Enjoyed this a great deal Mike. Who knows where AI will take humanity, who would have predicted what Diesel’s invention would mean to future generations. AI seems trapped in the mega-billionaires net at the moment and that may well stifle any useful unintended consequences. I guess it will be a money spinner for them and bring forth some great new inventions (it should do with all the money being thrown at it) but who will benefit financially and politically? A very contrary scenario to the what happened with inventions such as WWW, polio vaccine, penicillin, car seat belt and I guess many others that were made freely available to all because they were too important for humanity.
Thank you very much, Paul. Right now I feel that most progressive politicians are out of their depth when it comes to tech - but I’m sure this will change and the sector will become more socially responsible. That tends to happen with most technologies.
So many great points in here. I wish that the people in power could see more strategically that skills are indeed transferrable and that they can create better infrastructures. And technologies can help us to do that. It's always about money though isn't it Mike? A great series of posts I've really enjoyed these.
Thank you. Really glad that you’ve enjoyed them. It is about money, but I don’t see that as an inevitable barrier to doing things differently. I’m hoping that progressive politics takes on an active, interventionist position on technology.
Really interesting. Yes, new technologies need to be harnessed and influenced by the humans whose lives they transform. Coincidentally I've been researching the work of the architect Richard Rogers today. He too was influenced by the counterculture, aiming for sustainability and the use of technological advances to improve the way we build and the way we live.
A fascinating bit of film, and nice to see Tony Benn! 😍
Enjoyed this a great deal Mike. Who knows where AI will take humanity, who would have predicted what Diesel’s invention would mean to future generations. AI seems trapped in the mega-billionaires net at the moment and that may well stifle any useful unintended consequences. I guess it will be a money spinner for them and bring forth some great new inventions (it should do with all the money being thrown at it) but who will benefit financially and politically? A very contrary scenario to the what happened with inventions such as WWW, polio vaccine, penicillin, car seat belt and I guess many others that were made freely available to all because they were too important for humanity.
Thank you very much, Paul. Right now I feel that most progressive politicians are out of their depth when it comes to tech - but I’m sure this will change and the sector will become more socially responsible. That tends to happen with most technologies.
So many great points in here. I wish that the people in power could see more strategically that skills are indeed transferrable and that they can create better infrastructures. And technologies can help us to do that. It's always about money though isn't it Mike? A great series of posts I've really enjoyed these.
Thank you. Really glad that you’ve enjoyed them. It is about money, but I don’t see that as an inevitable barrier to doing things differently. I’m hoping that progressive politics takes on an active, interventionist position on technology.
Really interesting. Yes, new technologies need to be harnessed and influenced by the humans whose lives they transform. Coincidentally I've been researching the work of the architect Richard Rogers today. He too was influenced by the counterculture, aiming for sustainability and the use of technological advances to improve the way we build and the way we live.
A fascinating bit of film, and nice to see Tony Benn! 😍
Thank you Jules. Now Richard Rogers was a fascinating fellow. Look forward to what you write about him.