Bits

The departure of Summer means the start of my evening #videogames season is close at hand .. will definitely start my season with the new #cyberpunk2077 DLC https://kotaku.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-update-review-idris-elba-1850852291

Machinations: #ai ,Ethics of Care, and the Future(s) of #edtech – great 2023 Digital Pedagogy Institute keynote from @brennacgray https://play.library.utoronto.ca/watch/c77ec5ca3a00d655c7b336a44c7e6d6d

if #AI image generators can produce anything with their giant dataset and their powerful #algorithms why should they produce photorealistic images by default? https://medium.com/@louischarron/the-case-for-ai-hallucination-a79688338a14

This specific blend of awe, disbelief, and dread all sound like the words of a victim of a mentalist scam artist – psychics. #ai #llm https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/

Music & Sound

“a pop-surrealistic parable of creeping corporate power and infinite war, rampant industrialisation and environmental collapse, UFOs and time travel” https://vimeo.com/865537604

Politics & Economics

The challenge is how do you communicate radical ideas—meaning ideas that get to the root of our current crises—in a way that invites other people into a different world view or a different set of solutions? #strikedebt #studentdebt #economics https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/astra-taylors-age-of-insecurity