Chomsky and AI. A fictional conversation
Note: This is a fictional conversation between a LLM and an Intentist who is trying to represent Chomsky's views that language is primarily for internal use. If language primarily evolved…
Intentional Programming and Charles Simonyi: A Conversation with Chat GPT
(The following is a conversation between an Intentist and Chat GPT. It is not meant to be, or meant to be a replacement for, a conversation with Charles Simonyi.) Why…
The Locus of Intent in Human-Machine Creative Partnerships: A Philosophical Inquiry by Vittorio Pelosi
IntroductionThe arts movement Intentism has always focused on the importance of intention in any conversation about a work’s meaning. Indeed, the most well-known statement form the Intentist Manifesto is ‘all…
New Intentist Book out now!
We have just published our latest offering. Entitled ,'Intentist Art. A Retrospective 2009-2023,' it covers all the main London exhibitions. Beautifully illustrated with an accompanying text that looks at both…
Human Intention vs LLMs
One of the contested differences between human language and a large language model is that humans have mental intentions. These intentions may lead to an external gesture in speech, but…
Chomsky reacts to ChatGPT
Noam Chomsky has been critical of ChatGPT in recent videos. We have also reached out to him with an email exchange over the last few weeks. These emails will form…
What would an Intentist say about Roland Barthes’ Death of the Author?
Roland Barthes' essay "The Death of the Author" is one of the most influential pieces of literary criticism in the 20th century. Barthes argues that the author's intentions are not…
Pocket Lint new album now on CD!
Pocket Lint has worked with the Intentist movement for many years. We recently posted a blog about his latest album as we thought it was a bit special. Pocket Lint…
Pocket Lint releases evocative new EP
Pocket Lint AKA Mark Heffernan continues to impress us with his latest release, entitled E.P.Four, released on Deliberator records on 31st January 2022. Those of us who have followed Pocket…
jimmy Carr and that joke
As I'm sure you're aware, Carr has been roundly criticized for a joke about the holocaust. In a Netflix special he suggests that the upside of the genocide of 6…