Tom Chatfield
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Biography
Dr Tom Chatfield is a British author, broadcaster, and tech philosopher. Chatfield has written books on digital culture.
"If computers remain far worse than us at image recognition, a certain over-confident combination of man and machine can elsewhere take inaccuracy to a whole new level."
"Forget artificial intelligence - in the brave new world of big data, it's artificial idiocy we should be looking out for."
"Video games are a special kind of play, but at root, they're about the same things as other games: embracing particular rules and restrictions in order to develop skills and experience rewards. When a game is well-designed, it's the balance between these factors that engages people on a fundamental level."
"From exam grading to health education to professional training to democratic participation, paths towards self-realization and success in the world are often daunting and obscure: journeys only the privileged feel confident setting off along."
"Even when they're not causing injury, human-controlled cars are often driven inefficiently, ineptly, antisocially, or in other ways additive to the sum of human misery."