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The End of Human Supremacy?
Dear Friend, In the latter part of Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick continues to lay out the ways we could and should think about AI, and he continues to explore the ethical implications of AI, challenging readers to think critically about how we engage with this technology. While much of the book is full of optimism about…
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Acting, and Hallucinations, and Lies. Oh my.
Dear Friend, Computer, are you alive? Two Shocking Statements In this section of the book (which is the second section, because I’m a week behind), Mollick lays out four principles for engaging with Generative AI. In the first two parts, Mollick throws down a couple of shocking statements. In part one, where we’re encouraged to…
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Things Are About to Get Very Strange
Dear Friend, Do you feel better about AI yet? Aliens of Our Own Making I’ll be honest, when I chose this book, I did so partly because I hoped it would assuage some of the fears I’ve had about AI. To alleviate some of the discomfort, mistrust, and general anxiety I experience when thinking about…
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Season Two Arrives with AI
Dear Friend, Welcome to the second season of The Contemplative Reading Project! I want to thank everyone who has participated in this journey so far. I know some folks have jumped on for one read, others two, and some have been reading along almost every month. We’re active on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Threads, and even…
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Won-der-ful Happiness
Dear Friend, A very Merry Christmas to you. I hope your holiday season has been festive and relaxing, and that your experience reading Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol was as pleasant and engaging as mine! This week, we finished the book by reading Staves Four and Five, and once again, Dickens employs the “bell device,”…
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