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The proliferation of AI means we need a new word.

Odes & Satires, and other matters of stuff & things.

Adjusting energy demand to supply would make switching to renewable energy much more realistic than it is today.

As Australia reaches its Earth Overshoot Day I reflect on some of the things I wish everyone knew.

The popularisation of artificial intelligence (AI) has given rise to imaginaries that invite alienation and mystification. At a time when these technologies seem to be consolidating, it is pertinent to map their connections with human activities and more than human territories. What set of extractions, agencies and resources allow us to converse online with a text-generating tool or to obtain images in a matter of seconds?

Have you hit an impasse in your personal or professional life? Answer these questions to open your mind to what’s possible

How might we design the systems surrounding the usage and development of AI to have a lesser (or even positive) environmental impact? Read on for tips on how founders and designers can build more sustainable and socially forward AI companies.

The energy needed to support data storage is expected to double by 2026. You can do something to stop it.

As each new wave of technology ripples through society, we need to decide if and how to integrate the technology into our learning environments. That was true with personal computers, then with the internet, and now with generative AI technologies. For each new technology . . .

GenUI promises highly personalized interfaces — a move from designing for many to tailoring for the individual.

Viral 'Shrimp Jesus' and AI-generated pages like it are part of spam and scam campaigns that are taking over Facebook.

In the SWE-bench test, Devin was able to correctly resolve 13.86% of GitHub issues without any assistance, performing far better than GPT-4.

Microsoft's AI apparently went off the rails again — and this persona, SupremacyAGI, demands worship in exchange for not killing us.

Researchers found that certain prejudices also worsened as models grew larger.

New data centers are springing up every week. Can the Earth sustain them?

The journalist and podcaster has been scrutinising Silicon Valley for decades, knows all the big players – and once believed that tech could save the world. But that was before greed and ego got in the way

A personal story and outline of Moral Imagineering and its role in helping us navigate the entangled crises of our times.

Why do hunter-gatherers refuse to be sedentary? New answers are emerging from the depths of the Congolese rainforest

This is where AI generated formats, Minecraft splitscreens, Reddit stories, 'Would You Rather' videos, and deep sea story spam come from.

A new push to carve data collection out of the humanitarian tech stack.

Editor’s Note: Due to the length of this piece, you may need to click a button to read the whole thing in your email. Every single stupid, loathsome, and ugly story in tech is a result of the fundamentally broken relationship between venture capital and technology. And, as with many things, it started with a blog.

Over the past year or so, I’ve been working with The Gaian Way to design an artistic calendar to visually represent time as the local ecosystem experiences it. Inspired by a similar effort in Puerto Rico, the calendar looks at twenty common tree and shrub species in southern New England,1 and depicts a year of their collective activity as colorful rings of leaves, flowers and fruit, as well as the primary forces that drive them: daylight and precipitation.

Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)

The daily grind of non-playable characters offers a clever critique of capitalism’s ‘infinite loop of labour performance’

I, Robot.

Researchers say that's why universities need more AI resources so breakthroughs can continue.

Datings apps are totally cool if you have AI writing your love messages. Match Group might even make some AI chatbots itself in 2024.