NarrowMinded 狭隘思想

2023

Infinite Digital Videos无限视频​​， Computer Application软件艺术

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NarrowMinded is a Python-based video tool that process any digital videos into grotesque digital freaks in digital video format via object detection, open cv, and Gpt.

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Life feels too short for this much. While technology strives to extend human life expectancy, our bodies are endlessly woven into information networks, reduced to mere nodes in an army of data. Each second, we process extraordinary volumes of information, circling back through these systems. Since the advent of video technology, it has become one of the most powerful tools for disseminating information. Yet, like many other ubiquitous technologies, its anatomy often goes unnoticed and misunderstood. This invisibility reflects the limits of human attention—a boundary that information technologies continuously exploit, causing existence itself to flicker in the gaps between perception.

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Unlike humans, technology has no similar boundary of attention. In this sense, machines do not tire, nor do they falter, verging on omnipotence. The technological structure has evolved far beyond mere extensions of the human body, forming an almost autonomous system—from household cables to smart cities and even brainwave imaging.

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Though we engage with technology through our natural senses, much of its inner workings remain incomprehensible, giving rise to a new, technologically mediated sensory experience. And so, the timeless mission persists: technology shapes our perception, but how can we grasp its nuances and ever-shifting dynamics?

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NarrowMinded did nothing to capture these dynamics. It’s nothing more than the absurd struggle of a human, unable to truly communicate with machines through a digital mind of numbers, fumbling with digital video encoding.

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狭隘思想是一个基于 Python 的视频工具，它通过对象检测、OpenCV 和 GPT，将任何数字视频处理成畸形的数字怪态，以数字视频格式呈现。

生活似乎太短暂，却要承载如此多的负荷。当技术努力延长人类的预期寿命时，我们的身体却无休止地被编织进信息网络，沦为数据大军中的节点。在每一秒钟里，我们处理着海量的信息，又不断地回归这些系统。自从视频技术问世以来，它已成为最强大的信息传播工具之一。然而，与许多无处不在的技术一样，其内部结构往往被忽视和误解。这种不可见性反映了人类注意力的界限——一种信息技术不断利用的边界，使得存在本身在感知的空隙间闪烁。

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与人类不同，技术没有类似的注意力界限。从这个意义上说，机器不会疲惫，也不会退缩，近乎全能。技术结构已经远远超越了人类身体的简单延伸，逐步形成了一个几乎自主的系统——从家用电缆到智慧城市，甚至到脑波成像。

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尽管我们通过自然感官与技术交互，但其内部运作大多无法被理解，催生了一种新的、由技术中介的感官体验。于是，一个亘古不变的使命仍然存在：技术塑造了我们的感知，但我们如何理解其复杂的运作和不断变化的动态？

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狭隘思想对于这些动态毫无建树。它不过是一个人类荒诞的挣扎，试图通过数字化、以数字为基础的心智与机器交流，却在数字视频编码的过程中笨拙地摸索。

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