2026At InventingEliza.com you can talk to the most accurate reproduction of DOCTOR running on the ELIZA platform and find loads of other content, including code and context. Anthony Hay built this faithful recreation, featured at the Jeu de Paume in Paris! #ArtificialIntelligence #computerhistory 021
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialMikko Tolonen @tolonen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We are hiring! Permanent position for a University Lecturer in Digital Humanities at the University of Helsinki. The application period is open and closes on 3 October 2026: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... Please read the job description carefully and feel free to spread the word widely.jobs.helsinki.fiUniversity Lecturer in Digital HumanitiesUniversity Lecturer in Digital Humanities 14657
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 01/09/2026This Thursday: Sarah Ciston and David Berry will launch Inventing ELIZA at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin! If you are in the area, check it out! 👉 More information: buff.ly/etpZItR @sarahciston.com @davidmberry.bsky.social 064
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 29/08/2026New Transformers debate: High Stakes Metaphors (for AI): Calculators, Ladders, & Bad Managers. Discussion with Maha Bali, Jeremy Douglass, Jon Ippolito, Mark C. Marino, and Anna Mills www.writingtransformers.org/high-stakes-... @mahabali.bsky.social @annamillsoer.bsky.social @jonippolito.netwritingtransformers.orgHigh Stakes Metaphors: Calculators, Ladders, and Bad Managers – Writing Transformers 030
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialberlin-news-en.bsky.social @berlin-news-en.bsky.social · 27/08/2026❝ strippel.bsky.social (2/2): "Inventing ELIZA," about the development of the first chatbot by #JosephWeizenbaum 60 years ago. Registration: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun... #ELIZA60 001
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialberlin-news-en.bsky.social @berlin-news-en.bsky.social · 27/08/2026weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social ↻ strippel.bsky.social (1/2): In exactly one week, the book launch for "Inventing ELIZA" will take place at @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social. We are currently working on 001
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Now that you've seen The Odyssey (pr even before), you can play a modern adaptation of it in Salt Immortal Sea for free, featuring the stunning visuals of Joellyn Rock , entrancing interaction design from John Murray , mesmerizing music by Ken Joseph and writing by me. jtm.io/saltimmortal... 000
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialChristian Strippel @strippel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In genau einer Woche findet am @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social die Buchvorstellung von „Inventing ELIZA“ statt. Wir arbeiten gerade daran, dass Weizenbaums Chatbot vor Ort im Original genutzt werden kann. Es gibt noch freie Plätze, Anmeldung hier: www.weizenbaum-institut.de/veranstaltun... 083
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 22/08/2026ICYMI: Here are 2 more exercises for writing classes from my AI Resistance Training series: markcmarino.medium.com/resistance-t... #teachingwriting #collegewriting #criticalaimarkcmarino.medium.comResistance Training: Teaching with and Against AI (part 2)This article is a second in the series on Resistance Training that starts here. 000
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Find 2 more AI Resistance Training exercises on my Medium or Substack! Part 2 of 3. markcmarino.medium.com/resistance-t... #teachingwriting #ArtificialIntelligence #criticalAImarkcmarino.medium.comResistance Training: Teaching with and Against AI (part 2)This article is a second in the series on Resistance Training that starts here. 010
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Wow. Blown away by this glowing review of Inventing ELIZA in the Wall Street Journal! My favorite line is that we were "talmudically annotating the code." archive.ph/fCcIy @sarahciston.com, @mitpress.bsky.social @wsj.com #critcode #ArtificialIntelligence #computerhistory #SoftwareHistory 2216
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialCurtis Frye @curtisfrye.com · 18/08/2026Published by @mitpress.bsky.social, Inventing ELIZA offers a deep dive into the famous early program. It's a groundbreaking book that serves the fields of computing history, sociology, gender studies, and computer-human interaction in equal measure. I enthusiastically recommend it.techsoc.comReview of Inventing Eliza from The MIT Press - Technology and Society, IncorporatedLanding page for Technology and Society, Incorporated. Owner Curtis Frye is an online trainer and conference keynote speaker. 2133
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 12/08/2026David Berry and I (1/4 of Team ELIZA) enjoyed our chat with David Pierce of the Vergecast Podcast! Fun to share some of our findings from Inventing ELIZA! youtu.be/vDq1y4wozqk?... #critcode #ArtificialIntelligence #computerhistory @mitpress.bsky.social @theverge.comyoutu.beHow a 1960s chatbot fooled everyone | The VergecastYouTube video by The Verge 042
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialDavid Pierce @davidpierce.xyz · 11/08/2026Today’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot. Before Alexa and Siri, there was ELIZA. The first chatbot ever was the creation of a man named Joseph Weizenbaum, who built the bot almost as a magic trick — and then... www.theverge.com/podcast/978198/eli…youtube.comToday’s Vergecast: Lessons from the very first chatbot. 1207
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Can students use AI to build critical thinking through resistance training? Part 1 of a series now on my Medium. With shoutouts to Jeremy Douglass and the Transformers. markcmarino.medium.com/resistance-t... #teachingwriting #ArtificialIntelligencemarkcmarino.medium.comResistance Training: teaching with and against AI (part 1)Generation Z seems to be leading the way with resistance to generative AI. They’re booing graduation speakers. They’re refusing to… 0103
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 05/08/2026David Berry giving the keynote at the Retro AI Symposium, a talk that covered code, vectors, and manifolds as he discussed the past, present, and future of AI. #RETROAI #CRITCODE 010
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Today we are hosting our Retro AI symposium. Come join us for this free event at USC to take an archeological lookback at AI history. calendar.usc.edu/event/retro-...calendar.usc.eduRetro AI Symposium 000
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialLauren Klein @laurenfklein.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Last day to submit! Deadline is today! 056
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Tomorrow begins Retro AI! Drop in if you are on campus. We have same day registration, even if the registration deadline for lunch has passed. bit.ly/retroaiplan 000
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 14/07/2026New this week from the MIT Press. Congratulations authors! 📚👇 2112
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 28/07/2026ELIZA was written in MAD-SLIP, not Lisp, as many misremember. Good thing Team ELIZA has Arthur Schwarz, an expert in the language and script! See his contributions to Inventing ELIZA! #ArtificialIntelligence #computerhistory 010
Reposted by @markcmarino.bsky.socialAlan Liu @alanyliu.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Just published open-access: @sarahciston.com et al., *Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI* direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon.... @berrydm.bsky.socialdirect.mit.eduInventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AIHow the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventin 25229
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 25/07/2026To see The Odyssey reimagined as modern refugee story, play Salt Immortal Sea, with art by Joellyn Rock, game design by John Murray, music by Ken Joseph, and my writing. Online. Best on desk or laptop. jtm.io/static/salti...jtm.ioSalt Immortal Sea 020
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Join us for Retro AI: Archaeologies of Artificial Intelligence, July 31-Aug. 1 at USC, a free symposium sponsored by the Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing, ELO, and the HaCCS Lab. David Berry is keynoting. Preceded by an AI and the University discussion. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comRetro AI ScheduleRetro AI: Archaeologies of A.I. Tentative Schedule Register Here Register Here The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has long been obsessively focussed on the next big breakthrough which would... 000
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Peggy, Art, and I had such a great chat about our new book led by the insightful Claire L Evans! Visitors got to chat with Ant's Javascript version of DOCTOR. Thanks to all who came to Wilshire Online. Inventing ELIZA is in stores now. #ArtificialIntelligence @theuniverse.bsky.social 071
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Join me today for my SIGGRAPH frontier talk on Critical Code Studies. 8am in 408 B #siggraph #siggraph2026 131
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Sunday 3pm at Wilishire Online 6135 Wilshire Blvd. Join Peggy Weil, Art Schwarz, and me for the launch of Inventing ELIZA! Hosted by Claire L Evans RSVP: luma.com/zlrejcp9 #ArtificialIntelligence #computerhistory #critcode @theuniverse.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social 082
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Join us for Retro AI, a two-day symposium, looking back to AI's past, hosted at USC, sponsored by The Institute on Ethics and Trust in Computing, the HaCCS Lab, and ELO. bit.ly/retroaiplan #RETROAI #ArtificialIntelligence 031
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Join us Sunday, July 19, for a conversation about our new book Inventing ELIZA at Wilshire Online, which is in-person only at 6135 Wilshire Blvd. Peggy Weil, Arthur Schwarz, and I will be hosted by Claire L. Evans The RSVP for the event is here: luma.com/zlrejcp9 @theuniverse.bsky.social 010
markcmarino.bsky.social @markcmarino.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Great to see this excerpt from Inventing ELIZA in Wired! @mitpress.bsky.social @sarahciston.com @pweil.bsky.social 020
