Ten years ago, the industry’s identity was largely defined by thousands of young millennials who wanted to “change the world,” and the handful of large technology companies attempting to attract that talent. Discussions of material abundance, of connecting humanity, and of every sci-fi moonshot on our path to Star Trekkian utopia were not only... See more

How do we allow our technologies to have the space to grow into something without the expectation that it’s going to be a perfect thing created to serve? We’re developing very quickly technology that’s not really adequate to support us as humans in the long run. What does it take to get us to understand that relationship and how it might function?

AI nerds, as opposed to conscious technologists and normal people, who know how to separate enthusiasm for discovery from devotion to the God of excess, seem to like things regardless of valence or value. What matters to them isn’t the quality of the outcome or the meaning—life-saving or soul-draining, uplifting or addicting, doesn’t matter—only... See more