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SXSW Field Log // Day 5: The Whale in the Room

Be a good cyborg. Offload the execution, not the thinking. Then go find the oldest signal we've been ignoring.

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Marcel
Mar 17, 2026
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IBM asked what humans do when AI does the work. Ian Beacraft answered with org architecture. Aza Raskin answered with whale songs

Opening Pulse

Between sessions, in the Grand Ballroom corridor, something was already running.

A live data-to-sound installation converting plant bioelectricity and room energy into a real-time soundscape. A flutist threading hu…

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