Cities of Things

Annotating a future agentic thing from October news reflections

The weekly reflections on the news in human-AI-thing co-performances are brought to life via a story from the future of living with agentic things in…

Nov 12 • 

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September 2025

August Reflections: From Tools to Companions to Immersive Presences.

Annotating a future agentic thing from August news reflections

Sep 10 • 

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August 2025

July reflections: think with us: friction, agency, and the networked self

Annotating a future agentic thing from July news reflections

Aug 8 • 

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July 2025

June reflections: the tension between control and emergence in our technological future

Annotating a future agentic thing from June news reflections

Jul 6 • 

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June 2025

May reflections: the emergence of "ambient intelligence”

Annotating a future agentic thing from May news reflections

Jun 9 • 

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May 2025

April in cities of (agentic) things: design for collectives in human-agent societies

Annotating a future agentic thing from April reflections

May 8 • 

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April 2025

March in cities of (agentic) things

Annotating a future agentic thing from March reflections

Apr 4 • 

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March 2025

February in Cities of (Agentic) Things

Annotating a future agentic thing from February reflections

Mar 3 • 

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February 2025

Navigating the Synthetic Frontier

January 2025 in Cities of Things

Feb 10 • 

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December 2024

Dreaming and designing regenerative AI agents

Weekly thoughts on human-AI co-performances

Dec 17, 2024 • 

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Designing for understandable predictive intelligence

Weekly triggered thought

Dec 3, 2024 • 

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November 2024

Shifting perceptions of smartness

Weekly Triggered Thought

Nov 27, 2024 • 

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