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2.5 Billion Daily Prompts. Welcome to the Machine.
The Kisscam: Fuel for a Culture Starving for Scandal
I was having a clear out and came across these relics. I bought the TI37 programmable calculator in 1980. I don’t know how I came by a slide rule. I do remember being taught how to use one in Maths in 1970. #retrocomputing #digitalculture
A 4KB Atari Chess Game Just Beat $200 Billion in AI
“Two generations that won’t know how to think.”
Karen Woodward joins us to unpack what happens when everything gets summarized, simplified, and skimmed.
Are we headed toward cognitive collapse?
Full episode: https://youtu.be/o9LtrgHtkz4
“Our Days Are Numbered”—Anthropic’s CEO Warns AI Will Kill Jobs
10–20% of white-collar roles. 50% of entry-level jobs. That is the prediction as AI reshapes everything. This week, we talk with Karen Woodward about the impact of automation on our lives.
Remember When You Actually Saw Your Friends Online?
TikTok’s algorithm is pushing content that keeps you scrolling—and it’s reshaping everything. This week, digital marketing consultant Karen Woodward joins us to talk about how social platforms have evolved, why you can’t see your friends anymore, and what it means for all of us.
“People Are Proposing Marriage to Chatbots.”
New Episode: How the Internet Shapes You
Listen here: https://youtu.be/o9LtrgHtkz4
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ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
OpenAI’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?
By Ted Chiang
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
#ChatGPT #DigitalCulture #Prompting #OpenAI @TedUnderwood
The New Yorker · ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
Remember the sound of dial-up? The ritual of burning a mix-CD? We've journeyed from a world of deliberate clicks to one of constant scrolling. But what did we lose in our quest for frictionless convenience?
My new long-read explores the 30-year evolution of our relationship with electronics, contrasting the 90s with today. It's a deep dive into the good (global connectivity, access to knowledge) and the bad (the mental health crisis, surveillance by design).
Is our modern digital life a dream fulfilled or a dilemma we can't escape? Read the full analysis here: https://medium.com/@patryktomkowski/the-dial-up-dream-and-the-digital-dilemma-charting-our-30-year-journey-with-technology-e8b5c0c7d301
The #ALTC25 sub-theme 'Critical Imagination' invites proposals that interrogate dominant narratives and celebrate creativity, criticality, and culture in digital learning through research and practice.
Submit by 13 July → https://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/altc25-call-proposals-now-open-stronger-foundations-broader-horizons #EdTechVoices #DigitalCulture #LearningTech #altc
Tuesday reflection: Episode 28 examines the weaponization of therapeutic language in digital discourse. We explore coffee-badging, gaming addiction litigation, and the intersection of burnout culture with performative wellness.
A thoughtful yet irreverent analysis of how clinical terminology has been co-opted for social manipulation. Cross-instance discussion welcomed: https://apocalypseandavocados.transistor.fm/s1/28
I’m truly grateful my article "Too Cute to Be a Crime? AI-Generated Lolita Aesthetics and the Legal Limits of Synthetic Girlhood on TikTok" has been published in the International Journal for Crime, Law and AI.
I hope that this will be a small step towards understanding how technology reshapes law and culture.
https://www.academia.edu/130116050/Too_Cute_to_Be_a_Crime_AI_Generated_Lolita_Aesthetics_and_the_Legal_Limits_of_Synthetic_Girlhood_on_TikTok
AI Band Racks Up 900K Fans—No Musicians Needed.
El 4 de julio de 1971 se funda El Proyecto Gutenberg, por Michael Hart. Es la biblioteca digital más antigua del mundo. Ofrece libros electrónicos gratuitos, principalmente obras literarias y de referencia de dominio público.
#retrocomputingmx #GutenbergProject #digitalculture
Connected to Billions. Still Searching for Real Recognition.
This week’s episode features Jason Jenn on art, AI, and why finding true recognition feels impossible in our hyperconnected world.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/z3Mj0vPYNlM
Continued thread
Die Zukunft der Kunstgeschichte:
Die digitale Transformation führt dazu, dass sich die Kunstgeschichte nicht nur neuer Werkzeuge bedient, sondern selbst Teil einer umfassenden Kultur der Digitalität wird.
#Kunstgeschichte #DigitalCulture #TransformationDerWissenschaft