Artificial Intelligence, Jann Wenner, Sensory Underload, Pizza + Ed Ruscha
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Happy Saturday.
Here’s today’s ITK Daily.
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Artificial Intelligence may be humanity’s most ingenious invention—and its last? Silicon Valley is barreling ahead with AI technology that could unlock novel forms of creativity, art, and medicine, and potentially, wipe out all mankind. As one AI engineer warns, “We’re creating God.” Nick Bolton
From scams to stocks, how we make sense of the economy Camelia Kuhnen
Britain’s dawning self-awareness: The nation has realized what it is: a small country that needs immigrants, high taxes, and European allies. FT
Party Lines — dance music’s outsized influence on British culture: Ed Gillet’s exhaustive, engrossing history charts 50 years of the genre’s evolution — and its frequent run-ins with the law. FT
Jann Wenner defends his legacy, and his generation’s: The co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine on the legacy of boomers and why he chose only white men for his book on rock’s “masters.” NYT
Surrendering to the joy of sensory underload: What Robert Shrimsley learned from 90 minutes with almost no distractions. FT
Tell me why it hurts: How Bessel van der Kolk’s once controversial theory of trauma became the dominant way we make sense of our lives. NY Mag
How pizza went from cheap commodity to chefs’ obsession WP
‘Ed Ruscha / Now Then’ review: Iconic meets ironic: Featuring more than 200 works, this retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art revisits the artist’s decades of bold, clever creation, from his California photographs to his striking word paintings. WSJ
Enjoy the ride + plan accordingly.
-Marc
Marc A. Ross | Chief Communications Strategist @ Caracal
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