Victor Loux — bookmarks tagged “future”

Presentations — Benedict Evans

Generative A.I. Made All My Decisions for a Week. Here's What Happened. - The New York Times

nytimes.com/interactive/2024/11/01/technology/generative-ai-decisions-experiment.html

There are also outsiders seeking to manipulate the systems’ answers; the search optimization specialists who developed sneaky techniques to appear at the top of Google’s rankings now want to influence what chatbots say. And research shows it’s possible.

Postcards from the Futch

medium.com/message/postcards-from-the-futch-595796d8a45d

Nothing looks like the past like talking about “the future” of the internet.

The Un-Brie-Lievable History of Tyromancy

saveur.com/culture/tyromancy-cheese-divination/

This fortune-telling practice uses cheese to predict everything from your future spouse to your next career move.

Photoshop for text — Stephan Ango

stephanango.com/photoshop-for-text

When I think about editing images, a vast array of options come to mind: contrast, saturation, sharpen, blur, airbrush, clone stamp, etc. Even basic image ed...

Deep Learning and Human Disposability

logicmag.io/home/deep-learning-and-human-disposability/

Toward an anti-fascist AI.

permacomputing

permacomputing.net/

Saul Pandelakis : transhumanisme et traces d'humanité

conformemagazine.com/post/saul-pandelakis-transhumanisme-et-traces-d-humanit%C3%A9

The Mystery of John Titor: Hoax or Time Traveler? - Pacific Standard

psmag.com/environment/the-mystery-of-john-titor-hoax-or-time-traveler-57001

A person named "John Titor" started posting on the Internet one day, claiming to be from the future and predicting the end of the world. Then he suddenly disappeared, never to be heard from again.

Coronavirus economy plans are clear: No return to normal in 2020 - Vox

vox.com/2020/4/10/21215494/coronavirus-plans-social-distancing-economy-recession-depression-unemployment

What if We Stopped Pretending the Climate Apocalypse Can Be Stopped? | The New Yorker

newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/what-if-we-stopped-pretending

The Case for Climate Rage – Popula

popula.com/2019/08/19/the-case-for-climate-rage/

Five Ways in Which Artificial Intelligence Changes the Face of Web Accessibility - 24 Accessibility

24a11y.com/2017/five-ways-in-which-ai-changes-the-face-of-web-accessibility/

Denis Boudreau gives us a prospective sense of where we’re headed with Artificial Intelligence (AI), and what this means for accessibility and inclusion.

There's No Fire Alarm for Artificial General Intelligence - Machine Intelligence Research Institute

intelligence.org/2017/10/13/fire-alarm/

Will Robots Take My Job?

willrobotstakemyjob.com/

Digital Technology doesn't have values. People do. - Digital

blogs.gov.scot/digital/2017/03/13/technology-doesnt-have-values-people-do/

“Once you skip ahead to think technology will either harm everything or solve everything, you’ve effectively removed the need to apply critical thinking.” (Amy Webb)