Esther Dyson

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The Agony of Abundance

1 month ago | nickgillespie.substack.com | Nick Gillespie |Jacob Mchangama |Esther Dyson |Virginia Postrel

Last fall, I participated in PopTech, one of the oldest tech-ish conferences around. It was founded in 1996 by Bob Metcalfe, inventor of Ethernet, and John Scully, the former CEO of Apple and Pepsi, and used to take place in Camden, Maine, which had become a playground for the technorati. These days, it takes place in Washington, D.C., but it still works to serve as a place where people come to talk about the messy intersection of technology, culture, politics, and just about everything else too.
The Wellville Quadrant Chart: Looking Far and Looking Wide

May 16, 2024 | wellville.net | Esther Dyson

In the world of tech/finance that I came from, every organization must have its own quadrant chart. (It’s also called the 2×2 matrix.)Basically, a quadrant chart serves to show how your organization is different from and better than all the other offerings in the market. The right place to find yourself is in the upper right-hand corner. In short, a quadrant chart is a thinking tool.
Briefing: Tesla Reports Modest Revenue Growth Amid Shrinking Margins

Jan 24, 2024 | theinformation.com | Esther Dyson |Abubakar Idris |Sahil Patel |Martin Peers |Becky Peterson

3 hours ago3 hours ago Tesla reported an operating margin of 8.2% in the fourth quarter of 2023, down sharply from 16% in the same period last year. In an earnings announcement Wednesday, the electric vehicle maker attributed the decline in profitability to factors that included lower sales prices on its cars, and increased operating expenses for the company driven by AI and other research and development projects. Already a subscriber? Sign inSubscribe for full access to The Information
Briefing: Klarna Launches Subscription Service

Jan 24, 2024 | theinformation.com | Esther Dyson |Abubakar Idris |Sahil Patel |Martin Peers

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Don’t Fuss About Training AIs. Train Our Kids

Jan 24, 2024 | theinformation.com | Esther Dyson

Humanity is waking up to the challenges and opportunities of artificial intelligence, but we don’t yet understand our role. People talk about unexplainable AI when they should be more concerned about the unexplainable humans running the companies that develop the AI. (Hiya, Sam!) People worried about AI taking their jobs and taking control are competing with a myth. Instead, people should train themselves to be better humans even as they develop better AI.
Experts' Insights on the Digital Future

Dec 20, 2023 | imaginingthedigitalfuture.org | Esther Dyson |Jerome C Glenn |Judith Donath |Raymond Perrault

Focus on the long-term welfare of people and society: Ask not what AI can do but what WE can ask it to do“The question of the future of humans and AI seems impossible to answer because of unexplainable humans, not because of unexplainable AI. So much depends on our use and control of…Augmented intelligence can inspire humanity to significantly upgrade everything“Ideally, in 2040 the transition to the self-actualization economy will have begun. We will have come a long way since the 2020s.
Focus on the long-term welfare of people and society: Ask not what AI can do but what WE can ask it to do

Nov 1, 2023 | imaginingthedigitalfuture.org | Esther Dyson |Jerome C Glenn |Janna Anderson

“The question of the future of humans and AI seems impossible to answer because of unexplainable humans, not because of unexplainable AI. So much depends on our use and control of AI. And that depends on who ‘our/we’ is. There are a number of issues here. Machines gave us huge gains in our ability to produce and eventually to transport things, including food. That in turn gave us too many choices, which often overwhelms us (see Barry Schwartz’s brilliant book ‘Paradox of Choice’).
Augmented intelligence can inspire humanity to significantly upgrade everything

Nov 1, 2023 | imaginingthedigitalfuture.org | Jerome C Glenn |Esther Dyson |Janna Anderson

“Ideally, in 2040 the transition to the self-actualization economy will have begun. We will have come a long way since the 2020s. For the first time in history, humanity will be highly engaged in conversations about what kind of civilization it wants and what we, as individuals and as a species, want to become. Movies, global cyber games, UN summits, VR news, flash mob cyber teach-ins and global thought leaders will lead us in probing the meaning of life and the possible future as never before.
What happens to humans’ authenticity and autonomy when they are augmented with AI?

Nov 1, 2023 | imaginingthedigitalfuture.org | Esther Dyson |Jerome C Glenn |Janna Anderson

“As we look to the future, we might assume that the biggest existential threats to humanity lie in climate change and nuclear wars. As massive as those problems are, they are problems of the ‘outer world,’ ones that we can apply ourselves to. The confusion and crisis over individuals’ AI-aided (or addled) identity/identities could cause individuals turmoil in [as many as or more than] 8 billion inner worlds, and this could lead to the total destruction of humans from within.
Such good friends? Digital agents are likely to turn users into unknowing ‘agents of the machine’ - Imagining the Digital Future Center

Nov 1, 2023 | imaginingthedigitalfuture.org | Judith Donath |Esther Dyson |Jerome C Glenn |Janna Anderson

“In computer-human interface design, the word ‘agent’ refers to chatbots and other seemingly autonomous entities that act on behalf of the computer in their interactions with us human users. It does not take a great leap of imagination to predict that soon many of us will ourselves similarly be computer agents, acting on behalf of one AI system or another – a role we will have willingly, even eagerly, chosen.

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Esther Dyson @edyson

20 Apr 25

Okay, friends! I finally found Norman Mailer quote I sought, H/T @internetarchive Barney Kelly: "There are dollars which buy a million’s worth of groceries, and dollars which have influence." Now I need to know who first said, "AI can simulate a storm, but it can't make it wet"?

Esther Dyson @edyson

18 Apr 25

Bending the wingtip? From the in-seat video monitor on my recent Delta flight. [subtle, but look near the bottom.] https://t.co/PwDAxCFMaA

Esther Dyson @edyson

16 Apr 25

Just curious what's happening on the @MarriottIntl properties' websites with all the "coming soon" photos. Some kind fo company-wide update? Looking forward to getting detailed info again (pool hours?) sometime soon!