Founder @citiesofthings; Chair and curator @ThingsCon; Weekly newsletter Target_is_New Keeping this account, but find me on BlueSky or Mastodon iskandr
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Weeknotes 313 - the triage of AI search
Thoughts on AI search as a signal of the next paradigm shift. And other captures of the news, paper of the week, and events to visit.
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Weeknotes 312 - prevent curling agentic AI parenting
Agentic AI and new ways of designing the right balance of magic and agency. And other news on immersive human-AI partnerships in tech societies.
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Iskander Smit retweeted
Robots die pizza's bezorgen of de straat vegen: volgens deze onderzoekers duurt dat niet lang meer rijnmond.nl/nieuws/1908216/r…
Weeknotes 310 - proxy citizens and robotic things as social catalysts
Doing a workshop made me sharpen some thoughts and learn more about rockets and robotaxis and reflective stories.
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Weeknotes 304 - confusing conversations by the synthetic uh
Will we take the synthetic conversation for real when we have a real conversation? And notions from last week’s news, looking forward to events.
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Weeknotes 303 - future mismatch of a humanoid summer
Why are all these humanoids popping up? Some thoughts. And the latest in news on tech societies and human-AI partnerships.
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Iskander Smit retweeted
Handed my vacation videos to an AI for auto editing, and now I'm pretty sure I'll have nightmares for life 🤯
Weeknotes 302 - embracing cozy tech in opaque realities
The weekly notes on human-AI partnerships, immersive connectiveness, tech societies and thing to do and experience. And thinking about the relationsship of AGI and cozytech.
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Weeknotes 301 - unraveling roles through robotic fashion
Next to looking back on human-AI news of last week, tech societies and immersive realities, this week triggered thoughts on impact of robotics and AI in fashion
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Weeknotes 300 - sensors impersonating cameras to recreate reality
Reflecting on talks on “corporate design thinking” applying AI tools, and thinking about sensors impersonating cameras to capture new realities.
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Weeknotes 299 - Can we make AI inclusive by default?
Newsletter with thoughts on a societal redesign of AI. The latest news and opinions on all human-AI, immersive, robotics and tech societies.
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Weeknotes 298 - agenticness in prod-user symbioses
Some impressions from the Science and Technology conference on AI and agency, and the news of last week on human-AI partnerships, robotic performances and tech societies.
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Weeknotes 297 - AI emotional lock-in strategies
What happens when people really attach to their AI buddy? My first experiences with an orange rabbit and other notions are from last week's news.
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Weeknotes 296 - Beauty contest for your AI relationship
Will LLM social characteristics be more important than knowledge level? This and other notions from the news on Human-AI partnerships and tech societies.
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Weeknotes 295 - agency exchanges for communities
Thinking again about new concepts of agency in a genAI reality. And notions from last week’s news.
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Weeknotes 294 - living autotune for all things
Is the acceptance of autotune signaling our future relation to reality? Thoughts and other notions from last weeks news on human-AI co-performances.
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