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  Aside from the physical heft of data centers seen from highways and the fiber optic cables crawling into homes and offices, the digital world mostly exists in our imagination. That imagination…

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  To my own shame, I have become a jaded reader in recent years. By this I mean that my enthusiasm and curiosity, my drive to experience new worlds, have all been…

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  The term Luddite is usually used as an insult. It suggests someone who is backward-looking, averse to progress, afraid of new technology, and frankly, not that bright. But Brian Merchant claims…

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  They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not. Imagine you’re taking an online business class — the kind where you watch video lectures and then…

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  “Men have to toughen up,” Jordan B. Peterson writes in 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos, “Men demand it, and women want it.” So, the first rule is, “Stand…

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  But even after I overcame my instinct for detachment, I remained wary of the movement’s language, which was a language of binaries: women and men.

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  Scientists are planning to solve one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries.

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  Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) develops a framework for appreciating and analyzing generative art through an investigation of the movement’s locus of artistic intent.

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• Bookmark The Goopification of AI - The Atlantic

  Late one recent night, I enlisted GPT-4 to fix my life. I began by soliciting broad-strokes summaries of my journalistic interests and an expedited five-step protocol for breaking in raw-denim jeans…

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  One evening last winter, Merlin Sheldrake, the mycologist and author of the best-selling book “Entangled Life,” was headlining an event in London’s Soho. The night was billed as a “salon,” and…

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  I've seen a lot of computer crazes in my day, but this one is sheer Mardi Gras. It's not proper to get stern and judgmental when the people are costumed and…

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• Ask Metafilter Critical reviews/writing on Tears of the Kingdom So, we all love the latest Zelda game (Tears of the Kingdom - TOTK), and so do the critics. But now that we and the game journalists all have hundreds of hours of playtime under our belts, have any thoughtful, well written critical…

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  I won’t watch House of the Dragon, despite its high ratings. The HBO show is a prequel to Game of Thrones, and that series ended so badly I don’t want anything more to…

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• Ask Metafilter What happens in your mind when you read this paragraph? When I read the very 1st paragraph of this article, I had a series of mini revelations about how my mind works, and perhaps the minds of others. I'd appreciate it if you read it first (just the 1st paragraph), and then came…

  October 12 2025, 7:01am | Comments

• Metafilter Nintendo Switch 2 finally revealed After unbearable levels of speculation and leaks, Japanese gaming giant Nintendo finally announced the Switch 2 today, surprising nobody. Most of the leaked features were verified by the trailer, but in traditional Nintendo fashion the mysterious 'C' button was rendered blank. What could…

  January 16 2025, 8:36am | Comments

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  Top highlightThe New Self-HelpThe Only Way to Resist the Attention EconomyQuitting Facebook isn’t the answerWe live in an age where there are many systemic abuses that should be refused. I propose…

  January 9 2025, 6:37am | Comments

• Bookmark The Essay as Realm - The Georgia Review

  When I was nine or ten years old, my grandmother gave me a book full of so many random, interesting facts and tidbits of science and history I sometimes think it’s…

  November 17 2024, 4:27am | Comments

• Bookmark Challenging The Myths of Generative AI | TechPolicy.Press

  Aside from the physical heft of data centers seen from highways and the fiber optic cables crawling into homes and offices, the digital world mostly exists in our imagination. That imagination…

  September 7 2024, 7:12am | Comments

• Bookmark The Case for Speculative Fiction, According to Author N.K. Jemisin

  To my own shame, I have become a jaded reader in recent years. By this I mean that my enthusiasm and curiosity, my drive to experience new worlds, have all been…

  July 25 2024, 6:02am | Comments

• Bookmark I watched Nvidia's Computex 2024 keynote and it made my blood run…

  I don't think Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is a bad guy, or that he has nefarious plans for Nvidia, but the most consequential villains in history are rarely evil. They just…

  June 13 2024, 6:57pm | Comments

• Bookmark Would Luddites find the gig economy familiar? | Ars Technica

  The term Luddite is usually used as an insult. It suggests someone who is backward-looking, averse to progress, afraid of new technology, and frankly, not that bright. But Brian Merchant claims…

  March 22 2024, 3:13am | Comments

• Bookmark Tech issues: The myth of inevitable technological progress - Vox

  They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not. Imagine you’re taking an online business class — the kind where you watch video lectures and then…

  March 22 2024, 3:13am | Comments

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  November 27 2023, 11:53am | Comments

• Bookmark Jordan Peterson & Fascist Mysticism | Pankaj Mishra | The New York Review…

  “Men have to toughen up,” Jordan B. Peterson writes in 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos, “Men demand it, and women want it.” So, the first rule is, “Stand…

  November 24 2023, 11:33am | Comments

• Bookmark Leaving Herland | The Point Magazine

  But even after I overcame my instinct for detachment, I remained wary of the movement’s language, which was a language of binaries: women and men.

  November 24 2023, 11:33am | Comments

• YouTube

  November 22 2023, 6:27pm | Comments

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  November 7 2023, 7:35am | Comments

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  October 27 2023, 12:35am | Comments

• Bookmark Scientific discovery casts doubt on our understanding of human evolution | The…

  Scientists are planning to solve one of the world’s greatest archaeological mysteries.

  August 19 2023, 9:52am | Comments

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  August 17 2023, 6:00am | Comments

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  August 13 2023, 4:08pm | Comments

• Bookmark Demystifying Generative Art - Editorial - Le Random — A Digital Generative…

  Peter Bauman (Monk Antony) develops a framework for appreciating and analyzing generative art through an investigation of the movement’s locus of artistic intent.

  July 20 2023, 9:51am | Comments

• Bookmark The Goopification of AI - The Atlantic

  Late one recent night, I enlisted GPT-4 to fix my life. I began by soliciting broad-strokes summaries of my journalistic interests and an expedited five-step protocol for breaking in raw-denim jeans…

  July 10 2023, 3:51am | Comments

• Bookmark The Man Who Turned the World on to the Genius of Fungi…

  One evening last winter, Merlin Sheldrake, the mycologist and author of the best-selling book “Entangled Life,” was headlining an event in London’s Soho. The night was billed as a “salon,” and…

  July 10 2023, 3:51am | Comments

• Bookmark AI is the Scariest Beast Ever Created, Says Sci-Fi Writer Bruce Sterling

  I've seen a lot of computer crazes in my day, but this one is sheer Mardi Gras. It's not proper to get stern and judgmental when the people are costumed and…

  July 10 2023, 2:52am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Critical reviews/writing on Tears of the Kingdom So, we all love the latest Zelda game (Tears of the Kingdom - TOTK), and so do the critics. But now that we and the game journalists all have hundreds of hours of playtime under our belts, have any thoughtful, well written critical…

  June 12 2023, 6:21am | Comments

• Bookmark Solutionism is rampant in artificial intelligence hype.

  I won’t watch House of the Dragon, despite its high ratings. The HBO show is a prequel to Game of Thrones, and that series ended so badly I don’t want anything more to…

  April 18 2023, 4:52am | Comments

• Bookmark Solutionism is rampant in artificial intelligence hype.

  I won’t watch House of the Dragon, despite its high ratings. The HBO show is a prequel to Game of Thrones, and that series ended so badly I don’t want anything more to…

  April 18 2023, 12:52am | Comments

• YouTube

  April 17 2023, 2:15am | Comments

• Bookmark Anatomy of an AI System

  A cylinder sits in a room. It is impassive, smooth, simple and small. It stands 14.8cm high, with a single blue-green circular light that traces around its upper rim. It is…

  February 26 2023, 1:51pm | Comments

• Bookmark AI art is only good for hollow, hotel lobby pieces - New…

  An AI-generated image. Illustration by MoiraM/Alamy How much would you be willing to pay an artist for a portrait? £500? £200? How about $7.99 for 50? Over the last few days…

  December 12 2022, 6:53am | Comments

• Bookmark AI art is only good for hollow, hotel lobby pieces - New…

  An AI-generated image. Illustration by MoiraM/Alamy How much would you be willing to pay an artist for a portrait? £500? £200? How about $7.99 for 50? Over the last few days…

  December 12 2022, 1:53am | Comments

• Ask Metafilter Creative and/or weird uses and abuses of Twitch streaming I am interested in innovative, creative uses and/or abuses of the Twitch streaming platform. Streamers who have used the platform as a creative medium, regardless of its (main) intention as a place for game streaming. Art and performance are what come to mind,…

  November 17 2022, 7:11am | Comments

• Metafilter MeFi: A Different Aftermath I made another weird little comic thing, hopeful and a little bittersweet, about conservation after the apocalypse. A topic near and dear to my heart, Lord knows.Your favourite and mine Wombat/Kingfisher Ursula Vernon has released a short comic about the post-apocalypse on Twitter,…

  September 10 2022, 2:47pm | Comments

• YouTube

  August 14 2022, 2:24pm | Comments

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