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The government knows AGI is coming ⊗ AI’s productivity paradox ⊗ Thinking time
No.347 — The handoff to bots ⊗ AI for Future Cities ⊗ FLORA ⊗ Why ancient roman concrete was so durable
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A carefully curated weekly newsletter finding signals of change and imagining better futures in technology, society, and culture.
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On the origin of minds ⊗ Is it okay? ⊗ Is AI really thinking and reasoning?
No.346 — Cultural intelligence in the Age of AI ⊗ AI to “Neutralize the Accent” of Indian Employees ⊗ Small Vehicles of Shanghai
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How mind emerges from matter ⊗ The noetic spiral ⊗ Are other AIs possible?
No.345 — Principles for the permaweird ⊗ Corporate foresight ⊗ The NYT and internal AI tools ⊗ The Luddite Club
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Ruha Benjamin on DEI, but not really ⊗ Media codes and how to resist them ⊗ The end of search, the beginning of research
No.344 — Major AI copyright case in the US ⊗ Toolkit for applied strategic foresight ⊗ The Anthropic Economic Index ⊗ The Forest Speaks
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Are better models better? ⊗ A case for extrospective technologies ⊗ AI as electricity, AI as magic
No.343 — Archigram keeps the dream alive ⊗ The META Trending Trends ⊗ AI to revolutionise fundamental physics ⊗ Inventing the Renaissance
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Enshittification isn’t caused by venture capital ⊗ Reimagining our built world ⊗ The death of scenius
No.342 — Hypernormalisation ⊗ Getting to know futures studies ⊗ DeepSeek reader ⊗ Chinese fusion power generation
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DeepSeek Reader
DeepSeek is exploding onto the AI scene and already having a massive impact on AI labs, investors, business models, forecasts, and more. Here’s your overview and reading list.
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The toolkit of utopian thinking ⊗ The free and infinite laboratory of the mind ⊗ The broligarchs have a dark vision
No.341 — A Newspaper from a (Near) Future ⊗ The global struggle over how to regulate AI ⊗ These homes withstood the LA fires
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Now is the time of monsters ⊗ Trouble transitioning ⊗ Living alongside computer people
No.340 — Artists challenge us to imagine a more optimistic world ⊗ How AI uncovers new ways to tackle difficult diseases ⊗ Libraries positively impact community health and well-being
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A (very) preliminary theory of futuring ⊗ The decade of discontent ⊗ Our relational futures with AI
No.339 — Did OpenAI just solve abstract reasoning? ⊗ Kind and wicked learning environments ⊗ Foresight Timeline ⊗ DeepSeek outpaces tech giants
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Is AI progress slowing down? ⊗ Future orientation ⊗ The power of critical sensemaking
No.338 — Without you, Patchwork is nothing ⊗ The rise of frictionless conformity ⊗ Science journalism becomes plain old journalism ⊗ Deliberate oxymorons ⊗ Trespassing for the Common Good
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24 things I learned in 2024
Dispatch — From Anhedonia to the Whisky War, 24 things I learned this year. Shamelessly copying Tom Whitwell’s 52 things and falling short.
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The AI we deserve ⊗ The “AI is fake and sucks” debate ⊗ What would a world with abundant energy look like?
No.337 — The alchemy that powers the modern world ⊗ Building A Circular Future ⊗ Open Source AI year in review 2024