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Louis Anslow is a writer, technologist and curator of Pessimists Archive: a project exploring technophobia throughout history. Its archival finds have been praised by Steven Pinker and featured in The Washington Post, Newsweek, and Harvard’s Nieman Lab.

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opinion

Deepfakes Haven’t Destroyed Democracy—Yet

SEEING IS BELIEVING

Experts and media outlets that once warned of the likelihood of deepfakes causing electoral chaos are coming to terms with an awkward anti-climax.

Louis Anslow | Published Jul 25, 2024

Charity Boosted by Sam Bankman-Fried Is Selling $20M Mansion

FIRE SALE?

Effective altruism has fallen on hard times.

Louis Anslow | Published Apr 06, 2024
opinion

The AI Doomers Have Infiltrated Washington

BELTWAY VS BOTS

This week, a State Department funded report declared that AI posed an existential threat akin to nuclear weapons—and even recommended jail time for unauthorized AI development.

Louis Anslow | Published Mar 13, 2024
opinion

The Pope’s Tech Doomerism Shows He’s Still Backwards as Hell

OUR FATHER

He recently called surrogacy “disgusting,” and said AI could lead to a “technological dictatorship.”

Louis Anslow | Published Jan 19, 2024

AI Doomers Are Starting to Admit It: They’re Going Too Far

CHICK

One of the biggest doomsayers of artificial intelligence has done an about-face—and it could help save the world.

Louis Anslow | Published Nov 23, 2023
opinion

How AI Doomerism Caused OpenAI's Firing Fiasco

DON'T PANIC

It’s been a whirlwind few days for the startup at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution—but they only have themselves to blame.

Louis Anslow | Published Nov 20, 2023
opinion

The Social Media Panicmongers Have Pivoted to AI

APOCALYPSE, AGAIN

The science populists who stoked a Reefer Madness-like hysteria about social media are onto their next target—and predictably predicting the imminent end of the world.

Louis Anslow | Published Sep 19, 2023
opinion

Why Is CNN Platforming Notorious Anti-Vaxxer Bill Maher?

OLD RULES

In a desperate play for relevance, the flailing cable news network gave the neo-luddite comic a primetime slot. That’s a mistake for “the most trusted name in news.”

Louis Anslow | Published Feb 03, 2023
opinion

Did Putin Astroturf the Libertarian ‘Ron Paul Revolution’?

A WHOLE LOT OF ‘COINCIDENCES’

Ron Paul’s campaign manager was recently convicted of funneling Russian money to Trump. Russia has long had an interest in Paul’s political movement.

Louis Anslow | Published Nov 30, 2022
opinion

How Social Media Just Saved Democracy

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD

The left and mainstream media blamed apps for Trump’s presidency. But very online young people just helped beat the GOP in the midterms.

Louis Anslow | Published Nov 16, 2022