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Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit

My social media feed is now a hellish stream of puerile AI slop. Am I stubborn to want to hang on to reality?

The Guardian - AU

How the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard predicted today’s AI 30 years before ChatGPT

Some writers appear so accurate in their assessment of where society and technology is taking us that they have attracted the label “prophet”. Think of J. G. Ballard, Octavia E. Butler, Marshall McLuhan, or Donna Haraway.

The Conversation

The South Korean coup is a perfect coda to the Biden presidency

Joe Biden’s Indo-Pacific policy of pursuing detente against China at all costs meant embracing Yoon, whose anti-democratic attitude has always been clear

The Guardian - US

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The Future of Porn Is Consensual Deepfakes

OnlyFans let women distribute their own porn. Artificial intelligence will give them even more control.

Reason

Who invented avocado toast?

We can all thank Chef Bill Granger for the proliferation of ubiquitous and iconic avocado toast

Salon

What historic executions in London can tell us about our contemporary appetites for pain and vulnerability

Until the mid-19th century in Britain, watching someone die was considered a form of entertainment. Indeed, this shared experience shaped the landscape of London and bound the city together.

The Conversation

Friday essay: George Orwell is everywhere, but Nineteen Eighty-Four is not a reliable guide to contemporary politics

In January 2017, Donald Trump’s advisor Kellyanne Conway was quizzed on White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s false claims about the number of attendees at the president’s inauguration. When pressed on why Spicer would “utter a provable falsehood”, Conway said that Spicer was offering “alternative facts”.

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