an agent in every cup
collecting bits & bobs about building alliances with other intelligences
by kaiton · updated 2mo ago
an agent in every cup
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- A quick example from my life: Twitter didn’t replace Facebook. The iPad didn’t replace my phone. My phone didn’t replace my TV. Now, I watch YouTube on my iPad, toss the video up to my TV, while checking Twitter and Facebook on my phone. It’s a little constellation of technology. But I keep asking myself: how many more things can I juggle? And for ... See more
from Frank Chimero · The Web’s Grain by Frank Chimero
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Personal Machines and Portable Worlds - Christopher Butler ☼
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- Nearly all popular consumer software has been trending towards minimal user agency, infinitely scrolling feeds, and garbage content.
from The Tyranny of the Marginal User by Ivan Vendrov
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- In one way, it is easier to be inexperienced: you don’t have to learn what is no longer relevant. Experience, on the other hand, creates two distinct struggles: the first is to identify and unlearn what is no longer necessary (that’s work, too). The second is to remain open-minded, patient, and willing to engage with what’s new, even if it resemble... See more
from Everything Easy is Hard Again by Frank Chimero
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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
from Who gets credit for AI-generated art? – MIT Media Lab by Sydney Levine
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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 l... See morekaiton added 3mo ago
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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