(Or, why we should worry about billionaires who treat Neal Stephenson books like an instruction manual)
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On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
On technological optimism and technological pragmatism
"There are no guarantees that things are going to turn out very well for anyone.”
Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?
On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"
A billionaire and a novelist offer two versions of tech's future. Who's right?
Where exactly is tech going? Joanne McNeil's debut novel 'Wrong Way' and billionaire Marc Andreessen's 'Techno-Optimist Manifesto' offer some clues.
What can a technologist do about climate change? A personal view.
This started with a tweet. I’m embarrassed how often that happens.
"Techno-optimism" is a sign of V.C. crisis
It's not funny, V.C.s only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
Ali Alkhatib: On techno-optimism
I’ve got a longer draft in the works, but I don’t think that’s going to become a blog post, so I figure it might be useful to publish something here and solicit feedback, or just plant a flag in the ground that this was a thing I did. Last week Several weeks ago I gave a talk at Wayne State University titled “the uncanny pessimism of techno-optimism”. In this post I’m going to breeze through some of the stuff I talked about and give a sense of what’ll be coming. Eventually.
AI Billionaires Are Starting to Get Scared
The world's tech billionaires are starting to moderate their rhetoric on AI automation, but that doesn't mean it's all in good faith.
Techno-optimism as digital eugenics
A tech CEO shares his vision for the "marginal returns to intelligence"
tech isn’t the future it’s just capitalism faster
responding with slowness in relations
Technological risks are not the end of the world
There’s a scene in the movie Oppenheimer in which the protagonist is trying to explain to General Groves, his military overseer, the hazards of their endeavor. Groves asks Oppenheimer, “Are you saying there’s a chance that when we push that button, we destroy the world?“ The physicist says, “The chances are near zero.” When Groves, understandably alarmed, asks for clarification, Oppenheimer responds, “What do you want from theory alone?”
Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View (Published 2022)
There's plenty of bad news. But thanks to real progress, we're headed toward a less apocalyptic future.
