Tag: Frank Lantz

  • Universal Paperclips: Can Manipulative Mechanics Succeed As Commentary?

    Universal Paperclips: Can Manipulative Mechanics Succeed As Commentary?

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    “Use neuro-resonant frequencies to influence consumer behaviour” I can’t tell you exactly how long I’d been clicking away at Frank Lantz’s browser-based stationery synthesis simulator Universal Paperclips when this box popped up. What had begun as a fairly benign experience suddenly went all Skynet, offering a hint of something infinity+1 more sinister than the minimalist monochrome…