Wonderful media history of ghosting by TorbjΓΆrn Rolandsson & Sadie Couture in recent issue of *Social Media + Society.* Examines media avoidance practices and disconnection through history of Victorian calling culture and answering machines:
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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If only hip-hop artists could have made this argument about sampling.. surely government & industry woulf have been like βbut of courseβ
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AI Is the Black Mirror
Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.
βThe brain and a machine-learning model are only superficially analogous in their structure & function. In terms of whatβs happening at the physical level, thereβs a gulf of difference that we have every reason to think makes a difference.β βThereβs no real kinship at all.β
nautil.us/ai-is-the-bl...
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