Novara FM: What’s Next for AI Now It’s Ingested the Entire Internet?
From climate politics to creating art, there's still much to be decided about the future that AI portends, says Disintegrator co-host Marek Poliks.
Tag: technology
Opinion: The Dune Films Are the Most Important of the 2020s. But Not for the Reasons You Think
Aaron Bastani
The Dune films show that humans have the power to decide how technology shapes our future, writes Aaron Bastani - and nothing is inevitable.
Opinion: I Just Had a Daughter. But Being a Centrist Dad Never Made Less Sense
Aaron Bastani
Starting a family has always been associated with becoming more conservative. Not anymore, writes Aaron Bastani.
Report: Palestinians Are Having Their Bank Accounts Frozen. Their Banks Won’t Explain Why
Sebastian Shehadi
Exclusive: Neobanks Wise and Payoneer are freezing Palestinian accounts en masse and without warning, citing vague regulatory obligations. Sebastian Shehadi reports.
ACFM: Trip 35: The Internet
What happened to the dream of free and open communication? The ACFM crew log on.
Opinion: Artificial Intelligence Is Coming for Creative Workers Too
Aaron Bastani
Creatives thought they were safe from AI, but news that Hollywood producers have refused to accept writers’ demands for constraints on its use shows they are not, writes Aaron Bastani.
Opinion: The US Is Cheating to Stop China Achieving Tech-Supremacy
Aaron Bastani
The US wants to stop China's technological development, because in a world of free trade it would lose.
Opinion: The Most Pointless Twitter Discourses Of 2022
Moya Lothian-McLean
For all the complaints of Twitter’s early death, a hell of a lot of us have remained sadly logged on.
Opinion: Maybe Twitter Should Die?
Moya Lothian-McLean
For those interested in creating a more progressive, equal society, Twitter’s 'demise' would actually be a blessing in disguise.
Report: Israel is Losing the Misinformation War
Hamza Yusuf
Israel’s hundred years’ war on Palestine has been bolstered by a sophisticated campaign of lies. The old tools may not work for much longer, reports Hamza Ali Shah.
ACFM: Trip 24: Technology
Is technology a fundamental aspect of being human? On this wide-ranging Trip, the gang take on one of their biggest topics yet.
ACFM: Microdose: Women and Technology With Katrine Marçal
Why did it take 5,000 years to put wheels on a suitcase? Nadia Idle meets feminist historian Katrine Marçal.
Ash Wednesday: Do I Think About Rape Too Much?
Why are women more afraid of violence from strangers on the street when - statistically speaking - home is the place where they're most unsafe? Ash Sarkar takes a look at how rational fears are used to justify irrational policy decisions, and what we miss when we talk about 'rape culture'.
Analysis: At Last, the Gaming Industry Is Unionising
OS Warren
The gaming industry is notoriously devoid of unions. Yet as misogyny and overwork take their toll on workers, that’s beginning to change, writes OS Warren.
Opinion: Vaccine Passports Are Still an Awful Idea
James Meadway
With coronavirus cases rising, the government could still introduce vaccine passports in England - a decision that comes with major implications for our privacy and freedom, writes James Meadway.
Report: Amazon’s ‘Total-Surveillance’ Supermarkets Have Arrived
Sophie K Rosa
As Amazon quietly launches its chain of convenience stores in the UK, campaigners are keen to raise the alarm about what it could mean for our freedom.
Analysis: Vaccine Passports Aren’t Just Unfair, They Don’t Work
James Meadway
With vaccines only halving transmission, Boris Johnson risks incentivising superspreader events where variants flourish, argues James Meadway.
Downstream: When Will China Be the World’s Most Powerful Country? Interview With Martin Jacques
Will the 2020s be the decade when power decisively shifts from the United States to China? How important is the country’s rise in broader historic context – and is that why we are seeing an emerging Cold War between Washington and Beijing? And do appeals to a ‘civilisation-state’ undermine the power of universal values and […]