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Nolen Gertz Apr 18, 2023

My thanks to @TomGrosfeld for putting me and my #NihilismAndTechnology book in the same sentence as Marcuse and One-Dimensional Man...
https://www.vn.nl/eendimensionale-mens-marcuse/

Hoe we van de grote dromen van Marcuse over vrijheid iets kunnen waarmaken

Herbert Marcuse stelt dat de mens in de jaren 60 eendimensionaal is geworden. Tom Grosfeld legt Marcuses moderne mens naast die van nu.

Vrij Nederland

Nolen Gertz Mar 22, 2023

New article by me on #ChatGPT and loneliness for @IAI_TV in advance of my discussion of such topics at the upcoming @HTLGIFestival...
#NihilismAndTechnology
https://iai.tv/articles/chatgpt-the-route-to-loneliness-nolen-gertz-auid-2423?_auid=2020

ChatGPT: the route to loneliness? | Nolen Gertz

From ChatGPT to Replika, AI is being touted as a tool to solve the loneliness epidemic. But is this just a false marketing promise, or perhaps something more sinister. In these habitually lonely times wanting someone to talk to, even if they’re just an AI chat bot, is understandable. But besides the emptiness of a conversation with an AI, author of Nihilism and Technology, Nolen Gertz, argues that even the most optimistic story of connection could lead to danger.

IAI TV - Changing how the world thinks

Nolen Gertz Dec 7, 2022

It appears that ChatGPT can get defensive and even lose the ability to complete sentences when asked whether using it is nihilistic...
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Nolen Gertz Nov 21, 2022

Always nice to come home to find a NYT bestselling author tweeting about my work...
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Nolen Gertz Nov 20, 2022

1) Company releases a technology that "will make world better"
2) Experts discover dangers of technology and report it to company
3) Company claims tech doesn't make world any more dangerous than it already is
4) Company mocks experts for being too negative
#NihilismAndTechnology

Nolen Gertz Nov 19, 2022

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Nolen Gertz Nov 18, 2022

Very proud of myself for having correctly predicted in my #NihilismAndTechnology book the death of Twitter...