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Patreon Preview: Maybe We Should Destroy AI w/ Ali Alkhatib
Nov 13, 2024Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. Starting this week, we’re releasing those interviews as bonu...
The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante
Nov 07, 2024Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss troubling developments in the open source world as Wordpress goes to war with WP Engine and a new definition of open source AI doesn’t require being open about...
Silicon Valley is Reshaping US Democracy w/ Jacob Silverman
Oct 31, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss all the money Elon Musk is pouring into the US election and what Silicon Valley’s political influence will mean regardless of who becomes president. ...
Data Vampires: Fighting for Control (Episode 4)
Oct 28, 2024Tech billionaires are embracing extreme right-wing politics. It’s not just to enhance their power, but to try to realize a harmful vision for humanity’s future that could see humans merging with machi...
The Threat of Data Colonialism w/ Ulises A. Mejias & Nick Couldry
Oct 24, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry to discuss how Silicon Valley's extractive data collection regime and the power it grants them resembles a much older form of exploitation: co...
Data Vampires: Sacrificing for AI (Episode 3)
Oct 21, 2024Sam Altman is clear: he’s ready to sacrifice anything for his AI fantasies. But are we? We dig into why generative AI has such extreme energy demands and how major tech companies are trying to rewrite...
The “Dark Elf” Leading Tech’s Extreme Right w/ Julia Black
Oct 17, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Julia Black to discuss who Curtis Yarvin is and how his anti-democratic, far-right writings have influenced the politics of Silicon Valley and the wider American extreme right....
Data Vampires: Opposing Data Centers (Episode 2)
Oct 14, 2024As hyperscale data centers move into communities, they come with significant water and energy demands that some are not willing to put up with. We go to Ireland, Spain, and Chile to learn about the ef...
Gaza Is a Laboratory for Future Warfare w/ Spencer Ackerman
Oct 10, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Spencer Ackerman to discuss the past year of Israel's actions in Palestine and the innovations in war technology being used to carry out what the ICJ has deemed a "plausible" g...
Data Vampires: Going Hyperscale (Episode 1)
Oct 07, 2024Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are the dominant players in the cloud market. Around the world, they’re building massive hyperscale data centers that they claim are necessary to power the future of our ...