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Daniel Jeffries

Author, Futurist, and Systems Architect

Clear Windows, a new series for Freethink Voices by Daniel Jeffries, offers a clear-eyed alternative to the dark and dystopian technophobia of “Black Mirror,” showcasing the power and promise of tomorrow’s technology while never shying away from its realistic downsides.

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AI
No, AI won’t take all the jobs. Here’s why.
When you consider the mechanics of integrating AI into the job market, the idea that it will take all our jobs quickly falls apart.
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AI
The age of industrialized imagination
By slashing costs, AI will spark a creative renaissance in the entertainment industry, leading to more working artists, not fewer.
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Opinion
A personal assistant for everyone: The promise of ambient AI
We’re leaving the app era and entering the age of ambient AI: intelligent help that’s always on, but never in the way.
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Technophobia
Technophobia has a body count
Activists push scary headlines about the harm they predict a technology will cause, but ignore the good things we stand to lose without it.