Hacker News with Generative AI: Digitalization

Should We Decouple Technology from Everyday Life? (thepublicdiscourse.com)
For decades, we have been told that the future is digital and that resistance is futile. But what if the future we truly want is one where the analogue coexists alongside the digital, where digital technology is an option and not a mandate?
Technology, Society, Digitalization, Analogue
82 points by StatsAreFun 38 days ago | 108 comments
Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its schools (2023) (apnews.com)
As children across Sweden have recently flocked back to school after the summer vacation, many of their teachers are putting a new emphasis on printed books, quiet reading hours, and practicing handwriting as the country’s yearslong focus on the digitalization of classrooms has come under scrutiny.
Education, Sweden, Digitalization, Technology
429 points by redbell 76 days ago | 325 comments
A return to hand-written notes by learning to read and write (research.google)
We present a model to convert photos of handwriting into a digital format that reproduces component pen strokes, without the need for specialized equipment.
Handwriting, AI, Computer Vision, Digitalization
595 points by mfiguiere 155 days ago | 181 comments
Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Digitized in High-Resolution (2017) (openculture.com)
Omni, the Iconic Sci-Fi Magazine, Now Digitized in High-Resolution and Available Online
Sci-Fi, Magazines, Digitalization, Archives, History
58 points by walterbell 189 days ago | 6 comments