Agency, Authorship, and the Economics of AI Images

Mike asks if there’s anything in the connection between fascism and the aesthetics of A.I.. And if they are connected, how are they? Is there something inherently fascistic about these technologies? Also: OPEIU Local 153 is union PROUD!

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Intro Links

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• Friend.com ads backlash
• ICE looking to create social media surveillance team
• Apple and Google remove ICE tracking apps
• The bots come for Cracker Barrel

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AI and New American Fascism

• White House Posts Ghoulish AI Cartoon Showing Woman's Deportation (Huffpost)
• With Manifest Destiny art, DHS goes hard on ‘white makes right’ (LA Times)
• Eating the Future: The Metabolic Logic of AI Slop (e-flux)
• The Other Side of the Canvas (Unpopular Front)
• Ur-Fascism (The Anarchist Library)
• In Unhinged Speech, Pete Hegseth Says He's Tired of ‘Fat Troops,’ Says Military Needs to Go Full AI (404 Media)
• Antiquity to Alt-Right Pipeline from Ep. 13
• Generated-ish from Ep. 22

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