How can we possibly countenance 'ownership' when no creators are involved? This audio-article explores that question and answers that with more designs depending on luck and chance recombination, patent protection and rigid ownership rights are liable to become disreputable.  

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Ownership in the Age of Algorithms

This audio article from fondthinker.com argues for a different focus on the debates around artificial intelligence, a way from dystopian imaginings from well-off men, to more representative and real-world risks.

Why Artificial Intelligence Research Ignores Risks

From Blade Runner (1982) to Blade Runner 2047 (2017) imaginary cyberpunk futures have shaped how we think about technologies and societies. But what messages are these films, and their subgenre, sending? This audio article explores the ramifications of science fiction on society, and society's ramifications for science fiction.

Cyberpunk Without Punk

Will automation take our jobs? Is it already? In a sense, yes, but the best measure, so is argued, isn't jobs but tasks themselves, as this audio article explores.

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