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The Small-Town Revolt Against Big Tech
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (385+ words) Rural communities are leading the charge against AI data centers....
Brainless: Artificial Intelligence
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (17+ words) The promise of AI comes with risks'from misinformation and bias to the erosion of human agency....
The Last Thing US Healthcare Needs Is an AI Takeover
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (91+ words) We fear that healthcare will become even more financialized as our systems become more deeply entangled with the AI bubble and the speculative investments that accompany it....
Silicon Valley Is Turning Nurses Into Gig Workers'With Katie J. Wells
1+ week, 5+ day ago (158+ words) Katie J. Wells joins Paris Marx to discuss how the Uber model is finally coming for healthcare. Nurses and healthcare workers cheer during the healthcare apparel company FIGS's" Healthcare Is Human" rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer / AFP via…...
Do Chatbots Really Belong in Schools? With Tom Mullaney
3+ week, 5+ day ago (238+ words) Podcast / Tech Won't Save Us / May 28, 2026 Paris Marx talk to Tom Mullaney about how generative AI has been adopted in K-12 education and the many concerns it presents for students and teachers. Generative AI is making its way into many parts…...
AI Goes to War
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (8+ words) Automated targeting, autonomous weapons, and nuclear decision-making....
AI Is Incapable of Poetry
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (95+ words) It's incapable of producing anything creative that isn't dreck....
What Is Artificial Intelligence Anyway?
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (469+ words) Separating out the myths and facts of AI. Artificial intelligence will bring us heaven on earth or kill us all. It is the most important invention in human history or a scam. It will eliminate millions of jobs and produce…...
The Delusion of "AI Justice
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (617+ words) As AI seeps deeper into our judicial system, boosters insist it will bring both fairness and efficiency. But can we really trust Judge Grok? And the system isn't much kinder to women, or poor people, or people who practice a…...
AI Will Never Be Your Friend
8+ mon, 3+ day ago (882+ words) The Friend necklace promises constant companionship and understanding. But this isn't friendship'it's a soulless, cynical way to prey on our loneliness and fear. An advertising campaign for the "Friend" artificial intelligence device is seen inside the West 4th street subway station…...