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Vanessa Chang
Technology historian and author of The Body Digital; holds a PhD in the history of technology and runs programming at Leonardo, focusing on creative and accessible engagements with AI and media art.
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Nov 1, 2025
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Why Our Fear of Technology Is Nothing New—And Why That Should Give Us Hope: From Cuckoo Clocks to ChatGPT
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Vanessa Chang, a technology historian and author of The Body Digital, explores humanity's historical anxieties about technology—from cuckoo clocks to ChatGPT. She asserts that fear of AI isn't new and emphasizes our creative agency to shape technology, urging us to embrace it rather than panic. Chang discusses the artificial divide between nature and technology, critiquing mind/body separation, and reframing everyday tools like eyeglasses as extensions of our bodies. She urges a humane approach to AI design, rooted in our past experiences with innovation.
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