On Simulation and Foresight in Machines
Dr. Alan Winfield describes how robots can evaluate actions internally before committing to them. This anticipatory approach is practical, but also raises questions about how machines learn.
The full episode considers learning through error, imitation, and iteration, and its parallels with human culture and creativity.
Full episode here: https://youtu.be/zmetn7sSMn4
Is AI the Antichrist—or does that question reveal more about human fear than about technology itself?
Geoffrey Bott’s blog explores how our reactions to AI expose deeper beliefs, anxieties, and cultural assumptions in an age of rapid change. Instead of focusing on what AI is, it asks why we interpret it in such extreme ways.
Read here: https://solihullpublishing.com/blog/f/is-ai-the-antichrist-what-the-question-really-reveals-about-us
#AI #Philosophy #Technology #Ethics #Future #CriticalThinking #DigitalCulture
Carl Jung saw what happens when individuals disappear into the crowd. What he couldn’t see was how easily that crowd could be engineered.
Today, it fits in your pocket.
This is about digital mobs, responsibility, and the erosion of individual conscience.
#Psychology
#CarlJung
#DigitalCulture
#SocialMedia
#Ethics
#Society
#CollectiveBehavior
#MediaLiteracy
#Algorithm
#CriticalThinking
Live Zoom reading of my chapbook *VOIDGAZING* (gender + technology + queer online life) on **May 1, 6pm CST**.
🔗 https://www.redrosethorns.com/event-details/a-live-reading-of-voidgazing-by-mk-zariel
Expect:
→ “every social feed” doomscroll poetry
→ group chats as panopticon
→ trying on genders like outfits
→ parasocial chosen family
→ “get loved, loser—get absolutely fucking treasured”
I’ll be reading the full book (9 poems).
If you’ve ever felt too online / not real enough / or both at once, this is for you.
We didn’t lose the signal.
We lost the space between signals.
A reflection on radio, the early internet… and what followed.
https://realityfragments.com/2026/04/08/the-spirit-of-the-internet/
How has a lack of ownership changed art? | 🔗 https://brennan.day/how-has-a-lack-of-ownership-changed-art/
#SocialCommentary #DigitalCulture #CulturalCriticism #AnalogLiving #Philosophy
New Episode with Dr. Julie Carpenter: Technology is not just used—it’s increasingly experienced socially.
We speak with Dr. Julie Carpenter about how AI and robotics shape emotional connections, and whether these relationships are genuine or constructed. This moment explores “synthetic socialness” and how people project meaning onto machines.
Listen or watch here: https://youtu.be/HUylKg_R4EQ
That's Home. That's us. | 🔗 https://brennan.day/thats-home-thats-us/
#PersonalEssay #SocialCommentary #DigitalCulture #Philosophy #SpaceExploration #EnvironmentalJustice #MentalHealth #Gratitude
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