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Computational Law, Symbolic Discourse and the AI Constitution—Stephen Wolfram Writings
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Let's reconsider our "users"
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As we are fed more content, we are pushed deeper into algorithmic niches. In return, we are encouraged to engage with more extreme and polarizing identifiers because it is more labelable, more indexable by the machine — the creation of the “Island". On this island, the slang, in-jokes, and archetypes which emerge as a community develops in... See more
Names are powerful.
They shape how we think — both consciously and subconsciously.
Here are 10 name changes that flipped public perception:
Nathan Baughtwitter.comSometimes you want to say things, and you’re missing an idea to make them with, and missing a word to make the idea with. In the beginning was the word. That’s how somebody tried to explain it once. Until something is named, it doesn’t exist.
That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less.
-The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy