Congratulations to AI Salon member Joy Purdy for the debut of her film, Dancers in Suminagashi! As Joy stated: “Dancers in Suminagashi began as an experiment in fusion art and letting go of what a traditional dance film might look like. I wanted to create something minimal, modern, and new, like nothing quite made before.”…

The neutrality claim is the oldest trick in the empire of systems. Every generation builds a tool it swears is objective, then watches that tool reproduce the same hierarchies it claimed to transcend. IQ tests, maps, zoning laws, each was marketed as a mirror of truth. Each quietly drew its borders around who counts. AI…

Courtesy of Kyle Shannon THIS IS FLIPPING COOL! Gemini 3 built in real time based on a description of an X post about a cool interface led to this: https://ai.studio/apps/drive/1v1jZNKcg1RFKG1XlFEh_v5T9j22L7KIe?fullscreenApplet=true

Curiosity is often praised in theory and punished in practice. We tell children to “stay curious,” yet design systems that reward obedience. We celebrate innovation, then fund only the kinds of questions that fit within existing power structures. Somewhere along the way, curiosity, the very instinct that makes us human,, became treated like a luxury…

Jeannie Bell posted this question, and honestly, we can’t tell, nor does it really matter.

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The story of paid work in America has never been one of quiet progress or neutral markets. It is a story of strikes and solidarity, of children in factories, of bodies broken on the job and voices demanding to be heard. Every right that protects workers today, from the eight-hour day to collective bargaining, was…

For a decade we’ve been told the fix for inequality is more training. Learn to code. Learn to adapt. Learn to stay employable while the people running Amazon, Uber, and a thousand “future of work” startups quietly decide what employable even means. Upskilling isn’t equity. It’s a distraction. The institutions funding it, corporate foundations, venture…

EXCITING LAUNCH THIS WEEK! AI Salon Mastermind Practice Lab The Practice Lab is where AI Salon Mastermind subscribers will design their Daily Practice using AI with other remarkable people leveling up their game. I haven’t been this bullish on what we’re building since I first started the Salon with Leah Fasten in 2022! his THURSDAY,…