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Patrick Tanguay

Autodidact. Generalist. Synthesist. Curator of the weekly Sentiers, a newsletter to understand the world and imagine better futures.

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The Generalist Syndrome

The Generalist Syndrome

The subprime AI crisis ⊗ The next great divide ⊗ Promiscuous pedagogies

The subprime AI crisis ⊗ The next great divide ⊗ Promiscuous pedagogies

Folklore is philosophy ⊗ Virtual friends, real feelings ⊗ Why we fear diverse intelligence like AI

Folklore is philosophy ⊗ Virtual friends, real feelings ⊗ Why we fear diverse intelligence like AI

Cybernetics is the science of the polycrisis ⊗ When utopia is oblivion ⊗ Kardashev Street

Cybernetics is the science of the polycrisis ⊗ When utopia is oblivion ⊗ Kardashev Street

The past’s futures haunt us ⊗ AI scaling myths ⊗ The politics of information

The past’s futures haunt us ⊗ AI scaling myths ⊗ The politics of information

Decoding Eno’s generative structure ⊗ Against the ideas of the nineteen-hundreds ⊗ Utopia is Oblivion

Decoding Eno’s generative structure ⊗ Against the ideas of the nineteen-hundreds ⊗ Utopia is Oblivion

Frameworks ⊗ Think better ⊗ Three reasons we’re in an AI bubble

Frameworks ⊗ Think better ⊗ Three reasons we’re in an AI bubble

Glitched version of one of Max Brückner’s polyhedral models.

From silicon to slime ⊗ We need more than fewer, better things ⊗ Automated Liminality

Atlas of the senseable city ⊗ Context, Consent, and Control ⊗ Beware the curators

Atlas of the senseable city ⊗ Context, Consent, and Control ⊗ Beware the curators

From utopian Star Trek to absurdist Douglas Adams? ⊗ How to fix “AI’s original sin” ⊗ Islands of coherence

From utopian Star Trek to absurdist Douglas Adams? ⊗ How to fix “AI’s original sin” ⊗ Islands of coherence

Raising your Artificial Intelligence ⊗ Vannevar Bush engineered the 20th Century ⊗ Dominion

Raising your Artificial Intelligence ⊗ Vannevar Bush engineered the 20th Century ⊗ Dominion

Revenge of the humanities ⊗ Why peak uncertainty is a myth ⊗ “Nature, nurture, network”

Revenge of the humanities ⊗ Why peak uncertainty is a myth ⊗ “Nature, nurture, network”