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The Forgotten Story of How Conservatives Shaped the Internet w/ Becca Lewis
Nov 21, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Becca Lewis to discuss the right-wing project to shape the internet in the 1990s and how we’re still living with the legacies of those actions today.Becca Lewis is a postdoctor...
Patreon Preview: How Cloud Giants Cement Their Power w/ Cecilia Rikap
Nov 19, 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. We’re releasing those interviews as bonus episodes for Patre...
Making Sense of a Pro-Tech Trump Presidency w/ Brian Merchant
Nov 14, 2024Paris Marx is joined by Brian Merchant to discuss the fallout from the US election, what it means for the tech industry, and more importantly, what it might mean for all of us. They also celebrate the...
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.J...
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....