Recently I've been thinking about smart phones, A.I., and mythology. I wrote a guest article for the technology site, Spektrumlab. Here's an excerpt:

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Suppose that, for better or worse, A.I. is going to advance the world in ways we can’t yet imagine. Alternatively, imagine that the promise of A.I. is currently more hype than substance, and that we are in fact headed for a surprise comparable to the .com bubble. As these are vastly different futures, it is wise to generalise our preparations. I propose two ways to do this:

First: We should dust off the old cautionary tales for a new generation.

Second: We should resist the temptation, when possible and with great prejudice, to sacrifice what remains of our cognitive competence to the electronic god of convenience.

You can read the full article here.