Dystopia Now

Journalist Taylor Lorenz joins us to discuss Section 230, how Big Tech is already tracking everything from eye movements to finger presses, the ongoing erosion of online privacy through right-wing tech policy and identity verification.
Find Taylor on YouTube @TaylorLorenz and her publication UserMag on Substack.
Further Reading
Taylor Lorenz, Usermag, The Media Lied About the Social Media Addiction Trial

Taylor Lorenz, The Biggest Lies About Section 230

Mick Masnick, TechDirt, Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They're Actually Cheering For

KWCH, AI-powered cameras on Wichita school buses raise privacy concerns for one driver

WBAL, 'Just holding a Doritos bag': Student handcuffed after AI system mistook bag of chips for weapon

David Ramírez Álvarez, secretary at the embassy of Cuba in the US, joins us to understand the escalating blockade on Cuba.

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This week we dive into Emile's area of expertise, the ethics of human extinction and how these ethics are shaping Silicon Valley. 
Further Reading
https://www.realtimetechpocalypse.com/p/making-sense-of-the-human-extinction

Books Mentioned
The Last Man, Mary Shelley

Human Extinction: A History of the Science and Ethics of Annihilation, Émile Torres

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Researcher and journalist Dylan Gyauch-Lewis joins us this week to discuss the views behind ongoing data center buildout for AI despite community resistance.
Find Dylan's work at the American Prospect and https://therevolvingdoorproject.org
Further Reading
Dylan Gyauch-Lewis for The American Prospect: More AI Means More Cancer
 Dylan Gyauch-Lewis for The Revolving Door Project: Support for Data Centers in Shor Supply

Find Jacob Silverman on Substack at https://substack.com/@jacobsilverman or Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/jacobsilverman.com 
Further Reading from Jacob
* The Shady Financial Past of a Major Trump Crypto Investor: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/andrei-grachev-dlw-labs-world-liberty-financial-trump/
* The President Took A $75 Million Bribe And We All Saw It: https://www.jacobsilverman.com/p/the-president-took-a-75-million-bribe 
 
Books Mentioned
Gilded Rage, Jacob Silverman
Easy Money, Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman
Survival of the Richest, Douglas Rushkoff
More Everything Forever, Adam Becker
The Technological Republic, Alex Karp