Archive - The Metaverse is Open

AI Art & the Commercial Value of Images

AI art as an invasive species

Jan 2, 2023 • Jeff Barry

AI Art is an Iterative Process

Describing the 12 steps in Midjourney to create one image

Dec 19, 2022 • Jeff Barry

Crafting an Interactive Mystery

Never Fear Paris: A Photographic Mystery

Oct 11, 2024 • Jeff Barry

Beyond AGI Hype

Crafting a Responsible Path for AI

Jun 24, 2025 • Jeff Barry

Jazz in Conversational AI

The Improv Nature of AI Dialogue Agents

Dec 2, 2023 • Jeff Barry

Behind the AI Spring, the Metaverse Quietly Takes Shape

Awareness that AI is really going to have a huge impact has entered the mainstream with ChatGPT (though few people outside of tech circles could…

Apr 25, 2023 • Jeff Barry

working on a specific problem

Feb 22, 2025 • Jeff Barry

Finishing my "adult" novel

20 years of writing, editing, and letting go

May 19, 2025 • Jeff Barry

The Invisible Architecture Behind Simulated Reality

Aug 6, 2025 • Jeff Barry

ChatGPT will kill ad-driven websites

and that's a good thing

Dec 24, 2022 • Jeff Barry

Conversational AI with digital humans

Preparing for a research leave

Oct 29, 2022 • Jeff Barry

A Personal Reset in Saigon

On leaving academia and beginning again

May 10, 2025 • Jeff Barry

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