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These two posts get at the sense of fancy statistical pattern systems (aka AI) having some purpose, but that purpose very much not being even on the horizon of the path we are on with current applications of AI.
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Thinking Machines
I like this post about ‘impressionist blogging’, mainly because it gives voice to a sense of how using generative AI as a tool shapes the work it serves. I still don’t know how generative AI will work its way into my life. For all the risks that it poses, there are myriad interesting possibilities. But…
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Will it hurt anyone, can I trust it, and will it make me look stupid?
The views in this post are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of any organisation that I am associated with. I feel very uncertain about where we are with AI in practical use. It is unavoidable (literally, every time I open Illustrator, I get prompted to use generative AI) and certainly convenient.…
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A More Complete Picture on New Tech and Society
I’ve had a few interesting conversations in the last couple of weeks that have ended up at the same conclusion: we can talk tech until the cows come home, but the really interesting debates—the debates that are too often absent, especially from the Silicon Valley perspective—are not from the sciences.
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Media literacy
https://points.datasociety.net/you-think-you-want-media-literacy-do-you-7cad6af18ec2 I’ve had this link in my reading list for a while, but it is quite timeless. I think we have a sense of the media landscape having found its footing after the upheaval of the internet’s arrival, but really, I think the last 20 years have only been the beginning of our reckoning of…
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