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AI Quote of the Week: Todd Keane: "We make things that we hope will be bigger than us..."

“We make things that we hope will be bigger than us, and then we’re desolate when that’s what they become.” - Todd Keane, tech visionary and billionaire entrepreneur in Playground, the latest work by Richard Powers. Playground: A Novel, written by the prolific and Pulitzer-prize-winning Powers, tells a

Phil Nugent

30 Mar 25 1 min read

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You gotta have faith: A review of Kester Brewin’s God-like: A 500-year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters

In God-like: A 500-year History of Artificial Intelligence in Myths, Machines, Monsters, published this spring, Kester Brewin connects a 16th-century monk who was burned at the stake for heresy, Michelangelo’s hidden messages in the Sistine Chapel, Christopher Marlowe’s depiction of Doctor Faustus selling his soul to the devil

Teresa Nugent

03 Aug 24 3 min read

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In Co-Intelligence, Ethan Mollick shows how - and why - we should invite AI into our lives

If you’re new to AI, Ethan Mollick’s recently published book, Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI (April 2024), offers an engaging introduction. And, even if you’ve already been avidly following AI’s recent developments, you’ll enjoy Mollick’s story of generative AI’s debut into the