The race to build the most advanced artificial intelligence continues to dominate the headlines. On this week’s On the Media, who does this new technology actually serve? Plus, how even critical media coverage can feed into the AI hype.
[01:00]  Host Brooke Gladstone sits down with <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/doctorow.pluralistic.net" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cory Doctorow</a>, journalist, activist, and author of <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374619329/enshittification/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Enshittification,</a> on his new guide to seeing through the relentless, $16 trillion AI hype machine and understanding the technology for exactly what it is, rather than the outlandish stories told about it.
[16:47] Brooke continues her conversation with Cory, and they discuss how the hype itself is keeping the AI industry afloat. 
[28:47] Brooke asks Cory about his rejection of the notion that AI domination – of our jobs, our lives, our art, and more – is inevitable. Plus, they interrogate the role of the tech in a creative’s life, and why AI art leaves us cold.
Further reading / watching:
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 <li><a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621568/thereversecentaursguidetolifeafterai/" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI</a> by Cory Doctorow</li>
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