MEGANETS: HOW DIGITAL FORCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL COMMANDEER OUR DAILY LIVES AND INNER REALITIES - David B. Auerbach (2023)

I’ve always been impressed by the writing on David Auerbach’s blog. His article The Bloodsport of the Hive Mind: Common Knowledge in the Age of Many-to-Many Broadcast Networks should be obligatory reading: it’s a very sharp and original analysis explaining some of what ails our current society – antivaxxers, conspiracy theories, etc. I’ve been equally impressed by his year-end lists: the sheer…

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Artificial intelligence out of control? AI in the era of 'meganets'

Is artificial intelligence out of control? Is technology and AI already beyond our ability to manage and monitor? In this TechFirst, we chat with David B. Auerbach. He’s a software engineer who has worked for Google and Microsoft and recently wrote a book. The title is a bit on the scary side … MEGANETS: How Digital Forces Beyond Our Control Commandeer Our Daily Lives and Inner Realities. It’s…

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VERGETEN SCHEDELS - Louis Paul Boon & Roger Van de Velde (1946 & 1969)

Next post will be about Meganets by David Auerbach, a non-fiction title on “how digital forces beyond our control commandeer our daily lives and inner realities”. In the meantime, a post in Dutch, consisting of 3 short reviews. The first is about the third book by Louis Paul Boon, Vergeten Straat, written during the war and published in 1946. “Forgotten Street” is about a street in Brussels…

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