Is Machine Imagination Real?

Is Machine Imagination Real?

Generative art feels dreamlike. The mechanisms aren't.

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Tactile Pixels: Designing Interfaces That Feel Like Craft

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Who goes to jail when the algorithm is wrong?
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When Ranking Becomes Culture

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Can Social Media Foster Deep Connections?

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Why does doing nothing feel like falling behind?

Machine Philosophy

The Category Error at the Heart of the Turing Test
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Do Machines Have Agency?

Liberty Needs Paperwork
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Philosophy of Digital Experience

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Your Thumb Is Not Your Mind
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Your Thumb Is Not Your Mind

Design for Depth

Floors for the Bottomless Feed
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Floors for the Bottomless Feed

The App Consent Theater
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The App Consent Theater

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Can AI Tell When It's Bluffing?

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Maybe the Best AI is a Lazy AI
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Frictionless News and the Spread of Misinformation

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Why Micro-silences in your app restore cadence and agency
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Why Micro-silences in your app restore cadence and agency

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Your Brain on Infinite Scroll

Stop Treating Attention Like a Landfill
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Stop Treating Attention Like a Landfill

Foundations

You're Not Using an App. You're In Its Loop.
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You're Not Using an App. You're In Its Loop.

Everything Is Skimmable Now
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Everything Is Skimmable Now

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Calm Design Dies in Engagement Metrics