Balázs Búzás

Technology is always and everywhere a tool, not an autonomous agent. It requires humans to operate, which they will do in order to satisfy human desires. When we say technology “saves labor” what we really mean is it leverages labor. It gives to labor powers that were previously impossible – inconceivable, even. Only in the aftermath of witnessing... See more

Although AI can provide support and assistance in managing tasks related to communication, in the long run, choosing to evade the effort of thinking for ourselves and settling for artificial statistical compilations threatens to diminish our cognitive, emotional and communication skills.

If we fail in this task of preservation, digital technology threatens to alter radically some of the fundamental pillars of human civilization that at times are taken for granted. By simulating human voices and faces, wisdom and knowledge, consciousness and responsibility, empathy and friendship, the systems known as artificial intelligence not... See more

the constitution is written primarily for Claude . It is intended to give Claude the knowledge and understanding it needs to act well in the world.

OpenAI and Anthropic = 85% of all AI-native revenue ($30B)

The top 10 companies = 94%. Everyone else—the other 22 companies tracked—is splitting 6% of the pie.

the markets that drive the predominant way we use digital technology to allocate attention reflect the financial interests of investors and advertisers, which are often orthogonal or even antagonistic to individual and community interests.

the dominant companies that we use to access this information, such as Google, Facebook, and X/Twitter, generate most of their revenues by capturing and reselling our attention. That’s the essence of advertising, which is their business model. Advertisers literally buy our attention. Today, in order to grow, these companies invest in algorithms... See more

Our limited attention is easily absorbed by the increasing amount of content tailored to piquing our curiosity and capturing our attention. Humans are inadequately adapted to the information environment we now live in.

The point of the tetrad, the point of media studies at all, is to make media visible. To force us to pay attention to what’s happening all around us, sometimes only slightly beneath our awareness, sometimes buried deeply underneath. The true user experience is what we don’t notice but which shapes us all the same.