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.
