Author: KB
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Happy George Saunders Day
It is the 10th of December. If you’re not a celebrant, get this book now. It’ll change your year, I promise. If you’re a writer, or interested in the craft, I highly recommend his book of his course on the Russian masters. It’s wonderful.
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‘People want the human story’ – Björn Ulvaeus on new AI ‘artist’
Interesting piece on the Today programme this morning about a new ‘artist’… who is totally AI generated: Ben Gaya It’s… not what I’d call a ‘hit’ – though they do. But it raises interesting questions about the purpose of art, of music… and of ‘soul’. Because, whatever the new sunny uplands of AI, soul is…
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Data on our minds… emotion-tracking technologies at work
Great to have been involved in the writing and production of this new report. ‘Affective computing’ is about digital tools to track emotions – if you’re smiling enough on a Zoom call, or if your eyeballs are on your screen like a good worker’s should be. Linked with other data – biometrics, sickness etc –…
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What are we waiting for?
The following is a post I wrote for the Advent reflection group I’ve been running for the past few years on WhatsApp. One post a day; no replies allowed. All signal, no noise. A few weeks ago H & I went to see Waiting for Godot, with Lucian Msamati and Ben Whishaw in the lead…
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Living with Algorithm – Servant or Master? | Interview with Lord Clement-Jones
You may have seen my previous post about an interview I conducted with Professor John Caputo about my book God-like, and his thoughts around AI springing from his excellent Spectres of God – which bounces off Derrida. As part of the same series, I was also thrilled to chat to Lord Tim Clement-Jones, a major…
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What Work Is Not – Future Narratives Lab
Last night I was presenting about work and technology at a panel event for Future Narratives Lab. FNL are a really great organisation who help organisations think through issues in a properly structured way that goes beyond the standard ‘workshop.’ Joining me were two wonderful people. Firstly, Emily Kenway – author of Who Cares –…