"Can deep learning systems learn to manipulate symbols? The answers might change our understanding of how intelligence works and what makes humans unique."

"Simon Denny and Karamia Müller share their strategy for curating the entangled crypto ecosystem with Alex Estorick "

“Retrocomputing is about more than nostalgic nerdery. It’s also a way to keep your tech in perspective.”

>"If an individual artist created an image they would be compensated. What about generative artwork created by AI systems?"

"The Poll Tax was a colossal failure, ushering Thatcher towards resignation in November 1990 and scrapped when John Major became Prime Minister. One big difference between the Poll Tax and energy bills, though, is the potential financial _...Read More_

"A field of AI research called “explainability” has emerged to change the “black box” of artificial intelligence so that it’s more transparent."

>"It's been a big week and you feel exhausted, and suddenly you find yourself crying at a nice nappy commercial. Or maybe you are struck _...Read More_

>"A daily quick take on science."

"Journalists Kyle Chayka and Daisy Alioto co-founded Dirt last year, and in partnership with NFT platform Mirror, began selling content as NFTs. Dirt made $20,000 in NFT sales in its first full day, according to Axios writer Sara Fischer."

“Can we go from f*ck the system, to love the system? In China, the latter is being explored. The problem there, of course, is that it’s a system even less worthy of our love. For a system to be loved, it must merit our love. And a social _...Read More_

The World Is Splitting in Two Separate events are accelerating a shift that is transforming global politics.

>"Metamodern political thinking constitutes a breach with liberalism and liberal democracy as we know them. Not only is it a death sentence to the individual, like the one I issued in my previous post, it is also a virtuous attack on the _...Read More_

This is like saying “Why haven’t any literary authors set their books in the Midwest”

"Democracy itself will have to be reinvented in the age of planetary crises, the philosopher Achille Mbembe argues. We need a new generation of rights that do not depend on the nation-state."