L. M. Sacasas
Person on 3 sites
Writes The Convivial Society, on technology and the moral life — what our tools do to attention, memory and how we treat each other.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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Newsletter: The Convivial Society (opens theconvivialsociety.substack.com)
“"Expect the end of the world. Laugh."”
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Newsletter: The Convivial Society (opens theconvivialsociety.substack.com)
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10 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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AI as it is currently deployed bends towards demoralisation rather than towards flourishing. (opens korrents.com)
“My working thesis about the generalized impact of “AI” as it is currently deployed can be summed up in the observation that the arc of AI bends toward demoralization.”
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The sadness around AI comes from being invited to outsource exactly the activities that supply satisfaction, accomplishment and purpose. (opens korrents.com)
“I believe that one dimension of this sadness or demoralization can be attributed to the simple fact that we are increasingly invited to outsource a class of activities that grant us a measure of satisfaction,…”
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A machine doing your work better than you is no reason to stop doing it, because the point of the work was never that only you could do it. (opens korrents.com)
“If there is some thing that you are meant to do, who the hell cares if there is a machine that can be made to do it just as well or even better? It is still your thing to do.”
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AI as it is currently deployed bends towards demoralisation rather than towards flourishing. (opens korrents.com)
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2 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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Thinking After Illich (opens rcmnd.app)
“I've been remiss in failing to mention earlier a recently launched website called Thinking After Illich. It's a wonderful resources for all things Illich masterminded by Sajay Samuel, a friend and co-conspirator of…”
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The Machine Stops (opens rcmnd.app)
“Today, in the midst of a crisis that has accelerated and deepened our dependence on digital media, it seems all the more relevant and the exaggerated quality less pronounced, if only because of the drastic measures…”
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Thinking After Illich (opens rcmnd.app)