Writing
Writing and project reflections from John N. Farmer on creative technology, immersive media, AI-assisted production, visual storytelling, and selected projects.
3 articles
OMIKINA is a public atlas for understanding the physical systems beneath American artificial intelligence.
Why the AI race is also a race for chips, data centers, electricity, grids, water, land, equipment, fuel, workers, capital, and public permission—and how OMIKINA makes that system visible.
This week’s biggest AI stories point to a new phase of competition—one where progress will be measured not only by what models can do, but by where, when, and how responsibly they are deployed.
OpenAI release caution, Anthropic’s work in biology and medicine, and Europe’s transparency rules suggest that judgment—not speed alone—may define the next phase of AI competition.
How a remastered album became a connected system for music, visual direction, interactive storytelling, testing, deployment, and release strategy.
A workflow case study on turning an album release into an interactive creative system using music production, AI-assisted art direction, Codex, Firebase, and human creative direction.