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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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Deepfakes Haven’t Destroyed Democracy—Yet
SEEING IS BELIEVINGExperts and media outlets that once warned of the likelihood of deepfakes causing electoral chaos are coming to terms with an awkward anti-climax.
Charity Boosted by Sam Bankman-Fried Is Selling $20M Mansion
FIRE SALE?Effective altruism has fallen on hard times.
The AI Doomers Have Infiltrated Washington
BELTWAY VS BOTSThis 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.
The Pope’s Tech Doomerism Shows He’s Still Backwards as Hell
OUR FATHERHe recently called surrogacy “disgusting,” and said AI could lead to a “technological dictatorship.”
AI Doomers Are Starting to Admit It: They’re Going Too Far
CHICKOne of the biggest doomsayers of artificial intelligence has done an about-face—and it could help save the world.
How AI Doomerism Caused OpenAI's Firing Fiasco
DON'T PANICIt’s been a whirlwind few days for the startup at the heart of the artificial intelligence revolution—but they only have themselves to blame.
The Social Media Panicmongers Have Pivoted to AI
APOCALYPSE, AGAINThe 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.
Why Is CNN Platforming Notorious Anti-Vaxxer Bill Maher?
OLD RULESIn 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.”
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.
How Social Media Just Saved Democracy
DOUBLE-EDGED SWORDThe left and mainstream media blamed apps for Trump’s presidency. But very online young people just helped beat the GOP in the midterms.