When technology hits society, we get both magic but also rising energy prices, labor uncertainty, and a loss of trust in institutions. Should we try to break or accelerate?

Social media set the conditions and AI is amplifying them: data centre energy demand outrunning grid capacity, learning and entry-level work hollowing out as models take over the tasks that used to build expertise, and a media environment where real and generated content are no longer reliably distinguishable. The session asks where slowing down protects something worth keeping and where it just cedes ground to whoever moves faster.

Speaker

Hampus Jakobsson

General Partner, Pale blue dot

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