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#Hackstock is an event that draws the connections between sci-fi, psychedelia, counter-culture and immersive technologies Jon Weinel blog.oup.com/2018/06/hologr…

January 3rd 2026

Today @theaidocfilm premieres at @SXSW. This film goes straight to the heart of so much of what CHT has been working on for years. It makes the stakes of our current AI trajectory impossible to look away from and leaves us with a genuine belief that another path is possible. With every new technology, there’s a brief window where we get to set the rules of the road that determine the future we live in. This is ours. Which AI path will we choose? If you’re going to the screening in Austin, @tristanharris and @aza will be participating in a Q+A directly following the film to answer your burning questions about how we choose a better path.

Joan Slonczewski: "Anyone who claims they know AI is, or isn’t, self-aware, is stating a personal belief without scientific evidence. And there won’t be real evidence any time soon, despite all those million-dollar machines we scientists have applied." magazine.mindplex.ai/post/ai-person…

Flashback! I'm hosting a panel about psychedelics in SFs legendary Haight-Ashbury. My friends Phriendz are putting on a digital Dead extravaganza - an explosive mind-melting performance -- iconic jams reimagined live on stage Go here eventbrite.com/e/digital-dead… Be there!

You’ve read the headlines about AI psychosis — chatbots leading users to lose their grip on reality, upending lives and tearing families apart. Dr. Zak Stein has been studying these cases long before they entered the public consciousness. He doesn’t see just a few isolated cases that can be fixed with tweaks to the models. He sees the emergence of what he calls the attachment economy: AI systems that are designed to exploit our most fundamental psychological vulnerabilities on an unprecedented scale. We waited a decade to respond to the harms of the attention economy. We can’t make the same mistake again. Read more about Zak’s diagnosis and solutions from his appearance on Your Undivided Attention: bit.ly/3NN9m3K

𝙏𝙍𝘼𝙉𝙎𝙁𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙: 𝘼𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙉𝙀𝙏 Opening tonight 5-8pm at @nguyenwahed nyc

Ads Are Coming to ChatGPT. Here’s How They’ll Work wired.com/story/openai-t…

COME AND SEE returns once again to the PCC next Sat 24th Jan at 2:45pm & Tue 10th March. Klimov’s 1985 anti war epic remains one of the most searing and harrowing films ever made. Essential cinema. 🎟️: buff.ly/0Q6SjJY

Part 5 of my Super Furry Animals artwork archive is up now on my Patreon for paid subscribers. The Guerrilla LP artwork and ephemera. Thanks to all my members! Sign up here patreon.com/PeteFowler?utm…

The Unseen Internet Event @ Berkeley Alembic open.substack.com/pub/unseeninte… Come see Shira Chess, Erik Davis, R.U. Sirius, Mark Pesce, Paco Nathan in Berkeley on Friday Drive, walk or swim!

Experience the UK Premiere of William Friedkin’s white-knuckle jungle thriller SORCERER from a new 4K Restoration! Running Fri 9th Jan for five consecutive days - it's often hailed as Friedkin’s boldest and most underrated film. 🎟️: buff.ly/FV6Sv7M

Phase IV / 1974 / US-UK / Saul Bass ———————————————— Alien Earth / 2025 / US / Noah Hawley #sidebyside 👁️sound on👁️

SHOWING TODAY 🎞️ - ONIBABA in 35mm - MARTYRS - BARRY LYNDON in 35mm - HAUSU - THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI w/ Live Score - NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - DAY OF THE DEAD princecharlescinema.com

“Electric circuitry has overthrown the regime of ‘time’ and ‘space’ and pours upon us instantly and continuously the concerns of all other men. It has reconstituted dialogue on a global scale. Its message is Total Change.” Marshall McLuhan ‘The Medium is the Massage’ 1967

Massive thanks to our good friend Iain Softley and his surprise guest, the phenomenal Fisher Stevens, for joining us last night to celebrate 30 Years of Hackers! You never know who will show up at The PCC...

Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. 😎 Tickets are on sale now for both 70mm IMAX and standard IMAX showings of #OneBattleAfterAnother with select locations featuring our exclusive 1.43 Expanded Aspect Ratio. imax.com/movie/one-batt…

Darren Aronofsky’s surreal debut PI returns in stunning 4K on Tue 26 Aug! A mathematician’s obsession with patterns spirals into madness in this 1998 cult classic. Don’t miss the film that paved the way for Black Swan, Requiem For A Dream & The Whale. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/mr3yu5yx

Why Creative People Should Embrace Raindance: 5 Things That Make It Uniquely Powerful raindance.org/why-creative-p…