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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Genevieve Bell is an Australian anthropologist best known for her work at the intersection of cultural practice and technological development. Bell is the director of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance Innovation Institute (3Ai), which was co-founded by the Australian National University (ANU) and CSIRO’s Data61, and a Distinguished Professor of the ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science. She holds the university's inaugural Florence Violet McKenzie Chair and is the first SRI International Engelbart Distinguished Fellow. Bell is a senior fellow at Intel, where she was formerly a vice president directing the company's Corporate Sensing & Insights group. She is widely published, and holds 13 patents.
There are times when I get through the day by looking around the office and thinking, 'My God, aren't the natives here strange.'
I think one of the most interesting things about automation isn't on the practical side. I think it's about creating magic and wonder and moments of splendor.
It's not good enough to just keep producing technology with no notion of whether it's going to be useful. You have to create stuff that people really want, rather than create stuff just because you can.
If you see a better world, you're morally obligated to create it
What makes us human is what is delightful
Today's devices blurt out the absolute truth as they know it. A smart device in the future might know when NOT to blurt out the truth.