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Our fall issue is here! Made In Our Image explores the philosophies of AI and what they reveal about us, with @dioscuri, @mer__edith, @max_spero_, @philosophyminis and more. Get the magazine: bigthink.com/membership/?ut…
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Task-switching on complex work can cut productivity by up to 40%, and a distraction of just three seconds can double the chance of error. Alexis Zahner, Martin Gutmann and Scott J. Allen lay out five systems learning teams can build to protect focus at work. Read it here:
Five systems L&D can build to protect focus at work
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In a new national survey, Americans were more likely to see AI as a threat to meaning in life than as a resource that supports it. Psychologists @clayroutledge and Josh Hicks found that view hinges on whether people expect AI to stay under human control. Read it here:
Will AI make life less meaningful? A survey finds optimism hinges on whether humans keep control.
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Stop chasing your “one true passion.” It might not exist. | Dan Kennedy @DanKennedy_NYC
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Descartes cut open living dogs and insisted their cries were just the noises of a machine. Astrophysicist Adam Frank (@AdamFrank4) argues that the same life-as-machine metaphor still shapes how we think about AI, and gets life fundamentally wrong. Watch it here:
Life is the most important problem in physics
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