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In a powerful and historically grounded essay, Jeremy Wagstaff asks that we not abdicate the vision for AI solely to the companies who stand to gain from it:
“Admittedly, it’s not easy to assess the implications of a complex technology like AI if you’re not an expert in it, so we tend to listen to the experts,” Wagstaff writes. “But listening to the experts should tell you all you need to know about the enormity...

Jacob Bennett writes:
If Jon was a great engineer, why was he so hard towork with? Isn’t his job to get things right?
No. The job of an engineer is to get things done. Andgetting anything done past a certain point requiresworking well with others.

Design legend John Maeda found some old gold in this 2019 talk about Design and AI from Big Medium’s Josh Clark:
What’s especially awesome about Josh’s talk is thatit precedes the hullabaloo of the chatgpt revolution.This is a pretty awesome talk by Josh. He has been trailblazingmachine learning and design for quite a long time....

Emma Roth reports for The Verge:
After carrying out dogfighting simulations using theAI pilot, DARPA put its work to the test by installingthe AI system inside its experimental X–62A aircraft.That allowed it to get the AI-controlled craft intothe air at the Edwards Air Force Base in...