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🚨281. The Smoking Gun of Techno-Capitalism (ft. Meredith Whittaker)🚨
Our friend @mer__edith joins us for a giant discussion that bridges her historical analysis of plantation logics and industrial computation with the political economy of "open" AI. soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…
Our friend @mer__edith joins us for a giant discussion that bridges her historical analysis of plantation logics and industrial computation with the political economy of "open" AI. soundcloud.com/thismachinekil…
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🚨Premium – 482. Be the Investment Risk You Want to See in the World🚨
We get into the recent downturn in the data centre markets and get into how susceptible this massive industry is to investment risk from even just local forms of community resistance and financial skepticism.
We get into the recent downturn in the data centre markets and get into how susceptible this massive industry is to investment risk from even just local forms of community resistance and financial skepticism.
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🚨481. The Data of Empire (ft. Roopika Risam)🚨
We chat with @roopikarisam about her new book, Data Empires, as we trace the very long history of data and the many ways that empires have used data to gain power, exercise control, and enforce order on the world.
We chat with @roopikarisam about her new book, Data Empires, as we trace the very long history of data and the many ways that empires have used data to gain power, exercise control, and enforce order on the world.
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🚨Premium – 480. We Need to Talk About the Forces of Production🚨
We discuss and riff on the People’s AI Assembly, organized by AI Now Institute and More Perfect Union, which just happened in New York City.
We discuss and riff on the People’s AI Assembly, organized by AI Now Institute and More Perfect Union, which just happened in New York City.
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🚨479. Trust Doesn’t Care About Your Feelings (ft. @KateKayeReports)🚨
We talk all about the history and future of trying to measure trust by turning it into quantified, objective feature of the world, rather than a dynamic, affective relationship between people.
We talk all about the history and future of trying to measure trust by turning it into quantified, objective feature of the world, rather than a dynamic, affective relationship between people.
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🚨477. Amerikkka Intelligence🚨
We chat about "super intelligence," the factions of tech policy advice in Trump's admin, then the many ways that OpenAI and Anthropic are behaving like rogue agents who are irresponsible and incompetent to a degree that should be unbelievable.
We chat about "super intelligence," the factions of tech policy advice in Trump's admin, then the many ways that OpenAI and Anthropic are behaving like rogue agents who are irresponsible and incompetent to a degree that should be unbelievable.
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What does the OpenAI-Hugging Face incident reveal about AI discourse? This episode argues that debate treats AI less as a set of explainable machine-learning systems than as a mystified force.
W/ @jathansadowski & @bigblackjacobin on @machinekillspod
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W/ @jathansadowski & @bigblackjacobin on @machinekillspod
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🚨Premium – 476. Can You Believe What Leftists Think About AI🚨
We learn all about how leftists are against any new regulations for AI. It’s the unbelievable return of horseshoe theory as we discuss the curious new discourse cycle being promoted by prominent pundits.
We learn all about how leftists are against any new regulations for AI. It’s the unbelievable return of horseshoe theory as we discuss the curious new discourse cycle being promoted by prominent pundits.
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🚨475. Never Let a Computer Tell Me Shit🚨
We jump off from the OpenAI - Hugging Face hack to discuss the misleading, cynical, and hysterical ways we talk about AI and the stranglehold that existential risk has on our framings and discourses.
We jump off from the OpenAI - Hugging Face hack to discuss the misleading, cynical, and hysterical ways we talk about AI and the stranglehold that existential risk has on our framings and discourses.
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🚨Premium – 474. Gym, Tan, Leverage🚨
We get into two stories about the tech sector and speculative real estate booms. First, how Netflix promises to turn the Jersey Shore into “Hollywood East”. Second, how the data centre bonanza is stretching Wall Street beyond its limits.
We get into two stories about the tech sector and speculative real estate booms. First, how Netflix promises to turn the Jersey Shore into “Hollywood East”. Second, how the data centre bonanza is stretching Wall Street beyond its limits.
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🚨473. Tech Workers of the World, Unite (ft. JS Tan, @ClarissaRedwine)🚨
We chat with veteran tech labor organizers about their new book that chronicles the tech worker movement, while also offering invaluable perspective and advice on building worker power in tech.
We chat with veteran tech labor organizers about their new book that chronicles the tech worker movement, while also offering invaluable perspective and advice on building worker power in tech.
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🚨Premium – 472. Australia’s AI Pitch Deck🚨
We take a closer look at the new all-of-government strategy for *AI in Australia’s Interests.* Australia has plotted out a bold, progressive vision where AI enthusiasm is mandatory and the inability to say no is actually empowering.
We take a closer look at the new all-of-government strategy for *AI in Australia’s Interests.* Australia has plotted out a bold, progressive vision where AI enthusiasm is mandatory and the inability to say no is actually empowering.
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