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Iskander Smit

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 08/09/2026

Reclaiming agency as intention alignment Weeknotes 405 - How a hype research into AI-generated opinions triggers thoughts on true human agency. Some triggered thoughts. And the latest (hand-picked) news on human-AI relations and physical AI. www.iskandr.nl/reclaiming-a...

Reclaiming agency as intention alignment

Weeknotes 405 - How a hype research into AI generated opinions triggers thoughts on true human agency. Some triggered thoughts. And the latest (hand-picked) news on human-AI relations and physical A...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 01/09/2026

Weeknotes 404 - Aligning physical AI as a force of nature Combining the discussion on rogue AI and the impact of physical AI, inspired by a piece or art on an ice rink. And more captures from the news on human-AI-things relations. www.iskandr.nl/aligning-phy...

Aligning physical AI as a force of nature

Weeknotes 404 - Aligning physical AI as a force of nature Combining the discussion on rogue AI and the impact of physical AI, inspired by a piece or art on an ice rink. And more captures on news a...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 25/08/2026

The Trojan horse of mundane robotics Weeknotes 403 - A cute single purpose animistic picture taking robotic device signals potential silent entry into our home and getting used to multispecies around. And the latest captured news on all human-AI-things relations. www.iskandr.nl/the-trojan-h...

The Trojan horse of mundane robotics

Weeknotes 403 - A cute single purpose animistic picture taking robotic device signals potential silent entry into our home and getting used to multispecies around. And the latest captured news on all...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 21/08/2026

Looking forward to this afternoon diving into designing for regenerative things and AI thingscon.org/events/upcom...

ThingsCon Salon / RIOT 2026 launch – ThingsCon

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 18/08/2026

Weeknotes 402 - The eerie familiarity of tangible AI Lingering about the concept or eerie and the uncanny valley between tool and companion. The current state of living with AI… With human-picked news on human-AI relations and tech impact in times of physical AI. www.iskandr.nl/the-eerie-fa...

The eerie familiarity of tangible AI

Weeknotes 402 - The eerie familiarity of tangible AI Lingering about the concept or eerie and the uncanny valley between tool and companion. The current state of living with AI… With human-picked n...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 11/08/2026

When team cultural becomes coded Weeknotes 401 - Triggered thoughts on new cultures of community and co-working with agents shaping a new type of SME and a fruitful soil for redesigning data sovereignty. And the latest human-picked news on immersive AI and all. www.iskandr.nl/when-the-tea...

When the team is code

Weeknotes 401 - Triggered thoughts on new cultures of community and co-working with agents shaping a new type of SME and a fruitful soil for redesigning data sovereignty. And the latest human-picked...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 04/08/2026

Hyperpolitics in an immersive AI world Weeknotes 400 - The concept of hyperpolitics and immediacy culture are signs of the times. Amplified in the immersive AI reality. What’s next? With human-picked captures from the news on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/hyperpolitic...

Hyperpolitics in an immersive AI world

Weeknotes 400 - The concept of hyperpolitics and immediacy culture are signs of the times. Amplified in the immersive AI reality. What’s next? With human-picked captures from the news on physical AI ...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 28/07/2026

An innerverse interface to mirror the real and surreal WN 399 - Do we need an interface for an innerverse that helps us navigate the space between real and surreal? A slightly abstract triggered thought, and the usual captures from the news on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/an-innervers...

An innerverse interface to mirror the real and surreal

Weeknotes 399 - Do we need an interface for an innerverse that helps us navigate the space between real and surreal intelligences? A slightly abstract triggered thought, and the usual hand-picked capt...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 21/07/2026

The reverse centaur and the home second skin Weeknotes 398 - At what point do you stop knowing which desires are yours, or from the intelligent things you use? Triggered thoughts on reversed centaurs. And captured news on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/the-reverse-...

The reverse centaur and the home second skin

Weeknotes 398 - At what point do you stop knowing which desires are yours? And which ones you've absorbed from the house that's been quietly shaping you? Triggered thoughts on reversed centaurs and am...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 14/07/2026

Weeknotes 397 - Do we aim for a endless catch up in AI frontier, or do we start thinking about what AI is really about to aim for the fittest version? And the latest saga and news captured on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/think-ai-dif...

Think AI differently as a resilience strategy

Weeknotes 397 - Do we aim for a endless catch up in AI frontier, or do we start thinking about what AI is really about to aim for the fittest version? And the latest saga and news captured on physic...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 07/07/2026

The rise of ChoreOS to leverage supermodels Weeknotes 396 - The model makers want to be super apps, but the future belongs to the super-model. A layer above that simply gets your chores done. And more human-picked news from last week. www.iskandr.nl/the-rise-of-...

The rise of ChoreOS to leverage supermodels

Weeknotes 396 - The model makers want to be super apps, but the future belongs to the super-model. A layer above that simply gets your chores done. And more human-picked news from last week.

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Cities of Things foundation @citiesofthings.org · 30/06/2026

Weekly reflections on physical AI and (as this week) beyond. open.substack.com/pub/citiesof...

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Do you control the context in the self-service economy?

If we're all becoming our own advisors with AI, the real question isn't who has the smartest model. It's whose context you're working in.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 30/06/2026

Do you control the context in the self-service economy? Weeknotes 395 - If we're all becoming our own advisors with AI, the real question isn't who has the smartest model. It's whose context you're working in. And the latest hand-picked news on physical AI. www.iskandr.nl/do-you-contr...

Do you control the context in the self-service economy?

Weeknotes 395 - If we're all becoming our own advisors with AI, the real question isn't who has the smartest model. It's whose context you're working in. And the latest hand-picked notions from the n...

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ThingsCon @thingscon.org · 29/06/2026

The State of Responsible Tech, aka RIOT2026 - resize<remix<regen is published. Download via thingscon.org/riot-2026

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ThingsCon @thingscon.org · 25/06/2026

DATE CHANGE! Due to the code red weather alert we need to reschedule this Salon. New date 21 August. Keep up to date via thingscon.org/events/upcom...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 23/06/2026

The pun of moving from AI to AIR Weeknotes 394 - Specs as a Geiger counter that gives us a first taste of AIR, a world where intelligence is woven into things, spaces, and infrastructure. This and more from the latest human-picked news on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/the-pun-of-m...

The pun of moving from AI to AIR

Weeknotes 394 - Snap's new Specs isn't the future of AI in reality—it's a geiger counter that gives us a first taste of AIR, the shift from augmented reality to a world where intelligence is woven int...

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ThingsCon @thingscon.org · 18/06/2026

Join us next week for an exploration in regenerative design for AI things and the launch of the RIOT 2026 report! thingscon.org/events/upcom...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 17/06/2026

Shifting decision architectures in participatory design with AI Weeknotes 393 - Who is running whom? When the models invite us to participate in the decision-making process, what does that mean for our relationships? And the latest notions physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/shifting-dec...

Shifting decision architectures in participatory design with AI

Weeknotes 393 - Shifting decision architectures in participatory design with AI Who is running whom? When the models invite us to participate in the decision-making process, what does that mean for...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 09/06/2026

Permeating superpowers via federated AI Weeknotes 392 - While the federated web movement rebuilds destinations, we may have to ship infrastructure that hints at intelligence that federates. And more human-picked news on immersive AI from last week. www.iskandr.nl/permeating-s...

Permeating superpowers via federated AI

Weeknotes 392 - While the federated web movement rebuilds destinations, we may have to ship infrastructure that hints at intelligence that federates. And human-picked news from last week.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 02/06/2026

The next layers of designing the intelligent milieu Weeknotes 391 - Thinking about the layers of infrastructure the AI became, and how the intelligent milieu is the one to focus on. With a fine collection of human-picked news from last week on physical AI and beyond. www.iskandr.nl/the-next-lay...

The next layers of designing the intelligent milieu

Weeknotes 391 - Thinking about the layers of infrastructure the AI became and how the intelligent milieu is the one to focus on. With a fine collection of human-picked news from last week on physical ...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 26/05/2026

When the connector becomes the source Weeknotes 390: When the search engine becomes the author, who owns the knowledge—and who's responsible for it? Read the full weeknotes newsletter, including human-picked notions from the news www.iskandr.nl/when-the-con...

When the connector becomes the source

Weeknotes 390: Google I/O revealed something bigger than new features: a shift from connector to source. When the search engine becomes the author, who owns the knowledge—and who's responsible for it?...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 19/05/2026

Being lured by the exoskeleton of the mind Weeknotes 389 - Triggered thoughts by possible sliding relationships with the mind tools we create. And more from the news. www.iskandr.nl/being-lured-...

Being lured by the exoskeleton of the mind

Weeknotes 389 - Triggered thoughts by possible sliding relationships with the mind tools we create. And more from the news.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 12/05/2026

Stop speaking first and the need for conversational frameworks Weeknotes 388 - Thoughts triggered by being in a bubble in Athens, making sense of reality, community, and genuine collaboration. And of course, lots of captures from last week’s news on physical AI and beyond.

Stop speaking first and the need for conversational frameworks

Weeknotes 388 - Thoughts triggered by being in a bubble in Athens, making sense of reality, community, and genuine collaboration in times of AI. And of course, lots of captures from last week’s news o...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 05/05/2026

Issue tracking substrates to bridge human-agent understandings Weeknotes 387 - We need tools to support understanding of agents by humans and vice versa. Issue trackers might be a candidate. Next to this triggered thought, the latest captured news on physical AI www.iskandr.nl/issue-tracki...

Issue tracking substrates to bridge human-agent understandings

Weeknotes 387 - We need tools to support understanding of agents by humans and vice versa. Issue trackers might be a candidate. Next to this triggered thought the latest captured news on physical AI a...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 29/04/2026

Meshing up the new future of Apple Weeknotes 386 - Triggered thought this week by the potential consequence of new leadership at Apple, combined with immersive AI affordances. And lots of other captures from the news. www.iskandr.nl/meshing-up-t...

Meshing up the new future of Apple

Weeknotes 386 - Triggered thought this week by the potential consequence of new leadership at Apple, combined with immersive AI affordances. And lots of other captures from the news.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 29/04/2026

Meshing up the new future of Apple Weeknotes 386 - Triggered thought this week by the potential consequence of new leadership at Apple, combined with immersive AI affordances. And lots of other captures from the news. www.iskandr.nl/meshing-up-t...

Meshing up the new future of Apple

Weeknotes 386 - Triggered thought this week by the potential consequence of new leadership at Apple, combined with immersive AI affordances. And lots of other captures from the news.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 21/04/2026

Full Self-Driving in an era of immersive AI Weeknotes 385 - Sketching physical AI vs embodied AI vs immersive AI and design for predictive relations with the current case of FSD. And more news captures on human-AI-things and @citiesofthings.org www.iskandr.nl/full-self-dr...

Full self-drive in an era of immersive AI

Weeknotes 385 - Sketching physical AI vs embodied AI vs immersive AI with the current case of FSD. And more captures from the news.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 16/04/2026

Sharing some first reflections and inviting to join next week for more! www.linkedin.com/posts/cities...

Preview on the State of Cities of Things | Cities of Things

The Crisis of Efficiency and the Reclamation of Value — Power, Governance, and Democratic Sovereignty — More-than-Human and Relational Perspectives — The Materiality of AI and the "Reality Gap" — Pres...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 14/04/2026

Embody tech to master human intelligences Weeknotes 384 - Thoughts on repetitiveness as a signal for losing or learning in an intelligence world, new strategies for care. And the latest news captures on physical AI. www.iskandr.nl/embody-tech-...

Embody tech to master human intelligences

Weeknotes 384 - Thoughts on repetitiveness as a signal for losing or learning in an intelligence world, new strategies for care. And the latest news captures on physical AI.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 08/04/2026

A new token for the cultural meme of thinking out loud Thinking how a cultural meme shaped by a device might evolve into a new form of ‘minding’ habits leveraging social intelligence. Weeknotes 383; latest news on urban robotics, physical AI, and impact on society. www.iskandr.nl/a-new-token-...

A new token for the cultural meme of thinking out loud

Thinking about how a cultural meme shaped by a device might evolve into a new form of 'minding' habits leveraging social intelligence.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 31/03/2026

Embracing complexity to fork AI standardized life Weeknotes 382 - How an exhibition and a side note connect to an essay on chaos and adaptive governance. Brought home for contemporary product development organisations… And more notions from news on human-AI-things. www.iskandr.nl/embracing-co...

Embracing complexity to fork AI standardized life

How an exhibition and a side thought connect to an extensive essay on chaos and adaptive governance. Brought home for contemporary product development organisations… And much more notions from human-A...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 24/03/2026

Context engineering as a design lens for agent relations Weeknotes 381 - If non-human agents develop real agency, context engineering becomes about designing intentions. And more captures from last week’s news on human-AI-things relations. www.iskandr.nl/context-engi...

Context engineering as a design lens for agent relations

If non-human agents develop real agency, context engineering becomes about designing intentions. And more captures from last week’s news on human-AI-things relations.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 17/03/2026

Weeknotes 380 - Building the world of mixed realities - Thoughts on the future world models that might deal with new relations between humans and non-humans. www.iskandr.nl/building-the...

Building the world of mixed entities

Weeknotes 380 - Building the world of mixed realities - Thoughts on the future world models that might deal with new relations between humans and non-humans.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 10/03/2026

Extravert AI that talks to itself Weeknotes 379 - An AI that explains itself drives better than one that stays silent. Building trust with predictive relations. And the latest notions from the news of last week. www.iskandr.nl/extravert-ai...

Extravert AI that contemplates itself

Weeknotes 379 - An AI that explains itself drives better than one that stays silent. Building trust with predictive relations. And the latest notions from the news of last week.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 17/02/2026

Rethinking apps as exoskeleton agents, with humans inside Weeknotes 377 - AI is becoming an exoskeleton for thinking—but exoskeletons only work if there's still someone inside steering. Apps replacing agents require rethinking. And more from the news. www.iskandr.nl/rethinking-a...

Rethinking apps as exoskeleton agents, with humans inside

Weeknotes 377 - AI is becoming an exoskeleton for thinking—but exoskeletons only work if there's still someone inside steering. Apps replacing with agents requires rethinking. And more from the news.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 10/02/2026

A quiet rise of bottom-up device agent swarms Weeknotes 376 - Another lens on agent swarms (or teams), as a bottom-up movement of computational devices iterating into agents. And more reflections on the news of last week. www.iskandr.nl/a-quiet-rise...

A quiet rise of bottom-up device agent swarms

Weeknotes 376 - Another lens on agent swarms (or teams), as a bottom-up movement of computational devices iterating into agents. And more reflections on the news of last week.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 03/02/2026

Bots meet bots; the emerging mirror world of agent swarms Weeknotes 375 - From group chats to neighborhood sidewalks: how this week's OpenClaw experiment foreshadows the swarms of AI agents that will soon inhabit our physical world. www.iskandr.nl/bots-meet-bo...

Bots meet bots; the emerging mirror world of agent swarms

Weeknotes 375 - From group chats to neighborhood sidewalks: how this week's OpenClaw experiment foreshadows the swarms of AI agents that will soon inhabit our physical world.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 27/01/2026

Soul documents and the new priesthood of AI Weeknotes 374 - Thinking about designing AI constitutions in times of democracies under tension. With an honest confession of Claude. And more from last week’s news. www.iskandr.nl/soul-documen...

Soul documents and the new priesthood of AI

Weeknotes 374 - Soul documents and the new priesthood of AI - Thinking about designing AI constitutions in times of democracies under tension. With an honest confession of Claude. And more from last w...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 24/01/2026

Great addition to the category of art pieces that unhide what is not seen in our connected world youtu.be/moBCOEiqiPs?...

I built a light that can see radio waves

YouTube video by Rootkid

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 20/01/2026

The mundane education of AI. By us. Weeknotes 373 - Duplex learning: we're learning to use AI, and AI is learning our mundane rituals—that changes everything about the relationship. This thoughts and more from last week’s news on human-AI collabs. www.iskandr.nl/the-mundane-...

The mundane education of AI. By us.

Duplex learning: we're learning to use AI, and AI is learning our mundane rituals—that changes everything about the relationship. These thoughts and more from last week’s news on human-AI collabs.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 13/01/2026

The Evolutionary Path to Robot Roommates Weeknotes 372 - CES 2025 as a fortune teller or misrepresenter for a new breed of robotic roommates. And other news from futures in agentic AI in physical space. www.iskandr.nl/the-evolutio...

The evolutionary path to robot roommates

Weeknotes 372 - CES 2025 as a fortune teller or misrepresenter for a new breed of robotic roommates. And other news from futures in agentic AI in physical space

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 06/01/2026

Systemic co-design with agentic engineers Weeknotes 371 - The real shift is not from human coders to AI agents—it's from coding to engineering the environment where agents are co-designers. And other news on AI companion devices and robots as CES. www.iskandr.nl/systemic-co-...

Systemic co-design with agentic engineers

Weeknotes 371 - The real shift is not from human coders to AI agents—it's from coding to engineering the environment where agents are co-designers. And other news on AI companion devices and robots as CES.

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 02/12/2025

Thinking while listening to a typical AI consultant story; we are now adding a new phenomenon: human-washing. Making AI application acceptable by adding a non essential human in the loop. … We are paperclips after all

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 02/12/2025

Weeknotes 366 - New Luddites signaling deeper connections need Thinking about how "new Luddites" are reclaiming agency over how they connect, choosing intentional intimacy over AI-mediated relationships. And much more news from last week captured. www.iskandr.nl/new-luddites...

New Luddites reclaiming agency in immersive lifeworlds

Thinking about how "new Luddites" aren't rejecting technology but reclaiming agency over how they connect, choosing intentional intimacy over AI-mediated relationships as artificial intelligence incre...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 25/11/2025

From simulation to intuition layer: the intelligence of space itself Weeknotes 365 - Universal Ambient intelligence or immersive AI, how does it create general intuition. Connecting things that triggered thoughts this week. Like more news on human-AI collaborations. www.iskandr.nl/from-simulat...

From simulation to intuition layer: the intelligence of space itself

Weeknotes 365 - Universal Ambient intelligence or immersive AI, how does it create general intuition? Connecting things that triggered thoughts this week. Like more news on human-AI collaborations.

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 20/11/2025

Super curious to the new initiative of @genmon.fyi Technology for universal ambient intelligence inanimate.tech It seems to connects well to thoughts in my last RIOT article on “balancing personal agency, and collective governance in AI-augmented environments” thingscon.org/publications...

Universal Ambient Intelligence

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 18/11/2025

Pluribus signaling beyond intelligence societies Weeknotes 364 - This week, I explore the fine line where human–AI co-performance can compromise our humanity—and what agentic AI in physical spaces means for our relationships. Plus more reflections on the latest news. www.iskandr.nl/pluribus-sig...

Pluribus signaling beyond intelligence societies

Weeknotes 364 - This week, I explore the fine line where human–AI co-performance can compromise our humanity—and what agentic AI in physical spaces means for our relationships. Also..., reflections on...

Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 14/11/2025

We just announced more names and sessions for @thingscon.org TH/NGS 2025–resize<remix<regen Find here more: thingscon.org/events/thing... PS: early bird ends this weekend!

Program – ThingsCon

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 11/11/2025

Weeknotes 363 - Thinking about the relations with our chore assistants, learning from humanoid experiments. And more from the news of last week on human-AI interactions. www.iskandr.nl/morphing-app...

Morphing appearances of our future chore assistants

Weeknotes 363 - Morphing appearances of our future chore assistants Thinking about the relations with our chore assistants, learning from humanoid experiments. And more from the news of last week on ...

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Iskander Smit @iskandersmit.nl · 04/11/2025

From Immersive to Permeating: How AI Quietly Transforms Our Lives Weeknotes 362 - Thinking about adding to the "immersive AI" narrative, the more subtle reality of AI gradually "permeating" our daily lives. Learning from Neo and other news of last week. www.iskandr.nl/from-immersi...

From immersive to permeating AI entering our lives

Weeknotes 362 - Thinking about adding to the "immersive AI" narrative a the more subtle reality of AI gradually "permeating" our daily lives. Learning from Neo and other news of last week.

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