Monthly Archives: April 2022

Controversies over “control”

Posted on 29 April, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, I’ve received varying feedback about the title of the event we’re holding tomorrow. Some of you like the title: “How might we control AI, before AI controls us?” You accept the need to apply restrictions to AI. But … Continue reading →

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Our make-or-break century

Posted on 20 April, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, “Staying as we are” isn’t a viable option for us humans in the remainder of this century. Nor is there an option to somehow revert to an imagined earlier, simpler form of human civilisation. Fast-changing technology and global … Continue reading →

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The noise and the signal

Posted on 7 April, 2022 by David Wood

Dear Futurists, Never in human history has there been so much noise. I’m referring, not to auditory bangs and crashes, but to informational noise – to the flurry of ideas that can saturate our minds and leave us psychologically deafened. … Continue reading →

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