an agent in every cup
collecting bits & bobs about building alliances with other intelligences
by kaiton · updated 2mo ago
an agent in every cup
collecting bits & bobs about building alliances with other intelligences
by kaiton · updated 2mo ago
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Indeed, AI is a diffuse term that corresponds to a web of human actors and computational processes interacting in complex ways
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I want to end this with a quote by Ivan Illich, who I'm sure many of you have heard of.
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, to give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others."
Software is no exception to this.
People assume that generative AI will lead to a tsunami of garbage content. I think the opposite problem is more interesting: what if you were drowning in amazing content? What if you’re so inspired and overwhelmed by awe that it’s stressful and addicting and life disorienting?
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