OpenAI Just Gave Away the Entire Game
The Scarlett Johansson debacle is a microcosm of AI’s raw deal: It’s happening, and you can’t stop it.
Reckons
For tech CEOs, the dystopia is the point
We mock Musk, Altman and Zuck for using bleak sci-fi references to market products — but these 'useful dystopias' might just be the point
The Coming Entropy Of Our World Order | NOEMA
How do we reconcile an increasingly fractured order with an increasingly planetary reality?
Future planning: Why we must shift from prediction to foresight
In a complex world, foresight methodologies offer an alternative to prediction. This approach can help map new possibilities to plan for future disruption.
The Tech Baron Seeking to “Ethnically Cleanse” San Francisco
If Balaji Srinivasan is any guide, then the Silicon Valley plutocrats are definitely not okay.
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
The State of the Culture, 2024
Or a glimpse into post-entertainment society (it's not pretty)
The Map is Eating the Territory: The Political Economy of AI
It's all driven by who gets what
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
I don’t know whether these billionaires know what a city is, but I do know that they have laid their hands on the city...
Conversation with Cameron Tonkinwise: Missions and Transition Design(ers)
This is a conversation between Professor Cameron Tonkinwise, and our Design & Futures Lead Oskar Stokholm Østergaard on design-driven missions, transition design, and the role of design and designers in radical societal change
Misinformation is the symptom, not the disease | Daniel Williams
Explore philosopher Daniel Williams' perspective on the multifaceted nature of misinformation as a symptom of a larger societal issue, challenging the notion that debunking and censorship alone can provide a comprehensive solution to this pressing concern.
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Building Community Governance for AI (SSIR)
How cooperatives and collectives can build the AI sector toward justice, equity, and shared prosperity
We're sorry we created the Torment Nexus - Charlie's Diary
The big design freak-out: A generation of design leaders grapple with their future
The first generation of corporate design leaders are transitioning out of their executive roles at companies like IBM, McKinsey, and others. What comes next?
The Cult of AI
How one writer's trip to the annual tech conference CES left him with a sinking feeling about the future.
The Rise of Techno-authoritarianism
Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It’s past time we call it what it is.
What's Imagination For, Anyway?
Beautiful pictures of control
The Downward Spiral of Technology
Tech downgrades, it's just business, becoming a billionaire, and building useful things for useless people
This Is Design Fiction. But This Is Not.
Agent
Universal interfaces and Semantic Agents
Thinking about voice-enabled assistants, learned services, and the immediate hurdles for these products to overcome.
Driving Conformity
Enter the wind tunnel (User Zero, Chapter 13)
Rebecca Solnit: Slow Change Can Be Radical Change
“To see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.” –Georgia O’Keeffe * Someone at the dinner table wanted to know what everyone’s turning point on climate was, which is to say she w…
ChatGPT’s FarmVille Moment
The immediate future of generative AI looks a bit like Facebook’s past.
Organising Design (or why you need to care about spreadsheets)
About 10 years ago, I became an assessor for funding agencies. I have since worked for AHRC, Innovate UK, EIT and EU programmes to help them assess funding applications. As a result I spent a lot o…
The Threat of Persuasive AI | by Mark Esposito, Josh Entsminger and Terence Tse - Project Syndicate
Mark Esposito, Josh Entsminger and Terence Tse warn that society is practically defenseless against those who would use technology to automate manipulation.
The desperate race to save Generative AI
Copyright infringement issues could sink their business, but why should they have to pay licensing fees like everybody else?
You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk | Defector
Tesla cars are shoddily built pieces of shit liable to fall apart and malfunction in dangerous ways at inopportune moments. No, this is not a blog from 2012! It is also not a blog from 2015 or 2018 or 2022. It is not even a blog from two weeks ago about Tesla’s self-driving systems killing […]
What I Learned About AI in 2023
A Very Niche Foresight Report
Notes from #WIRED30
Tech's center of gravity has shifted a lot over the past thirty years