This weekend I was sitting outside and noticed a spider’s web glimmer in the sun. I don’t know how long the spider’s webs had been there, but clearly for longer than I’d been sitting in this spot this morning.

The spider web was a reminder that while we are in control of many things in life, there are also external forces guiding us along the way. It is when we choose to open ourselves to life that life opens itself up to us.

Even before AI existed, we’ve been dreaming about it in books and film. What can these representations tell us about the potential opportunities and pitfalls of this technology?

Have you ever had an experience of going after something so hard because you think it’s what you want, and then suddenly you awake and think huh, that’s not at all what I want. What is it that I sought so hard in the first place? What do you do when this happens?