According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, interface is described in physics as a “surface separating two phases of matter.” As matter can only be applied to machines but not digital applications, the use of the term interface here reflects …Ascott, R. (2007). In E. A. Shanken (Ed.), Telematic embrace: Visionary theories of art, technology, and consciousness by Roy Ascott. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Ascott, R. (2008). Editorial: Cybernetic, technoetic, syncretic…[^18]: The practice of attempting to make the medium transparent to the user is not new. According to Jay David Bolter and Richard Grusin (2000), immediacy is a “transparent interface [that] would (be one that) erases itself, so that the us…
Jay David Bolter
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Bolter, along with Richard Grusin, theorized the concept of "immediacy" as a design goal where interfaces aim to become transparent and self-effacing, allowing users to feel direct contact with digital content rather than mediated by technology. His work appears in these readings to ground discussions of how digital interfaces construct the illusion of unmediated access, a key concern for understanding how AI systems present themselves to users and shape perception of technological mediation in art and society.
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