Why accidents happen
The science of human factors, situational awareness, and why AI might make the situation worse.
increasingly unclear
emerging technologies and emerging artists, not necessarily in that order
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The secret language of AI art
Painter Jessica Helfand uses AI for humanization and dramatization, not optimization.
Information experience
From info to data to knowledge, how people and computers make sense of the world.
Hey Claude, what's trending?
A simple proposal for popular prompts
Enlightenment in the age of AI
The reverse Turing Test, and the bubble that's not financial but mental and cultural.
Poetry, luxury, imaginary
Can AI illuminate our imagination, give names to our feelings and experiences?
New philosophy for new technology
When 'existential technologies' prompt us to question so many of our basic concepts of reality, it's time to turn practice into theory.
When AI becomes the boss
Matteo Pasquinelli shows how labour became mechanised before automation, and why management will become automated too.
The mythology of AI
‘Myths and metaphors aren’t just rhetorical flourishes; they are about power,’ writes Eryk Salvaggio. In this article we untangle some of these myths and metaphors.
AI as prompt
Does natural selection favor AI over humans? That's the wrong question. But AI prompts us to ask the right ones.