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Giles Crouch | Digital Anthropologist
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Governing Society and Artificial Intelligence

Much of the hype and chatter around Artificial Intelligence today is how it will impact the workplace, the entertainment industry, human creativity and productivity. Increasingly, there are debates on ethics, human rights and human agency. These are important. But what about how we govern our societies with AI? Social governance…

Artificial Intelligence

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Governing Society and Artificial Intelligence
Governing Society and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

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2 days ago

The Invisible Hand and Artificial Intelligence

The invisible hand is a metaphor conjured up by the Scottish economist and philosopher Adam Smith in the 18th century. Lest you think economics and philosophy are two entirely different things, they weren’t at that time. Economics was considered part of philosophy. …

Artificial Intelligence

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The Invisible Hand and Artificial Intelligence
The Invisible Hand and Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence

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4 days ago

Bamboo & Fungi in the Digital Age

You might wonder what bamboo and fungi has to do with digital technologies and our digital lives. Perhaps more than one might think. For thousands of years humans have been experimenting with various kinds of materials for the technologies that enable our survival as a species. Today, much of our…

Technology

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Bamboo & Fungi in the Digital Age
Bamboo & Fungi in the Digital Age
Technology

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Nov 22

Our Digital Disillusionment and Hope

I think it is fair to say that society is becoming increasingly disillusioned with our digital lives. The promise of the internet, open and free has become expensive and devolved into digital feudalistic states. Social media threw us all in a room and someone started a fight. The techno gods…

Technology

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Our Digital Disillusionment and Hope
Our Digital Disillusionment and Hope
Technology

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Nov 20

What Crypto Can Teach Us About A.I. Hype

There was a moment in time, a brilliant spark. Citizens around the world sat on the edge of their seats with bated breath. Proclamations were made. The end of capitalism, of the global financial system, was nigh. Goodbye wealth inequality. Sayonara wage suppression. Anyone would be able to mine their…

Technology

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What Crypto Can Teach Us About A.I. Hype
What Crypto Can Teach Us About A.I. Hype
Technology

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Nov 17

Why Humans Created Technology

Here’s the thing. If humans hadn’t invented technology, starting with those simple stone tools nearly two million years ago, you probably wouldn’t be having a nice sit down and reading this article. I wouldn’t be here writing it with my three-legged cat purring by my side. So, why and even…

Technology

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Why Humans Created Technology
Why Humans Created Technology
Technology

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Nov 13

Why Did We Create Artificial Intelligence?

A common idea tossed around by many a pundit on why humans invented Artificial Intelligence is that we want to play God and create another intelligent species. This, despite the fact we still don’t really know what intelligence is. Or consciousness. We have theories. But what if there is another…

Technology

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Why Did We Create Artificial Intelligence?
Why Did We Create Artificial Intelligence?
Technology

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Nov 10

The Computers Are Disappearing.

They’re these windows into another world. Some are tiny, a watch face, mobiles. Then there’s the massive in-your-face sphere in Las Vegas. Screens represent the interface into the another dimension, one that contests our realities every day. They are obvious. They are driven by computers, quietly humming machines dreamed up…

Technology

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The Computers Are Disappearing.
The Computers Are Disappearing.
Technology

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Nov 8

Humanity: Collective Information Overload?

You’ve probably experienced one of those days that goes by in a blur. Busy working or doing fun stuff. You look at that person next to you and say “where did the day go?” One wonders if our foraging ancestors pondered this too? “How did we pick so many berries?” …

Technology

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Humanity: Collective Information Overload?
Humanity: Collective Information Overload?
Technology

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Nov 6

Cultural Preservation in the Digital Age

One of the benefits of the internet and advances in transportation technologies has of course, been bringing humanity closer together. This has also created some problems. Some minor and some rather unpleasant. Much of both outcomes, we now know. …

Culture

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Cultural Preservation in the Digital Age
Cultural Preservation in the Digital Age
Culture

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Giles Crouch | Digital Anthropologist

Giles Crouch | Digital Anthropologist

52K Followers

Digital Anthropologist | Chief Innovation Officer | I'm in WIRED, Forbes & National Geographic etc.

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