Humane Tech
Content and projects that inspire the creation of technology that treats attention and intention as sacred, protects well-being, and builds our collective capacity to address humanity’s most urgent challenges
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Humane Tech
Behind the cold, mechanical glass of every laptop sits a warm, complex human being with depths as deep as the universe is wide, and the lines between the human, the glass and the internet itself grow increasingly blurred each day.
Dan Hunt • Internet as Practice
thread for what i want the internet / software to look, feel, and be like
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Business model shapes outcomes. In a subscription based model, you build tools people use and pay for. In an ad-based model, you build engagement hacks.
As Tristan Harris put it:
“we've moved away from having a tools-based technology environment to an addiction and manipulation based... See more
I often use the analogy of “AI for social good” being like creating a tank first and THEN being like oh let’s see how we can use this tank for “social good.”
Then why not create something other than a tank in the first place?
Scientists follow the state’s endless in warfare.
@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social)twitter.comRegardless, what becomes important is the ability for *any* media to find the humans to enjoy it. And so, there’s likely a future inflection point where having more humans on your project is actually beneficial because it means you start off with a higher likelihood of it being shared. If the extreme becomes that we may be able look at anything for... See more
Simon de la Rouviere • The Human Medium is the Human Message
Whether or not we come to understand “intelligence” any time soon, we do have a major challenge on our hands in bringing together computers and humans in ways that enhance human life. While this challenge is viewed by some as subservient to the creation of “artificial intelligence,” it can also be viewed more prosaically — but with no less... See more
Artificial Intelligence — The Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet
