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Lara's avatar

This is so fascinating and thought provoking esp around cultural diversity and representation through statistical data opposed creativity and conscious des ion making . I found this article by wondering who is Dr Sarah Chen while following through a puzzle quiz on insta…. I am pleased for the clue here as I worry what it means when it’s not here and the data is able see what it’s doing and create unique responses. Does it just mean we are more aligned and this tool becomes more sinuous and part of our very being a kind of new human the posthuman . Thank you

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Michael G Wagner's avatar

Thanks for the comment. I think it just means that Sarah Chen, particularly “Dr. Sarah Chen” is one of the most “safe” names in existence. It is about a non-controversial as it gets. I do think that there is a risk that we are starting to get over-aligned. After all, if everything we do becomes non-controversial, how are we progressing in any meaningful way?

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Lara's avatar

Yes. Is it human evolution is there an opportunity for this to be a building block of something in the future that is unrecognisable ? I don’t like Elon Musk period. But particularly the idea he has that phones will be replaced by some sort of implant that gives us instant access to Dr Sarah types… I think he was talking about in 5 years time…

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