Fairer Machines, Cultural Gridlock, and the Real Cost of Intelligence
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This issue of 10Things we confront the cultural, ethical, and environmental tensions shaping our digital age. Discover how Kindlee is making AI fairer and more profitable, and why “superhuman AI” might distract us from what really matters. We unpack the neuroscience of extremism, the creeping sludge of content culture, and AI’s hidden energy toll. You’ll also find wisdom on leading through conflict, artistry in adversity, and Chanel’s step toward sustainable fashion. Plus: a call to revive speculative futurism and Hito Steyerl’s searing critique of our AI-saturated reality. It’s a deep, wide-ranging read for anyone navigating complexity.
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Debiasing tools for fairer AI and ML models
Kindlee enhances the inclusivity of AI applications while identifying and increasing revenue, making fairness profitable for all.
Learn more herekindlee.co (opens in a new tab)The Constipation of Culture: Why Nothing New Gets Through and Nothing Old Goes Away
How late capitalism turned culture into content and content into sludge.
Read more heremikecormack.substack.com (opens in a new tab)Why Some Brains Are Wired for Extremism
Neuroscientist and author of The Ideological Brain Leor Zmigrod illuminates the factors leading some people down a path of extremism.
Learn more hereatmos.earth (opens in a new tab)The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think
The rhetoric over “superhuman” AI implicitly erases what’s most important about being human.
Read more herenoemamag.com (opens in a new tab)How to Be an Artist
Four major artists talk to us about where their obsessions came from — and what they did about the obstacles thrown in their way.
See more herenytimes.com (opens in a new tab)The Conflict-Intelligent Leader
As civil strife grows around the world, clashes are on the rise in the workplace too. Incivility on the job is getting worse, and each day it costs companies billions in lost productivity and absenteeism. To navigate the discord, today’s business leaders need to develop conflict intelligence.
Read more herehbr.org (opens in a new tab)Chanel unveils new recycling platform
Bruno Pavlovsky, president of fashion at Chanel and Chanel SAS, explains why the French house is determined to develop recycled materials at scale.
Learn more herevoguebusiness.com (opens in a new tab)What Happened to Speculative Futurism?
It’s time that digital artists up their game.
Read more hereartreview.com (opens in a new tab)We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
Learn more heretechnologyreview.com (opens in a new tab)Hito Steyerl’s ‘Medium Hot’: The Age of Slop
Steyerl challenges us to recognise the vast scale of AI’s ubiquity and also to realise its ‘artificial stupidity’.
Read more hereartreview.com (opens in a new tab)
“Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.”
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