Artificial Culture
The influence of AI now goes far beyond daily transactions and into the construction of our daily lives and decisions. It is impacting culture. What could this mean for the species’ future?
Tag: algorithms
Designing my desires
Mimetic desire, compounded by algorithms, are increasingly determining what we desire, without us having any idea it’s happening. This is how I am making my own ‘red pill’.
Micro Singularity & Ethics
The Guardian long read on “How algorithms rule our working lives” was a fantastic though distressing read, about employers using algorithms to filter out candidates based on reasons ranging from mental health to race to neighbourhoods to income. This in itself has massive implications on creating and expanding class divides and closing access to folks […]
Algorithms, the institution of the future!
Tom Goodwin’s precise summing up of the shifting business environment is now legend – Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. Something interesting is happening. Institutional realignment is […]