A Winter Night in an AI Summer

AI Discourse and The Disconnect from Reality

On a slightly rainy winter night in 2023 in a small dutch city, I went for a post- “AI & Philosophy Workshop” dinner at an Eritrean restaurant with a group of philosophers and scientists. We sat around the table to share food, thoughts, and some “food for thought”! Only two of the attendees, including me, were engineers from the industry and NOT from Europe/US or whatever the “Western World” means. This aspect became more noticeable when the discussions started and it stirred up many thoughts in my mind! [Read More]

On The Enshittification of Everything!

Melting Down in The AI Summer!

“And each time we think we reached the peak of AI hype, the summit of bullshit mountain, we discover there’s worst to come” - Prof. Emily M. Bender A Day in The AI Summer It is one of the AI summer days, where almost every executive is hyped up about AI (regardless of what it means). I enter a hall full of people in the tech industry attending an event held by a mid-size tech company! [Read More]