Improved Means, Unimproved Ends - Digital Comic (2024)

Narrative comic created using Stable Diffusion AI Image Generation, digital, print

The rapid advancement of technology such as AI, automation, and machine learning will have a significant affect on humanity’s development as we press continuously into the future. The potential of this tech grants us endless opportunities to create, expand, and develop extraordinary capabilities, but there must be critical considerations in how and where we choose to concentrate our investments. Today, more than ever, concerns have risen of the ethical use these technologies, specifically with how some sectors like capitalistic marketers or predatory global conglomerates seeking to monetize these ventures to the maximum extent.

Prompt text and comic dialogue is transcribed from the New York Times Opinion section, an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” featuring Professor Ethan Mollick that aired on April 2nd, 2024. The topic of the podcast interview was ‘How Should I Be Using A.I. Right Now?’

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