This week we are leaning into multiple metaphors: AI as a mirror, UX design as a window or room, and life as information. Plus: read about Michael Levin's upcoming presentation at the Imagining Summit, Helen's Book of the Week, and our upcoming events.
It’s easy to fall prey to the design illusion that because LLMs look sleek, they must be well-designed. But aesthetics alone do not equal design. As Steve Jobs once said, “Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works.”
It’s curious that these two papers, tackling such similar ideas, came out at the same time. Is this coincidence, or does it tell us something about where the study of life and intelligence is heading?
Autonomy relies more on relative power of the designer than it does on the quality of the explanation.
Take a listen as we take a deep dive into the paradox of personalization.
Paradoxically, the prediction of our future selves reduces our ability to freely find those selves. The younger we are, the more pernicious this effect may be. Perhaps the ultimate protection we can give our kids is the right to figure themselves out before an AI does it for them.
If Clearview is normalized, we're not who we think (or hope) we are.
What is the strategy behind this storytelling?Building loyalty when you're a monopoly.
Why we need to keep talking about Ring and "plug-in surveillance."
How should we think about this super-convenient yet dystopian tech?
What does it mean if AI is doing the job of government employees?
This week Facebook announced a new policy banning deepfake videos.
All predictions are wrong but some are useful. Hopefully these are useful!
Facebook’s algorithms cause political polarization by creating “echo chambers” or “filter bubbles” that insulate people from opposing views about current events.
The Artificiality Weekend Briefing: About AI, Not Written by AI
