How Brain-Rot AI Is Upending the Internet
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Jason Koebler on the proliferation of AI-generated images.
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How Brainrot AI is Upending the Internet w/ Jason Koebler | Tech Won’t Save Us
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us, Paris Marx is joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the economy behind AI slop generation, how people are building businesses on AI-generated images, and the wider consequences of their proliferation on social media.
Jason Koebler is a cofounder of 404 Media and cohost of the 404 Media Podcast.
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A man holds a phone, displaying ”brain rot” in London, United Kingdom on December 2, 2024.
(Rasid Necati Aslim / Anadolu via Getty Images)On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, I’m joined by Jason Koebler to discuss the economy behind AI slop generation, how people are building businesses on AI-generated images, and the wider consequences of their proliferation on social media.
Jason Koebler is a cofounder of 404 Media and cohost of The 404 Media Podcast.
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The UK Government’s AI Obsession Is a Big Risk w/ Will Dunn / Tech Won’t Save Us
What happens when a government goes all in on AI? It creates some huge vulnerabilities. Will Dunn joins Paris Marx to dig into how the UK government is using chatbots to write laws without public consultation and why it isn’t asking the hard questions about the risks of that growing reliance on US technology.
Will Dunn is the business editor at the New Statesman.
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