Humane Tech

Technologies shape and are shaped by society. They are neither the problem nor the solution.

What bothers me most about the AI art situation is just what a frivolous use technological expertise it is. There are so many tedious, grueling, and dangerous jobs that could have been eliminated. Instead they’re attempting to automate the most basic expressions of humanity.

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 reverenc... See more

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.