The datafication and repackaging of our human creativity into chatbots that are sold back to us as a digital replacement for our own labor, critical thinking, and social relationships is another kind of detention center.
@davidoppenheim
Creative Producer/Executive Producer of interactive experiences, films & labs | Oscar and Peabody nominee, multiple Webby award + CSA winner | formerly: Director, SIRT Centre at Sheridan College / Creative Producer, the NFB | https://davidoppenheim.online/
The datafication and repackaging of our human creativity into chatbots that are sold back to us as a digital replacement for our own labor, critical thinking, and social relationships is another kind of detention center.
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Every year, we wonder what might be appropriate on this day, and we can never think of anything more appropriate than this piece, which John Hodgman originally delivered at a literary reading shortly after September 11, 2001.
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βThereβs nobody home.β
What I like about this piece (written by Azaria) is that heβs not categorical, heβs open to the multiple outcomes of AI being applied to human performance, while still defending the human in the loop.
βItβs the neck-up version
that I can see A.I. being capable
of, at least right now. The body
and soul part will be harder.β
From: βA.I. Is Coming for Hank Azariaβs βSimpsonsβ Voicesβ www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Any traders with inside information that Trump was going to walk back his tariffs β some of them, presumably, Trump family members and cronies β just made a fortune.
It all feels like chaos until you look more closely at who is winning.
Even if the technocrats were right about AI replacing all jobs (theyβre not), notice they never pitch any vision for what happens to humans. βNo one has to work anymoreβ sounds great, but the only version of it where weβre not sleeping under bridges is one where these guys pay their fucking taxes
We're pleased to announce the arrival of The 2025 Immersive Industry Report, which we are co-publishing with the renowned global design firm Gensler.
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βAt a time when empires are making a comeback, Virgil's Aeneid is more relevant than everβ (from CBC Radioβs βIdeasβ)
Fun, and good for you.
Nice starter pack for cinephiles and more, from @thatshelf.com
Revised equation.
Lived experience + age - Elon - Trump - Poilievre + better UX = a formula for a better world.
Lived experience + age = a formula for a better world.
I am CRYING with laughter
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graphic of a person throwing away a Tesla logo in a garbage can.
Help clean up the streets.
It feels like early Twitter in some ways. Glad to see you on this platform :)
Glad to see you here, Ana!
Normalize saying this instead of responding with βliving the dreamβ The horrors persist, but so do I
This year
Dr. Strangelove tried to warn us about this sort of thing.
Apply to work with my brother!
Sadly true, I think.
Have you watched the doc by Asif Kapadia? Itβs incredible.
My dudes, turn this shit off. On iOS it's under Settings > Apps > Photos > scroll all the way down.
the best take in general
The Universe doesn't care.