Motivating futures
New research from the Institute for the Future of Work.
As AI rapidly transforms workplaces, there is an urgent need – and golden opportunity – to steer it towards greater opportunity, not deeper inequality. As evidenced in our Pissarides Review, better technical skills and ‘AI literacy’ alone will not be enough for young people from low-income backgrounds to thrive. Intrinsic motivation and self-agency are becoming increasingly important for young people to adapt and succeed in this fast-evolving and technologising labour market.
Charities and artificial intelligence
A recent blog from the Charity Commission on AI with advice for trustees and useful links to further resources. Unfortunately, the link insists on downloading the whole .gov page. If you put ‘blog Charity Commission charities and artificial intelligence’ in a search engine you should find it.
Uncoding Creativity in the Age of AI: What Makes a Great Poem, What Makes a Great Storyteller, and What Makes Us Human
An interesting take on AI and creativity.
I once asked ChatGPT to write a poem about a total solar eclipse in the style of Walt Whitman. It returned a dozen couplets of cliches that touched nothing, changed nothing in me…
How to influence the new government effectively
Useful strategic advice for trustees from the NCVO on how to influence policy effectively and protect your charity’s voice.
A World of Water – part of Can The Seas Survive Us? at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich.
A World of Water brings together works by British and international artists from the last 250 years who have all offered a unique perspective of evolving marine ecosystems and oceanic habitats. Taking the North Sea and the historical relationship between Norfolk and the Netherlands as its starting point, the exhibition looks at the human impact on the sea.
Future Now Symposium 2025
Aesthetica’s Future Now Symposium is fast approaching – 18th September 2025. Well worth attending if you haven’t been before.
Future Now is a national platform for vision, action and collaboration across art, culture, heritage and the creative industries.