This article is adapted from my 2024 Q3 quarterly GenAI for Placemaking newsletter, which went out to subscribers at the start of October, and which you are able to sign up for below. I was so sure we’d be seeing the first signs of the genAI cool-off by now, and that...
AI in Society and Organisations
This article is adapted from my 2024 Q2 quarterly GenAI for Design newsletter, which went out to subscribers at the start of July, and which you are able to sign up for below. AI will... “AI will...” is not a good way to start any sentence predicting the future of AI....
The State of AI in Placemaking
This article first appeared in my 2024 Q1 quarterly GenAI for Design newsletter, which you are able to sign up for below. Perhaps I’m not qualified to comment on this as to do so would require access to the brains of many different professionals, all at different...
Will AI Take my Job?
Is AI going to take my job? Is this actually an interesting question? Perhaps in a sense no, although I feel I would have to take a stab at answering it to explain why. First of all, terminology. I'm talking specifically about generative AI here, not AI in general;...
What’s Wrong with Cruelty to Robots, Indeed?
This article also appears on my Patreon blog, which you can find here. Everything I put on Patreon is free, although donations in support of my writing are always appreciated 🙂 American neuroscientist and philosopher Sam Harris, and Canadian psychologist Paul Bloom,...
AI Safety and Design: Striking the Balance and Avoiding Overreliance
Remember… when you subscribe to Midjourney or you go for that OpenAI plus subscription, you are not just accessing a service. You are endorsing the acceleration of research and development of AI systems. With your subscription, you are sending a message that will be...