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Cory Doctorow Takes On Media and Tech Bros Enshittifying Everything

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When it comes to unearthing the depradations of big tech and media companies and how they actually work in the real world, there’s probably nobody better than Cory Doctorow to debunk the hype and demystify what’s happening. We’ve spoken with Cory on this show before about his most recent book The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI and his previous brilliant book, Enshittification, but Doctorow also has a blog at pluralistic.net with his most current musings. So with Cory’s permission, I’m going to read two recent pieces he’s written, the first about the merger between media giants Paramount and Warner Brothers, and the next about the seemingly strange call by the CEO of Anthropic AI, for government regulation of AI. They are both literally life-changing events, and who better than Cory Doctorow to unpack them.

Click on the small triangle or mp3 link above to hear my reading, as broadcast this week on the Arts Express radio show, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica stations across the nation.

AI, Dignity, Debt As A Weapon, And The Crack In The Mirror

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“It’s been a while since we presented the work of Caitlin Johnstone, so I’m happy to be reading today a  radio adaptation of some of her recent work. To my mind Caitlin’s once daily and often times twice daily no BS political and social commentary is a testament to her wit, intelligence, work ethic, perseverence and commitment to the end of empire. I’ll be reading four of her recent posts. So, let’s begin…”

Click on the small triangle or mp3 link above to hear my reading, as broadcast this week on the Arts Express radio show, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica stations across the nation.

Reverse Centaurs Kick Back! Cory Doctorow On How Artists Can Fight Back Against AI

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Portrait of Vincent van Gogh sitting with boxing gloves in an artist's studio.
AI portrait of Vincent van Gogh wearing boxing gloves

What are the implications for Artificial Intelligence in art, and what’s the best way to fight it? That’s what Cory Doctorow, author of the new book the Reverse Centaur’s guide to Life After AI, will talk about today. Last week we began a conversation with him where he explained how AI is a stock-driven growth bubble, fueled by tech bros who hype up AI’s ability in order to seduce bosses who have wet dreams of replacing all workers and gaining world-destroying power. However, AI is also a Ponzi scheme scooping up unimaginable amounts of investor money in a bubble that is bound to burst. So now let’s pick up our conversation with Cory Doctorow, as I ask him, should we be worried about AI art?

Click on the small triangle or mp3 link above to hear part two of my interview with Cory Doctorow on the Arts Express radio show this week, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica stations across the nation.

Part one can be found here:

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide To Life After AI

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Do you take after that mythological half-human, half-horse creature the centaur, or are you a reverse centaur? In the age of Artificial Intelligence, you’re either one or the other, says our guest today. I was happy to welcome blogger, journalist, science fiction writer, and activist, Cory Doctorow, whose most recent book was Enshittification, here to talk about his new book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI.

Click on the small triangle or mp3 link above to hear my interview with Cory Doctorow on the Arts Express radio show this week, heard on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica stations across the nation.

Culture and Barbarism With Dennis Broe

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I was happy to have this cross-continental conversation with cultural critic, novelist, and Arts Express Paris Correspondent, Dennis Broe. I think you’ll have fun listening to our wide-ranging conversation with topics from the French street uprisings to media consolidation to AI to Robin Hood to Zohran Mamdani. We broadcast it last week and this week on WBAI FM NYC and Pacifica affiliates across the country.

This was conceived originally as a fundraiser for listener-sponsored radio station WBAI, home of Arts Express, but we edited the conversation for the affiliates (and this blog!) to eliminate most of the pitching.

Click on the small triangle or mp3 links to play.