The future of being human initiative
We are a unique community of bold, audacious and visionary thinkers who are inspired by what it might mean to be human in a technologically transformed futureand who are passionate about exploring how this influences our thinking and actions in the present.
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Resurrecting deceased darlings: The Missing Foreword to “AI and the Art of Being Human”
Read more: Resurrecting deceased darlings: The Missing Foreword to “AI and the Art of Being Human”Often, less is more when writing a book. But occasionally what is cut is still worth reading—including the former foreword to “AI and the Art of Being Human.”
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Do NOT read “AI and the Art of Being Human” … unless you want to!
Read more: Do NOT read “AI and the Art of Being Human” … unless you want to!After all, what could possibly go wrong as AI gets increasingly good at doing you?
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When ChatGPT turns informant
Read more: When ChatGPT turns informantThe largely overlooked privacy risks of using AI apps that not only remember your conversations, but are capable of using these to reveal your deepest secrets to others
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An Academic and a VC Walk into an AI Salon …
Read more: An Academic and a VC Walk into an AI Salon …The unexpected collaboration that became “AI and the Art of Being Human”
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A Kindergartener’s Guide to AI, Qualia, Affordances, and Embodied Intelligence
Read more: A Kindergartener’s Guide to AI, Qualia, Affordances, and Embodied IntelligenceForget bats and black-and-white rooms, one of the best guides to the esoteric world of AI and experiential intelligence is a 2013 book written for kindergarteners
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Heads-up on new AI book
Read more: Heads-up on new AI bookMark your calendar: AI and the Art of Being Human launching Oct 14
Latest onEducation
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Do NOT read “AI and the Art of Being Human” … unless you want to!
Read more: Do NOT read “AI and the Art of Being Human” … unless you want to!After all, what could possibly go wrong as AI gets increasingly good at doing you?
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When ChatGPT turns informant
Read more: When ChatGPT turns informantThe largely overlooked privacy risks of using AI apps that not only remember your conversations, but are capable of using these to reveal your deepest secrets to others
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An Academic and a VC Walk into an AI Salon …
Read more: An Academic and a VC Walk into an AI Salon …The unexpected collaboration that became “AI and the Art of Being Human”
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A Kindergartener’s Guide to AI, Qualia, Affordances, and Embodied Intelligence
Read more: A Kindergartener’s Guide to AI, Qualia, Affordances, and Embodied IntelligenceForget bats and black-and-white rooms, one of the best guides to the esoteric world of AI and experiential intelligence is a 2013 book written for kindergarteners
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Heads-up on new AI book
Read more: Heads-up on new AI bookMark your calendar: AI and the Art of Being Human launching Oct 14
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Unpacking Agentic AI in Education
Read more: Unpacking Agentic AI in EducationA quick plug for this week’s episode of Modem Futura with Punya Mishra, which dives into what agentic AI does and doesn’t mean in education, and why this matters.
Latest fromModem Futura
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Living Circuits and Biofoundries: Ethics and Care of Synthetic Biology with Emma Frow
Read more: Living Circuits and Biofoundries: Ethics and Care of Synthetic Biology with Emma FrowSynthetic-biology scholar Dr. Emma Frow joins Modem Futura to explore how biofoundries, genetic circuit design, and an ethic of care are reshaping the governance—and the future—of engineered life, revealing both world-changing opportunities and unintended risks of emerging science and technologies.
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Futures of Learning: AI in Education with Punya Mishra
Read more: Futures of Learning: AI in Education with Punya MishraFriction Required: How will a world transformed by emerging technologies like AI reshape the world? Sean, Andrew and special guest Punya Mishra cut through the hype to reveal the creative tension, hidden risks, and big-picture futures for AI-powered, human-centered education. How can the power of AI be harnessed without losing the soul of learning?
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Symbiotic Futures: Megatrends, foresight, and Futures Thinking
Read more: Symbiotic Futures: Megatrends, foresight, and Futures ThinkingFrom flying with an Apple Vision Pro to confronting a continent‑wide blackout, Sean and Andrew unpack the Future Days “symbiotic futures” summit and discuss how the futures of emerging real‑world tech adventures (and mishaps) expose the urgency of futures thinking and strategic foresight—and share the need for awareness of megatrends, staying resilient, and keeping humanity front‑and‑center in…
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Severed Minds: Brain Implants, AI, and the Future of Being Human
Read more: Severed Minds: Brain Implants, AI, and the Future of Being HumanSean Leahy and Andrew Maynard examine Apple TV+’s hit series Severance, using its mind-bending premise of surgically split consciousness to explore real-world questions around emerging science and technology, identity, and ethical responsibility. From the Modem Futura podcast.
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AI on Campus: How Gen Z Is Redefining College with ChatGPT
Read more: AI on Campus: How Gen Z Is Redefining College with ChatGPTIn this deep dive of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard tackle the sensational claims surrounding the “de-extinction” of the dire wolf by Colossal Biosciences. From the Modem Futura podcast.
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Dire Wolves and Dinosaurs: The Bioscience of De-Extinction
Read more: Dire Wolves and Dinosaurs: The Bioscience of De-ExtinctionIn this deep dive of Modem Futura, Sean Leahy and Andrew Maynard tackle the sensational claims surrounding the “de-extinction” of the dire wolf by Colossal Biosciences. From the Modem Futura podcast.
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