Greetings from the Mediterranean, more precisely a lovely little beach called Castell north of Barcelona on the Costa Brava where we spent the weekend. We’ll be back in Malmö on̈ Wednesday and open as usual on Thursday.
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A bookseller’s dilemma
On the one hand you can’t say no to a nice collection of books that are all worthy of being put on our shelves – many classic Swedish authors in English, a number of Nobel and Booker prize winners, lots of interesting travel books and a good deal more – but, on the other hand,Continue reading “A bookseller’s dilemma”
“Superintelligence” is not the problem
Tinmit Gebru, one of the winners of this year’s Right Livelihood award, often referred to as the alternative Nobel Prize, is a young woman who is working hard to contain the genie that is AI and unlike many of those who write and speak about AI she actually knows what she’s talking about: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timnit_Gebru Here’sContinue reading ““Superintelligence” is not the problem”
A musical adventure
Alison Luthmers has been taking us on many a musical adventure ever since we opened and we can only hope that her latest project goes well and that she might eventually bring it to the shop in some form. In the meantime she and the Bellevue String Quartet will be giving a release concert ofContinue reading “A musical adventure”
The Pope speaks
When Pope Leo released his encyclical on AI some time back he offered the world a wide-ranging cultural assessment of the challenges that humanity faces with the far too rapid spread of these new technologies. On his ongoing visit to France he spoke again about the dangers of AI and the “paradise of machines” thatContinue reading “The Pope speaks”
“That’s so AI”
Onto autumn
In the fall an old man’s thoughts turn to mushroom picking and the pickings have been quite good so far. We’ll be open on Friday night from 6.30 to 9 or so as part of Malmö’s annual Gallery weekend and even though it is now no longer summer our summer sale will continue through theContinue reading “Onto autumn”
Science in action
As I noted some time back there is a huge gap, or disconnect, between what we as a species know and what we as a species do – between knowledge and action – and I bemoaned in particular the actions of scientists who know so much about so many things yet keep their knowledge fromContinue reading “Science in action”
For your play list
One of the residual benefits of following and/or subscribing to this blog is that you have a ready made play list when you are in need of one like when you are driving in your car for awhile as I do once a week when I head out to our country house. If you goContinue reading “For your play list”
More slop than not
Per Engaard came by the shop yesterday and we got talking about AI and antisocial media and such things and he said he had heard on a podcast that the majority of stuff that is on the internet is now AI-generated, that is, more of the content that is to be found in cyberspace isContinue reading “More slop than not”
