Is AI an existential threat to book reading, or only the most recent challenger? Read a 140-year old debate from Octave Uzanne to get some perspective.
Curated Tuesday: 15 classic bot books to signpost where we've come from as we anticipate an automated future
What Norbert Wiener's first principles tell us about the human use of AI, and the AI use of humans
A lucid, timely reading of von Harbou’s darker vision: elites in pleasure domes, workers in data mines, and a seductive Deepfake on the loose.
Amidst worship of online profiles & artificial status, a modern monk's journey is enlightening.
Ever look at technology hype cycles with trepidation, like something could go horribly wrong?
Karel Čapek's R.U.R. was fantasy in 1920. Today, the dilemma is tangible, & urgent.
New English translation and over 100 of Robida's best illustrations!
If you're unsure, read Zamyatin's "We," and try to unpack our Digital One State.
Read Zamyatin's 1921 dystopia and you're bound to see uncomfortable similarities
Quit doom-scrolling. Read Sōseki's "Kokoro". You'll feel better.
