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May 20, 2024 • 0sec

What's eating Google? from May 20, 2024

What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133
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May 13, 2024 • 0sec

Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for from May 13, 2024

Chris Gilliard, an expert on AI, discusses the risks of AI digital assistants, the authoritarian potential of AI systems, unintended consequences of AI technology, tech dystopia, and the impact of technology on time and culture.
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May 6, 2024 • 0sec

"Data Grab" by Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry from May 6, 2024

Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638
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Apr 29, 2024 • 0sec

Michael Shelley on AI-generated music from Apr 29, 2024

AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJ Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403
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Apr 22, 2024 • 0sec

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" from Apr 22, 2024

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154
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Apr 15, 2024 • 0sec

Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" from Apr 15, 2024

Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Richard Polt" [0:03:07] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:43] Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Left Blank" [0:54:34] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138921
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Apr 8, 2024 • 0sec

Outrage roundup from Apr 8, 2024

Outrage roundup: antitrust, AI, and Big Tech invading New York City Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Glass Bead Band - "I Am a Computer" [0:54:24] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138717
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Apr 1, 2024 • 0sec

I've been waiting years to say this from Apr 1, 2024

Better late than never... Mark covers some tech news he's been waiting awhile to bring up. Kenta Nagata - "Koopa Troopa Beach" - Mario Kart 64 - "Mark's comments" - "Interview with Stashu and ChukAmok" [0:27:42] Tykwer, Heil, and Klimek - "Running One" - Lola Rennt [0:54:29] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138478
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Mar 26, 2024 • 0sec

Guest host Lily Wen interviews Liz Pelly from Mar 25, 2024

DJ PAYPAL - "Go Off!" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "Work" - Drake Edits Vol. 2 Music behind DJ: [Guest host Lily Wen interviews NY-based journalist Liz Pelly about how surveillance changes listening habits.] DJ PAYPAL - "Whisper Zone" - IRL DJ PAYPAL - "We Finally Made It (feat. DJ Earl)" - Sold Out https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138198
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Mar 18, 2024 • 0sec

Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians from Mar 18, 2024

Ian Johnson, author of "Sparks," on China's underground historians Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Ian Johnson" [0:08:24] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:33] The Harp Twins - "500 Miles" [0:55:05] https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138018

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