impacts of technology
Tech-lash
The term tech-lash refers to a growing backlash against large technology companies and their influence on society. It encompasses widespread negative sentiments toward the power of "Big Tech," particularly regarding issues like data privacy, misinformation, and the societal impacts of technology. This phenomenon has led to increased public
... See moreit is the duty of the historian to show the differences between the immediate and long-range implications of technological developments.
thinkpolit.com • Technology and History: “Kranzberg’s Law”’
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness: A Transformative Path to Success That Feeds--Not Crushes--Your Soul
Kirk Schneider • Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays
Duped only by skilled technicians, our base assumption was that most images on average were real, in the age of AI-generation, that assumption no longer holds.
EVERYTHING IS DEFAULT FAKE NOW
JUSTICE THELOT • Everything is default fake — 13101401 Inc.
Kirk Schneider • Tech-vexed: how digital life threatens our capacity for awe | Aeon Essays
NOEMA • All That Is Solid Melts Into Information
Now you can literally set machines to do half your desk-job. “New task, next Tuesday write all-staff email about working smarter not harder plus reminder to not to leave dirty mugs in the sink, send at 8am.”
Every boaster and busybody can now churn out infinite words nobody wants.
Words will become an even-more devalued currency. We’re all going to
... See moreIan Whitworth • The Great Same-Ening
A homogeneização do conteúdo provocada pelos LLMs torna o mesmo tipo de conteúdo, sumarizado, disponível a qualquer pessoa. As palavras originais, aquelas que tivemos esforço pra pensar e escrever, podem se tornar moeda sem valor se começarem a se confundir com essas, geradas por sumários automáticos. Como nos diferenciar daquilo que a inteligência artificial gera? Ou será que nós é que somos parecidos com IA?
