pablolarah🔮 On techno-optimism
by Ali Alkhatib
@ali-alkhatib.com @ali
Leo GagglA very good read, especially for the techies.
Onya, Harry - may the force be with you!
https://nym.com/blog/anti-palantir-manifesto
#surveillance #SurveillancCapitalism #technoOptimism #ethics
🤨 Cathy Leigh Markovahttps://time.com/3614349/artificial-intelligence-singularity-stephen-hawking-elon-musk/
This article is from 2014, quite before generative artificial intelligence became a thing. You'll find the focus very different than similar alarmist articles written after. Can't say I agree with many, if any, of the conclusions (those that are here).
Stephen Hawking, before his death (...and other things...) was quoted here as saying "If a superior alien civilisation sent us a message saying, ‘We’ll arrive in a few decades,’ would we just reply, ‘OK, call us when you get here—we’ll leave the lights on’? Probably not—but this is more or less what is happening with AI."
Ugh. The presence of Elon Musk in this grouping of so-called "smartest people" warning about the dangers of misaligned artificial intelligences turned supremely ironic rather quickly, didn't it? I am thinking, of course, of xAI's own MechaHitler/Grok chatbot, already live on the web and stirring up misinformation and distress.
Musk's portion consists of this superintelligent genius mumbling about how artificial intelligences might be like demons and we shouldn't "summon" them.
None of the experts here in the article seem to warn against any of this very real problems happening right now in artificial intelligence, though. I'm not sure. Maybe none of this really could've been predicted at all. Either way Musk et al aren't quite real life experts, despite being rich and (in some cases) decorated.
#ai #elonmusk #stephenhawking #artificialintelligence #grok #alignment #irony #dystopia #transhumanism #technooptimism
This article is from 2014, quite before generative artificial intelligence became a thing. You'll find the focus very different than similar alarmist articles written after. Can't say I agree with many, if any, of the conclusions (those that are here).
Stephen Hawking, before his death (...and other things...) was quoted here as saying "If a superior alien civilisation sent us a message saying, ‘We’ll arrive in a few decades,’ would we just reply, ‘OK, call us when you get here—we’ll leave the lights on’? Probably not—but this is more or less what is happening with AI."
Ugh. The presence of Elon Musk in this grouping of so-called "smartest people" warning about the dangers of misaligned artificial intelligences turned supremely ironic rather quickly, didn't it? I am thinking, of course, of xAI's own MechaHitler/Grok chatbot, already live on the web and stirring up misinformation and distress.
Musk's portion consists of this superintelligent genius mumbling about how artificial intelligences might be like demons and we shouldn't "summon" them.
None of the experts here in the article seem to warn against any of this very real problems happening right now in artificial intelligence, though. I'm not sure. Maybe none of this really could've been predicted at all. Either way Musk et al aren't quite real life experts, despite being rich and (in some cases) decorated.
#ai #elonmusk #stephenhawking #artificialintelligence #grok #alignment #irony #dystopia #transhumanism #technooptimism
LomienPeople who truly believe in freedom and technology as a multiplier of human potential are rather rare these days #technooptimism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-Optimist_Manifesto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Techno-Optimist_Manifesto
Wouter Tebbens ⁂Aurora Gomez @tunubesecamirio urges us to leave #TechnoOptimism behind, in the discussion about big data centres with empty promises to "create jobs" and to solve the electricity and water needs. We already know that these promises are false. In reality people loose their land, ecosystems die because of lack of (good) water. We have seen this happen in many places around the world.
These data centres are generally used for extractive data business models and not rrally for the local economy.
Session: Communities resisting #datacentres also with Paola Ricaurte and Agustí Emperador @ecologistas
DH Lab IEGConf: “Technological Optimism in 1970s and 1980s Popular Culture: Innovation, Creativity, Prosperity, and Freedom”
Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG), Mainz, 15-17 April 2026
The conference programme and further information is available at its website: https://ieg-dhr.github.io/techno_optimism/
Because space is limited, we ask that those who are interested in attending register by sending a brief e-mail to [email protected] by 25. March 2026.
HausgeistThis is a brilliant video by Adam Neely on #GenerativeAI in #music, that takes a sharp turn (somewhat expectedly) towards an analysis of the machinations of #TechnoOptimism, #EffectiveAccelerationism, and their undeniable connection to #Fascism. It is a long one and has a high information density but it is one of the best video essays I've seen in quite a while. If you care about music and the arts — or just knowing you fascist enemy: this one is for you.
Suno, AI Music, and the Bad Future
Arnd LayerStay in there until minute 59!
fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷My problem with optimism, or, rather, #TechnoOptimism, is that it's always framed with the message "if you give the people who control your lives a chance, it'll all work out."
That's not optimism. That submission.
Wes Fryer[PODCAST] Separating AI Hope from AI Hype by #EFF “How to Fix the Internet”
https://pca.st/episode/027127a1-f699-4cfd-a501-f42256df3be4
One of the best podcasts I have heard to date about AI, techno-optimism, the AI hype cycle, and more. Highly recommended!
#AI #MediaLit #PodcastRecc #podcast #AIhype #hype #TechnoOptimism
