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Ken Liu: What Science Fiction Can Teach Us

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

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The Technology Language Isn't Just About Building Things

The technology language isn't just about how to build things but how to construct societies. i think we are seeing this very clearly right now in the world of AI, with so many advances in large language models. Human nature cannot be understood apart from the nature of our technology and that's a part of it. Can you disrupt the idea of a car centric society altogether? Maybe electric bikes are a much grander innovation in fostering a society that is human scaled rather than car sized.

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