Here are some links I found on the internet that I found useful in some way and wanted to share.
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Life Ceremony 🔗︎
This is short story collection centred around norm breaking. Ideally you should read this collection with as little information as possible, so I will list some interesting things about it behind spoiler tags so you can choose how much you know before you feel like it’s enough. Some content warnings: but
Lover on the Breeze is probably the safest in this collection to spoil if you want to get the feel for what these stories are like. . .
How to be a better reactionary 🔗︎
An interesting article on why trying to predict the future is a bad idea when there are so many bad things happening in the present: https://sts-news.medium.com/how-to-be-a-better-reactionary-1630b5098fbc
More than calculators: Why large language models threaten learning, teaching, and education 🔗︎
This article goes into how a big problem in education before LLMs is that learning is too focused on outcomes instead of the process (which is the important part). LLMs makes this problem worse.
Who is generative “AI” useful for? 🔗︎
An interesting article about under what conditions generative “AI” is useful in, and ultimately who this benefits in the larger society. https://tante.cc/2024/01/03/is-a-neural-network-like-a-pocket-calculator-ai-and-epistemic-injustice/
A neat little essay on technology and science fiction by Ursula Le Guin 🔗︎
https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about-technology