I wrote this back in the summer. It looks at a variety of economic, environmental, and trust-related concerns.

I speculated on the future of fully synthesised, software-based ‘actors’ and hyperrealistic AI replicas as part of a broader series on the future of software in filmmaking.

Categorize under other: filevillage.info/the-synthocr...

This was less than 12 months ago, FWIW. aaronhertzmann.com/2023/12/11/a...

My students loved this article and it led to some really great multi day conversations and responses

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

#EduSky #criticalai #aiedu #edtech #bced

This is less about generative AI directly and more about the tech culture that gives rise to it, in case useful. It summarizes a few key points I’ve been trying to get across for years with a helpful diagram. 🤓

time.com/6836153/ethi...

I would say this but .. @himself.bsky.social 's "The Map is Eating the Territory: The Political Economy of AI" back in January was really on it.

This was a the best read about AI that I read in a long time IMHO: dda.ndus.edu/ddreview/reb...

Finally (and at the risk of reading too far into the “what’s yours?” prompt) this article collates criticisms of rhetoric and ai as same-but-not-identical grapplings with a “copious void,” or both too much and not enough, all at once.

doi.org/10.1080/0277...

Tamara Kneese’s “Memento Mori” on the entanglements of a.i. and death culture and the promise of immortality:

thebaffler.com/outbursts/me...

Shannon Vallor’s “The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think” offers a balance of critical and futural thinking on the harms of gen a.i.

www.noemamag.com/the-danger-o...

This may be overdoing it, but here are a few: first, Tarleton Gillespie’s creative audit of a.i. writing platforms:

doi.org/10.1177/2053...

Personally, I love it when there's a fun conversation. Maybe a student asking questions, cracking a joke here and there. Adds a relational layer.

I hear you. It's not for everyone. I know people who fall asleep if they're just listening with no visual input.

I've considered this in place of recorded lectures, actually. But it can't just be an audio lecture because they are so used to the visual cues of ppt. There would have to be major restructuring of content and layering of audio cues to make up for the lack of the visual.