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AI's aesthetics of failure
On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop
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"If AI is writing the work and AI is reading the work, do we even need to be there at all?" Educators reveal a growing crisis on campus and…
AI Killed My Job: Educators.
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The tech oligarchs and their AI are taking over. Let's fight back.
Alright, I’m really doing this thing. Support Blood in the Machine and fearless independent tech journalism.
Feb 18, 2025
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
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The AI bubble is so big it's propping up the US economy (for now)
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The AI jobs crisis is here, now
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A $500 billion tech company's core software product is encouraging child suicide
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AI Killed My Job: Tech workers
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The first basic income for workers impacted by AI has begun sending out $1,000 monthly payments
The AI Dividend is distributing $1,000 a month for a year, no strings attached, to eligible workers.
Mar 24
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Conan O'Brien, tech critic
The Oscars host mined Hollywood's unease with Silicon Valley. Plus, BuzzFeed nears bankruptcy after its pivot to AI, China's exploding gig economy, and…
Mar 18
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Warning Signs
What drives the men who make--and abuse--AI?
Mar 5
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The most aggressively anti-AI film of the ChatGPT era
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die takes a big swing at AI. Does it connect?
Mar 1
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Actually, the left is winning the AI debate
But it does need to get organized.
Feb 26
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Across the US, people are dismantling and destroying Flock surveillance cameras
Anger over ICE connections and privacy violations is fueling the sabotage. PLUS: 10,000 drivers call on Uber to repay stolen wages, a man is arrested at…
Feb 20
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Five takeaways from an unhinged AI discourse
What's behind the feverish AI discourse? Who thinks "AI is fake"? Is "the left" wrong to dismiss AI? Is that even what's happening? What's really going…
Feb 18
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