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  • The New Shape of Creativity

    The New Shape of Creativity

    For centuries, creativity has been treated as a kind of sacred flame that only humans can hold. It has been linked to our pain,…

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  • Consciousness, Creativity, and the Dream of AGI

    Consciousness, Creativity, and the Dream of AGI

    In the past few years, artificial intelligence has come to occupy the center of public imagination. Many people speak of AGI as if it…

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  • Rethinking AI Transparency and AI Safety

    Rethinking AI Transparency and AI Safety

    There is a growing desire to separate what is made by a human and what is made by a machine. New laws in places…

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  • Retrofuture and the Limits of Imagination

    Retrofuture and the Limits of Imagination

    There is a curious feeling that arises when we look at old ideas of the future. A silver robot with bulbous eyes, a rocket…

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  • From Dialectic to Homeostasis

    From Dialectic to Homeostasis

    Every generation believes its political divisions are the worst in history. Yet beneath the noise, the same ancient conflict repeats itself in new costumes.…

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  • Cyberhomeostasis

    Cyberhomeostasis

    Every living system survives through balance. A human body does not remain healthy by eliminating all bacteria or viruses, but by regulating their influence.…

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  • The Superhero Syndrome

    The Superhero Syndrome

    It might sound harmless at first. We grow up surrounded by stories of heroes who save the world, who rise above ordinary people through…

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  • The Unreliable Watermark

    The Unreliable Watermark

    There was a time when cybersecurity felt mechanical. It was a world of signatures, malicious attachments, and strange URLs that could be blocked, isolated,…

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  • Life as Work in the Age of AI

    Life as Work in the Age of AI

    In the last decade, one phrase has carried heavy weight in the conversation about modern labor: 996. It refers to working from nine in…

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  • The Theater of Advice

    The Theater of Advice

    There is something unintentionally comic about the way consulting firms present themselves. They like to emphasize that their people are brilliant graduates of the…

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  • When AI Speaks for Us

    When AI Speaks for Us

    The movie Surrogates introduced a strange but powerful vision of society. People never left their homes. They lived through robotic avatars, flawless bodies that…

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  • Dialogue, Depth, and the True Potential of AI

    Dialogue, Depth, and the True Potential of AI

    I recently attended a workshop on artificial intelligence that was structured in a style many corporations often use. The method was the round robin.…

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