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Sheila Hayman's avatar

Thanks for this: I have a bit of form here myself, having been making films about this stuff for 30+ years: in 1992 'The Electronic Frontier' for the BBC/Nova asked 'What would the world look like with information as money?' and foresaw the computer in your pocket (13 years before the iPhone), the death of Main St, ubiquitous surveillance via smart devices and DeepFakes, including their political risks. Then 'Truth Decay' in 2020 on the death of reality, etc. So I'd like to add a couple of names to this list: Ed Zitron, always splenetic but fantastically detailed forensics of the truth behind the hype https://www.wheresyoured.at/, and Casey Mock, who has been on all sides of this fight and sees the big picture https://www.tomorrowsmess.com/. Obviously also Margaret Mitchell, Emily Bender and all the other women thrown out of tech jobs for daring to question its priorities. Many many others but this is a start, perhaps. Thanks, as ever, for these posts

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Kenny Fraser's avatar

This is a fascinating list Rob - thanks for sharing. I guess my instinct comes down on AI as a normal technology but I am going to some deeper reading. A few names on this list I am not familiar with. Not sure how reviving management cybernetics fits here. I think this is an interesting model but not especially linked to how AI plays out.

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