Is AI Development Modern Chaos Magic? (w/ Trevor Paglen)
Topics discussed
Introduction and Groucho app sponsorship
Guest introduction and personal history
The two shifts in our relationship to images
Computer vision, categorization, and surveillance
Surveillance capitalism and behavioral modification
Generative AI and the creation of synthetic media
Sponsor segments: Groucho, BetterHelp, and Culturel
Images as activations and the Doritoification of media
The indexical flip and loss of shared reality
Implications for democracy and local deliberation
AI developers, chaos magic, and reality hacking
The Second Commandment, the Demiurge, and simulation
The role of art and activism in the age of AI
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