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Troy Young • People vs Algorithms
today governments have played virtually no role in the breakthroughs in “foundation models” that are revolutionizing computer science.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
AI: tech, society, politics
Victoria • 22 cards
I will argue that the constraints on governance in online spaces have contributed to the peril of democratic politics in general. It is not enough to merely defend existing governmental institutions; healthy democracy depends on enabling creative new forms of self-governance, especially on networks.
Nathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
“The rationalist utopia is a power trip,”
Nate Silver • On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Andreas Hepp’s formulation of “deep mediatization” points a further way out of determinism. Under this condition, Hepp writes, “all elements of our social world are intricately related to digital media and their underlying infrastructures.”28 If society has become so thoroughly mediated, how could we expect democracy to emerge in
... See moreNathan Schneider • Governable Spaces: Democratic Design for Online Life
The truth is that technology will progress against all odds. But not every country will welcome it as an opportunity for further economic development. For a long time, we’ve had good reasons to be worried about Europe. But there are now reasons to question whether the US, too, will make the most of the current transition. Now it’s the entire
... See moreNicolas Colin • Hedge: A Greater Safety Net for the Entrepreneurial Age
Maybe the new local news is by intellectual vertical, rather than geographic area.