Patreon Preview: Maybe We Should Destroy AI w/ Ali Alkhatib
Our Data Vampires series may be over, but Paris interviewed a bunch of experts on data centers and AI whose insights shouldn’t go to waste. Starting this week, we’re releasing those interviews as bonu...
13 Nov 20244min
The Corruption of Open Source w/ tante
Paris Marx is joined by tante to discuss troubling developments in the open source world as Wordpress goes to war with WP Engine and a new definition of open source AI doesn’t require being open about...
7 Nov 20241h 4min
Silicon Valley is Reshaping US Democracy w/ Jacob Silverman
Paris Marx is joined by Jacob Silverman to discuss all the money Elon Musk is pouring into the US election and what Silicon Valley’s political influence will mean regardless of who becomes president.J...
31 Okt 20241h 1min
Data Vampires: Fighting for Control (Episode 4)
Tech billionaires are embracing extreme right-wing politics. It’s not just to enhance their power, but to try to realize a harmful vision for humanity’s future that could see humans merging with machi...
28 Okt 202435min
The Threat of Data Colonialism w/ Ulises A. Mejias & Nick Couldry
Paris Marx is joined by Ulises A. Mejias and Nick Couldry to discuss how Silicon Valley's extractive data collection regime and the power it grants them resembles a much older form of exploitation: co...
24 Okt 20241h
Data Vampires: Sacrificing for AI (Episode 3)
Sam Altman is clear: he’s ready to sacrifice anything for his AI fantasies. But are we? We dig into why generative AI has such extreme energy demands and how major tech companies are trying to rewrite...
21 Okt 202430min
The “Dark Elf” Leading Tech’s Extreme Right w/ Julia Black
Paris Marx is joined by Julia Black to discuss who Curtis Yarvin is and how his anti-democratic, far-right writings have influenced the politics of Silicon Valley and the wider American extreme right....
17 Okt 20241h 1min
Data Vampires: Opposing Data Centers (Episode 2)
As hyperscale data centers move into communities, they come with significant water and energy demands that some are not willing to put up with. We go to Ireland, Spain, and Chile to learn about the ef...
14 Okt 202433min
