There have been phases of automation. An earlier phase (mid 20th c.) saw the elimination of many metal-bashing "male" jobs. AI is set to do the same to "women's work". Receptionists, PAs, Librarians, Admin Staff and HR. These roles were core to the domestic work portfolio of "traditional families" or households with two earning adults … Continue reading Automation
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Zombie Apocalypse
It occurs to me that a zombie apocalypse may be the outcome of AI development. You could say that AI IS the zombie apocalypse. Since Dawn of the Dead, zombies have eaten brains. This seems an apt metaphor for what generative AI using large language models is doing. Machine reading as much of the world's … Continue reading Zombie Apocalypse
“You+” Can we get smarter? via http://bit.ly/16Xc7T For cyborg babies’ sake I hope not
I have not the faith in the "Nöosphere, a collective consciousness created by the deepening interaction of human minds" that Jamais Cascio has. I still prefer to rely on Donna Haraway, "A Cyborg Manifesto: Science, Technology, and Socialist-Feminism in the Late Twentieth Century," in Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature (New York; Routledge, 1991), pp.149-181.
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