Published with the European Journal of Cultural Studies it can be accessed here:
doi.org/10.1177/136754…

COVER REVEAL!!

Religion and Artificial Intelligence: An Introduction
Coming in October 2024!
routledge.com/Religion-and-A…

“A History of the Muslim World” is the best book I’ve read this year.

Michael Cook’s 912 page tome is incredibly detailed & careful, analysing the political economy of empire-building and cultural evolution across the world.

Tremendous!

Absolutely fascinating.

⁦𝖦𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖾𝗌 ⏳⁩ describes the current state of AI as an “opportunity” for artists that’s similar to the recent “revolution” of at-home production and recording ⁦Elon Musk⁩, thoughts? pitchfork.com/news/watch-gri…

Using a case study of mobility #platforms in #Jakarta , Rida Qadri (Rida Qadri) and Catherine D’Ignazio (@kanarinka) imagine alternatives to platform-centric views of work and the city.

read more: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… 🚕 📷 📷🚙

Coming this summer - online (free Open Access PDF) and in print. Sign up at edgeofsentience.com to get a PDF on release day.

this paper on collective intelligence by Michael Levin is one of the most mind-blowing things I've read in a while

it's full of examples of the under-appreciated intelligence of biological systems, with some deep perspective shifts on our understanding of ourselves

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The future of AI gadgets is just phones - The Verge theverge.com/2024/4/21/2413…

This looks like an important intervention!

In China, generative AI models released to the public have to adhere to “socialist core values”, a set of values such as harmony, civility and prosperity that is encouraged by the Communist Party of China. straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia…

The models will be integrated into virtual assistant Meta AI which will be given more prominent billing within Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger apps, and a new standalone website that competes more directly with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. theguardian.com/technology/202…

The AI work also resulted in some notable geographic and landmark mistakes and a bit of “uncanny valley” weirdness. hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-n…

AI is outlawed in Dune because it manipulated & dumbed down humans. Humankind finally rose up against AI and their tech overlords to destroy all thinking machines. Instead there was a revolution in human augmentation reactormag.com/how-dune-solve…

Check this out by my friend harshit agrawal His work was also present at the AI art installations exhibition recently, organised by Alliance University

More than a third of translators have lost work due to generative AI… More than four in 10 translators said that their income has decreased because of generative AI, while more than three-quarters believe it will negatively affect their future income. theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

🚨BREAKING: The Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered AI publishes its Artificial Intelligence Index Report 2024, one of the most authoritative sources for data and insights on AI. Below are its top 10 takeaways:

1. AI beats humans on some tasks, but not on all;
2. Industry…

explore NIKE A.I.R and its 13 new 3D printed sneakers made using AI, math and algorithms designboom.com/design/nike-ai…

My column in The Economic Times today! ⁦Economic Times⁩ m.economictimes.com/opinion/et-com…

OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ ft.com/content/78834f…