Hey y'all!
This summer I have received a clear call to spend time in contemplative fututing around nuero technology, nature, AI and how together with humans, we are weaving spells in ways both exciting and detrimental to our sustainability on the planet.
The neatly packaged 2019 BCC podcast, Forest 404, is an interesting entry point into this critical conversation that we can all benefit from engaging in on many levels. With a 9 segment arc, it is a fictional futuristic thriller set 300 years into the future with an accompanying nonfiction talk and soundscape connected to topics from the series. Beginning Aug. 30-Nov. 1, we will meet Wednesdays from 7-8:30pm to discuss each segment and weave in topics that are present in 2023 in ways that may not have been available to contemplate when this podcast came out 4 years ago.
Our final conversation will be around the latest nuero tech Ologies podcast. We will decide as a community if we want to engage more after this initial 10 week conversation. There may be a possibility to expand more through the 2024 book study with resources presented in Ologies.
I listened to Forest 404 again this summer together with my own kids and they had some excellent questions and concerns as well as contemplations about their future in a world of generative AI. So much is coming up around these topics with the Hollywood Writer’s strike, ChatGPT, Geoffrey Hinton who is known as the godfather of AI and how he walked away from Google and regrets his life’s work, corporate greed, corrupt billionaires, learned bias and discrimination, and doing no harm when integrating AI into one’s life.
I will post the schedule for our time together and what episodes to listen to in preparation for each weekly discussion soon through the my Patreon. Sign up today on Patreon or by upgrading to the full subscription below!
Til then… may your summertime living be easy!
Cheers!
Sonia