The artificial gaze
The entanglement of AI, unrealistic beauty standards, and appearance labor
Hi, and welcome back to Untangled, a newsletter and podcast about technology, people, and power. In August:
I reflected on how I want time to feel — slow and expansive, with each day justified on its own terms.
I compared the public discourse on AI to the early days of crypto, and then reshared my very first essay, ‘Crypto is not decentralized’ for a li’l inspiration.
But most importantly, I launched AI Untangled, a tiny book for paid subscribers. It’s broken down into thematic chapters — frames, metaphors, complex systems, and alternative futures. Each chapter includes a nice introduction, followed by the essays themselves. I have also included an unreleased bonus essay on “Building Alternative Futures.”
If you’d like a copy of the PDF, sign up for the paid edition of Untangled today.
You can see a sneak peek of the cover and table of contents here:
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