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I think the frightening thing about a mob is that it has no brain. We are all accustomed to the idea of a vital area to strike at, a leader to convince, a simple decapitation to render the entire beast, machine or army helpless. With a mob there is no such thing. It is a kind of hive creature, a thousand small sparks combining into a great fire. There was a lot of talk about ringleaders and agitators and the like afterwards. That is nonsense. The mob simply was, without nervous system or mind to direct it, and all its component parts were expendable.
Cage of Souls
Adrian Tchaikovsky
Disruption does not necessarily mean job losses. It will take "many experts to make the use of AI value-adding", Janik emphasised. Traditional job descriptions are now changing and exciting new professions are emerging as a result of the enrichment with the new possibilities. She recommends that companies form internal "competence centres" that can train employees in the use of AI and bundle ideas for projects. In doing so, "the migration of old darlings should be considered".
GPT-4 Is Coming Next Week – And It Will Be Multimodal, Says Microsoft Germany
Silke Hahn
A belief, as Peirce understands it, is not some intellectual disposition to assent to a proposition, but a behavioural habit manifest in action. Accordingly, when real doubt ensues it disrupts our usual behavioural patterns.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
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