Confronting the Technological Society
On Jacques Ellul’s classic analysis of technique
www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/confronting-the-technological-society
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***** [The Washington Post] AI poses ‘risk of extinction’ on par with nukes, tech leaders say. Rj
www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/05/30/ai-poses-risk-extinction-industry-leaders-warn/
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********* NYTimes.com: A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn rj
A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn
Leaders from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other A.I. labs warn that future systems could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html?smid=em-share
** NYTimes.com: China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’ rj
China’s Young People Can’t Find Jobs. Xi Jinping Says to ‘Eat Bitterness.’
With youth unemployment at a record, the Communist Party is trying to reset expectations about social mobility by talking up the virtue of hardship.
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/business/china-youth-unemployment.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation rj
Companies Push Prices Higher, Protecting Profits but Adding to Inflation
Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.
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Corporate profits have been bolstered by higher prices even as some of the costs of doing business have fallen in recent months.
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NYTimes.com: The Culture Creating A.I. Is Weird. Here’s Why That Matters.
The Culture Creating A.I. Is Weird. Here’s Why That Matters.
Erik Davis discusses the “high weirdness” that has shaped California and the development of A.I.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-erik-davis.html?smid=em-share
*** NYTimes: Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Human Mind
Beyond the ‘Matrix’ Theory of the Human Mind nyti.ms/439ruru?smid=nytcore-android-share
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— NYTimes.com: Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex
Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex
Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge of selling them to a risk-averse Defense Department.
***** NYTimes.com: Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex
Start-Ups Bring Silicon Valley Ethos to a Lumbering Military-Industrial Complex
Small, fast-moving U.S. tech firms are using the war in Ukraine to demonstrate a new generation of military systems but face the challenge of selling them to a risk-averse Defense Department.
****** NYTimes.com: The Way Out of the Debt Crisis Could Lead Back Through the Civil War
The Way Out of the Debt Crisis Could Lead Back Through the Civil War
President Lincoln and Republicans in Congress recognized that preserving America’s credit was the key to financing the Civil War, and therefore to the government’s survival.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/debt-crisis-civil-war.html?smid=em-share