Untangled with Charley Johnson

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šŸ”® Artificial Intelligence

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Thereā€™s no such thing as ā€˜fully autonomousā€™ agents
Donā€™t ā€˜fully self-driveā€™ yourself to an early graveā€¦
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How to analyze the frames and metaphors that hide power in AI
A guide to interrogating rhetorical power in sociotechnical systems
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Trapped by the Pursuit of Efficiency
When tech is the end goal, we lose sight of everything that truly matters.
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Can we democratize AI?
My conversation with Divya Siddarth, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the Collective Intelligence Project
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Is AI snake oil?
An interview with Princeton Professor Arvind Narayanan
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The potential of public AI
An interview with Mozilla's Nik Marda and Jasmine Sun
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OpenAIā€™s mythology, Metaā€™s secret, and Microsoftā€™s hypocrisy.
An interview with AI writer and reporter, Karen Hao
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No, OpenAIā€™s new model is not ā€˜reasoning.ā€™
Happy 10 Year Anniversary, Data & Society!
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šŸ“ŗ Media & Tech

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The Infinite Manosphere
We need a positive vision of masculinity ASAP
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The Age of Participatory Media
Let's generate 'cold media,' shall we?
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Building healthy local communities online & off
A conversation with Deepti Doshi, Co-Director, New_Public
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Block, build, be
A conversation about the work ahead with Anya Kamenetz, creator of The Golden Hour
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Anya Kamenetz
Fragment the media! Embrace the shards!
For this election, think less about our ā€˜shared realityā€™ and more about information integrity
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šŸŽ§ Unfollow your friends!
An interview with Louis Barclay, creator of Unfollow Everything.
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šŸ§  Synthetic social media
Internet users, brace for the emergence of E-Swift
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Pretty privilege, appearance labor, and worthiness.
PLUS: Get a free, signed copy of Elise Hu's new book, Flawless.
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Elise Hu

šŸ¤‘ Crypto

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The $TRUMP Token
How 'social tokens' will turn influencers, celebrities, and apparently, politicians, into stocks
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The narrators of the "Tech Industrial Complex."
The problem of the techno-determinist mindset.
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Are blockchains immutable?
A dive into the collective belief that ā€˜yes, assets CAN be digital, and you CAN own them!ā€™
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Crypto Untangled
A book about crypto for the curious skeptic.
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The Church of Number Go Up
Is crypto a casino? A church? A new kind of infrastructure? The answer is: yes
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šŸ§  In crypto, everything is a ponzi
ā€¦until sometimes, itā€™s not.
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Who are you?
A wonky romp through identity, classification, and power.
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What connects crypto and ā€˜Love is Blindā€™?
The sociology of speculation and how it is shaping crypto communities and modern life.
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