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Examining capitalism's chokepoints (Interview)

Apr 14, 2023

01:27:30

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Episode guests

Rebecca Giblin

Cory Doctorow

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

The Dangers of Exclusive Rights in AI Voice Training

00:47

The Importance of Feeling Real

00:41

Introduction

5min

The Seven Boring Years in Future History

2min

How to Be a Better Reader

3min

How to Write for an Audience

4min

The Power of Improvisation

3min

The Chickenized Reverse Centaurs

3min

The Three Territories of Poultry Farmers

6min

The Importance of API Governance

5min

How to Be Suspicious of Ever Expanding Copyright and Still Be on the Side of Artists and Audiences

5min

10.

The Role of Interoperability in the Open Source World

2min

11.

The Limits of AI Art

5min

12.

The Power of AI in Music

2min

13.

The Importance of Controlling Samples

2min

14.

The Problem With Copyrights in AI

3min

15.

The Problem With Collecting Societies

2min

16.

The Problem With Interop

3min

17.

The Importance of Disaggregating Ad Tech

5min

18.

The Low Switching Cost of Federated Media

5min

19.

The Evils of Silicon Graphics

4min

20.

The Importance of Truth in Regulation

4min

21.

Jonathan Cantor at the Department of Justice: How Many Have Never Lost a Case?

5min

22.

How to Unshittify a Service

5min

23.

How to Fight Choke Point Capitalism

2min

This week we’re talking with Cory Doctorow (this episode contains explicit language) about his newest book Chokepoint Capitalism, which he co-autored with Rebecca Giblin. Chokepoint Capitalism is about how big tech and big content have captured creative labor markets and the ways we can win them back. We talk about chokepoints creating chickenized reverse-centaurs, paying for your robot boss (think Uber, Doordash, Amazon Drivers), the chickenization that’s climbing the priviledge gradient from the most blue collar workers to the middle-class. There are chokepoints in open source, AI generative art, interoperability, music, film, and media. To quote Cory, “We’re all fighting the same fight.”

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