Asher Kessler
@ashkwondo.bsky.social
I do work on the intellectual history of computing.
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@ashkwondo.bsky.social
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Asher Kessler
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“We have to rid ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power”
The clip is from Jacob Bronowski's Ascent Of Man series – a powerful moment in television. Bronowski delivers his monologue as he walks into the muddy waters of Auschwitz, where so many of his polish relatives were murdered. Full sequence here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltjI...
Ascent Of Man, episode 11 - Knowledge Or Certainty
YouTube video by Nate Budzinski
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January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“We have to rid ourselves of the itch for absolute knowledge and power”
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Holy hell the uk economy as told through Reddit posts.
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
December 30, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Holy hell the uk economy as told through Reddit posts.
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
“should my wife, who has spent years taking all the educational qualifications to be a teacher but quit due to childcare, accept a job in a school (the job pays a minimum wage salary and is a 39 week contract, they sack her for the holidays)”
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"Instead, he walked into the Damascus sunshine..."
December 9, 2024 at 8:27 AM
"Instead, he walked into the Damascus sunshine..."
Why does a future without disease seem more likely than one with continued democracy?
In this blog we reflect on our AI visions of the future and what they tell us about right now
In this blog we reflect on our AI visions of the future and what they tell us about right now
Dario Amodei, Anthropic CEO, creator of the Claude chatbot (aka the world's first 'emotionally intelligent' chatbot) is an AI visionary, interviewed yesterday in the Financial Times. Here @ashkwondo.bsky.social and I point to the contradictions in his elitist vision: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
The elite contradictions of generative AI
LSE’s Asher Kessler and Professor Nick Couldry reflect here on a recent essay by Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, in which he offers a vision of the future and of AI’s role in it. Amodei…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
December 7, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Why does a future without disease seem more likely than one with continued democracy?
In this blog we reflect on our AI visions of the future and what they tell us about right now
In this blog we reflect on our AI visions of the future and what they tell us about right now
I have a website with writings and more at asherkessler.com
Asher Kessler
Visit the post for more.
asherkessler.com
December 5, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I have a website with writings and more at asherkessler.com