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The last time my family was replaced by technology
My greatgreatgrandfather thought he’d be replaced by technology too. He was a farrier in MandresenBarrois, the small village in rural France where I grew up. Shoeing horses, repairing farmers’ carts. Then he saw a car drive through the next town over, or read an article about it in the paper.
2 min · 433 words
Principles for a new utopianismIf AGI is to transform society, we must decide what transformations we want.
Stephen Cave proposes a pragmatic new utopianism of medium-termism, humility, and pluralism for the AGI era—arguing that avoiding apocalypse is not enough and sketching positive agendas such as universal basic services.
18 min · 4,117 words
How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Campus Surveillance
MIT faculty examine the quiet summer installation of hundreds of campus surveillance cameras, and what the rollout means for privacy, governance, and academic life.
11 min · 2,441 words