Jan 17, 2024
By Larry Magid ConnectSafely Senior Researcher and Oxford University graduate student Nathan Davies contributed to this article If you ever experience or hear others panic about new technologies, consider the historical context. We’ve been hearing about moral panics...
Jan 18, 2024
Posts & Podcast They Built What?! A Deeper Dive into Techno-Panics (long in-depth article) Fears of Generative AI Reminiscent of Past Moral Panics (quick read) Podcast: An interview with Jeff Jarvis, author of Gutenberg Parenthesis Slide Show...
Jan 18, 2024
By Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News and is based on a narrated slide deck and a much longer article that you can view here. There has been a lot of ink spilled on doomsday scenarios about Generative AI, including a statement signed by several...
Jan 12, 2024
by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Virtual Reality (VR) headsets have been on the market for years, including several iterations from Meta’s Reality Labs, most recently its Quest 3 headset, introduced late last year. And while millions of VR...
Dec 28, 2023
by Larry Magid This post is adapted from one that first appeared in the Mercury News I’m well aware that New Year’s resolutions are often abandoned by the end of January, but that’s no reason to avoid thinking about how we can improve our lives in the year to...
