A topic adam curtis discussed as well:
https://nchafni.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-machine
A topic adam curtis discussed as well:
https://nchafni.substack.com/p/the-ghost-in-the-machine
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AI can threaten our ability to imagine futures that aren’t mere extensions of the past. This effect has been observed with older recommender and predictive algorithms. The essay builds on the concept of hauntology by mark fisher to show how AI can produce cultural recursion, and keep stuck in our past! It may doom us to a future made of yesterday!
The conservative wet dream. No wonder the techbros are all authoritarianism stans.
Folks heavy with criticism seem to be forgetting human creativity. AI will only accelerate this drive.
Sure some will passively sit by and allow themselves to get washed over, but honestly they were doing that already.
Artists and creators will grab the reigns and create new wonders with this powerful new tool.