https://www.ft.com/content/a182c0f6-3f1c-4850-88de-9924daf343a6 The tickets weren’t cheap. But so worth it. Even though we were miles away from the stage, the screens and sound were so well set up… He’s never going to play a small, intimate club again. Most of us will always be far away but there: like him, watching a screen, catching a glimpse. … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/07/ai-likely-to-spell-end-of-traditional-school-classroom-leading-expert-says You always remember one teacher. They’re not the one the school puts on its website, the one with the best exam results, the one who got you into Cambridge. No, the one you remember is the one with a real character, something different. The one you remember is the one you built a relationship … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/06/ai-artificial-intelligence-world-diseases-climate-scenarios-experts It’s a never-ending battle. We have to get our story out there – 24/7, everywhere. We have to be out telling our truth. Our enemies are taking every opportunity to spread doubt and panic. They know that we are a challenge, that our explosive growth is just the start. Project Fear is in full … [Read more…]
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/04/mobile-phones-other-devices-to-be-banned-from-dutch-classrooms The building was old. Nestled in the middle of an estate of 1960s towerblocks, the Victorian facade was like a classical football stadium still trying to function in narrow city streets long after the nature of its work had changed. The playground was still bleak. The smart floor was even the same colour as … [Read more…]
https://gizmodo.com/ai-how-to-cope-with-anxiety-about-ai-1850586142 Sometimes it’s just a nagging concern, at the back of my mind. A slight worry. A feeling that things are changing and they’re out of my control. It’s like watching a film knowing that something’s going to happen. Then there are the paralysing moments of fear. Real terror. An overwhelming powerlessness grabs me and … [Read more…]
https://www.ft.com/content/e0bef42f-ee00-4ad7-8604-ae672251e8d5 So many stories. That’s what’s great. Some are a little wayward. The storyteller as well as the story. Some don’t make sense. Again, the story too. But they’re all worth listening to. I know them all, pretty intimately. That’s my job. I know their bodies and their histories. I know their movements every day. … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23780187/sony-mocopi-motion-capture-vr-avatar-us-price-release You try walking with a book balanced on your head. It’s not easy. And you feel stupid. And then there’s the picking things up and putting them down again. Again and again and again. Until you get it “right”. And that’s the point, apparently. There is a “right” way do things. If you’re going … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23780549/gulf-war-game-boy-nintendo-nyc There was a box of them. Of course it was poignant but we often smiled as we sorted through the collection. We told stories to each other and the kids as we lifted each one out. Trying to explain what it was, how it worked and what he’d done with them brought memories back. … [Read more…]
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/29/23777675/lexi-reese-elon-musk-twitter-senate-california She’s different. No seriously, don’t look at me like that. She’s not like the others. Yeh, “if voting changed anything, they’d abolish it..” I know. Politicians are all the same, I agree. But they’re not. She’s not. Why do you think the meeja are so on her case? She’s different. No, you can’t “follow” … [Read more…]
https://adage.com/article/media/how-marketers-can-use-live-football-tv-data-reach-viewers-beyond-game-day/2500076 He tried to explain the game to friends who followed other sports. “It’s a rollercoaster,” he would say. “In just those 90 minutes you feel joy, despair, hope. All of life in a Saturday afternoon.” They didn’t get it: their faces blank. The opposite of experiencing the match, he thought as he settled down … [Read more…]