Thursday, November 06, 2014

Ambitious

Futurologists want to be corporate consultants who are taken to be culture critics.

More Futurological Brickbats here.
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2 comments:

  1. jimf7:31 AM

    > Futurologists want to be. . . culture critics.

    And culture critics, apparently, want to be futurologists.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/06/fashion/artificial-intelligence-as-a-threat.html
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    Fashion & Style - Disruptions
    Artificial Intelligence as a Threat
    By NICK BILTON
    NOV. 5, 2014

    Ebola sounds like the stuff of nightmares. Bird flu and
    SARS also send shivers down my spine. But I’ll tell you
    what scares me most: artificial intelligence. . .
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    "Fashion & Style". How appropriate. ;->

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  2. Dale Carrico2:08 PM

    Nobody who falls for futurological formulations for long is capable of doing cultural criticism. Ad copy simply isn't critical, however snazzy.

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