Untangled with Charley Johnson

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Can AI be 'fair'?
Disney strikes back, disinformation distorts LA protests, and chatbots pretend to be licensed therapists.
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Charley Johnson
Did Apple just pop the ‘AI bubble’?
WaPo partners w/Substack, YouTube changes its policies, and the manosphere wants Trump & Musk to make up.
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Charley Johnson
Systems Change for Tech & Society Leaders
Learn how to shift power imbalances holding you and your system back.
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How to engage your system amidst uncertainty
A guide for working with uncertainty.
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Charley Johnson
Sam Altman is a talented, unreliable storyteller
Meta says the quiet part out loud, ICE is surveilling your license plate, and Substack isn't cool.
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May 2025

How to determine if you’re dealing with a 'complex system'
A guide for embracing complexity & adaptive strategies
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Are you a chatbot problem?
Microsoft's “Open Agentic Web,” Meta's stolen books, and the problem with Apple Intelligence.
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How to define your system
A guide for identifying clear boundaries, and avoiding 'unintended consequences.'
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Tech's Trump bargain is paying off
PLUS: The Pope & AI, Musk’s X Feed, and OpenAI’s "corporate colonialism."
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How to map backward from the future
PLUS: Get a free copy of my first e-book, AI Untangled
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Intelligence is not the same thing as power
The TikTokification of social media, a very online Pope, and the decline of Google search.
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How to think & act ecologically
Google's 'AI mode,' Altman & Musk's 'everything apps,' and researchers experiment on Reddit users.
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