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"The creation of meaningful speech is now part of Claude Shannon’s 'engineering problem.' What we're seeing, with generative AI, is the working out, in private, for commercial purposes, of a mathematical theory of meaning." newcartographies.com/p/the-mechaniz…

In a new book, Nicholas Carr explores how tech optimists failed to foresee the downsides of faster, easier communication, such as factionalism, authoritarianism and radicalisation econ.st/42Fx6MN

Michael welcomes Nicholas Carr (Nicholas Carr), author of "Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart," a bracing exploration of how social media has warped our sense of self and society. Listen to the #bookclub #podcast here 🎧📖 loom.ly/Dfx1c6g

Very pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to Jon Haidt's After Babel.

Tomorrow at noon EST New America is hosting an online discussion of my new book Superbloom between me and the writer and tech-policy analyst Akash Kapur. Free and open to all. Register here: newamerica.org/planetary-poli…

"We viewed the information age as an age of reason, governed by the scientist and the mathematician. We’re now coming to realize it’s altogether different — an enchanted age, governed by the myth-maker and the mystic." newcartographies.com/p/glitching-to…

"In a world overfilled with stuff, a captivating interface is the perfect consumer good. It packages the very act of consumption as a product." newcartographies.com/p/in-the-kingd…

Join Christine Rosen and me for a Zoom conversation about Superbloom tonight. Free and open to all. The sponsor, FAN (Family Action Network), is giving away books to 150 randomly selected attendees. Details and signup: familyactionnetwork.net/events/superbl…

The Tyranny of Now: The Tyranny of Now There’s no time like the present to revisit the warning of forgotten media theorist Harold Innis: “Enormous improvements in communication have made understanding more difficult …. buff.ly/3PO2qRO

Studies have shown that social media promotes lies and antipathy more effectively than truth and empathy. The result is “an information environment conducive to authoritarian movements and cults of personality”, writes Nicholas Carr in a new book econ.st/4kiUAgO

So excited for this. Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity and Fei-Fei Li vs. Jaron Lanier and Nicholas Carr Will the truth survive AI? May 15 in San Francisco. Tickets here: thefp.com/p/will-the-tru…

"There’s a reason so much narrative art is now set in fantasy worlds or in the past: there are no phones there." newcartographies.com/p/i-remember-h…

Join us Mon. April 14 for "Why Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart" Nicholas Carr with Audrey Borowski will explore how, as communication become more mechanized, it breeds confusion more than understanding, strife more than harmony. #Philosophy thephilosopher1923.org/events/why-tec…

Gimme some truthiness. newcartographies.com/p/epistemologi…

"Efficiency might not, it turns out, bring about greater happiness." Abram Van Engen reviews Nicholas Carr's Superbloom, about the pitfalls of our technological age, in Arc Magazine: arcmag.org/slow-down-you-…

"Zuckerberg's botverse continues the social-media model, with nonhuman disembodied voices replacing human disembodied voices. Once you separate voice from being, the next step is to mass-produce voice as a commodity, to offer friendship as a service." newcartographies.com/p/friendship-i…

Last night at our San Francisco debate on Artificial Intelligence, Nicholas Carr argued: “The problem with AI isn’t that it encourages cheating; the problem is that it discourages learning.” Full video coming soon to the FP.com.

"The real threat AI poses to education isn’t that it encourages cheating. It’s that it discourages learning." newcartographies.com/p/the-myth-of-…

"Armed with generative AI, a B student can produce A work while turning into a C student." newcartographies.com/p/the-myth-of-…