Media Bits and Bites – September 16, 2025
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Murder by meme
Murder by meme
Murder by meme
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Latin American Musicians Say AI Is Stealing Their Streams
rest of world
Musicians say bots are stealing streams, siphoning income, and shortening the lifespan of songs. Even Bad Bunny isn’t safe.
Media Bits and Bytes — September 2, 2025
Portside
Big Tech and civilization
tv
‘Alien: Earth’ Is One of the Best Shows So Far This Year
NPR
'Alien: Earth' is one of the best shows so far this year. Many classic themes recur: A modern world corrupted by corporate exploitation of average people. The question of whether technological advancements are meant to serve humans or replace them.
Friday Nite Videos | August 22, 2025
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Putin Is Trapped by Trump's Misunderstandings. The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio. Lonely Avenue | Jon Batiste. White House Evacuated After Trans Alarm Goes Off.
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The Catastrophic Risks of AI — and a Safer Path | Yoshua Bengio | TED
Yoshua Bengio — the world's most-cited computer scientist and a "godfather" of artificial intelligence — is deadly concerned about the current trajectory of the technology
Media Bits and Bytes – August 19, 2025
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Tech and politics
Entering a Golden Age for War Profiteers
TomDispatch
Trump's Washington Breathes New Life into the Military-Industrial Complex
The Ideology of Artificial Intelligence
Common Dreams
The AI hype is essentially propaganda, the main purpose of which is to accelerate layoffs, to fuel financial speculation, and to divert investment and resources toward a new jump into the abyss by economic and political elites.
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AI-Driven Worker Displacement Is a Serious Threat
Jacobin
By many estimates, the increasing use of artificial intelligence is set to produce significant job losses. The prospect of serious disruption demands that we start formulating egalitarian policy solutions right now.
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