Josh Lauer
@joshlauer.bsky.social
Media studies prof | History of communication tech, surveillance & information | Author of CREDITWORTHY, co-editor of SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM IN AMERICA
Wonderful media history of ghosting by Torbjörn Rolandsson & Sadie Couture in recent issue of *Social Media + Society.* Examines media avoidance practices and disconnection through history of Victorian calling culture and answering machines:
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
January 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Wonderful media history of ghosting by Torbjörn Rolandsson & Sadie Couture in recent issue of *Social Media + Society.* Examines media avoidance practices and disconnection through history of Victorian calling culture and answering machines:
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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If only hip-hop artists could have made this argument about sampling.. surely government & industry woulf have been like “but of course”
OpenAI is begging the British Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's supposedly "impossible" for the company to train its artificial intelligence models — and continue growing its multi-billion-dollar business — without them. futurism.com/the-byte/ope...
OpenAI Pleads That It Can’t Make Money Without Using Copyrighted Materials for Free
OpenAI is begging Parliament to allow it to use copyrighted works because it's "impossible" for the company to make money without them.
futurism.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:27 PM
If only hip-hop artists could have made this argument about sampling.. surely government & industry woulf have been like “but of course”
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@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
How did filing cabinets revolutionize data storage? - Marketplace
Craig Robertson, a media historian at Northeastern University, is the author of "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information."
www.marketplace.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:34 PM
@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
Reposted by Josh Lauer
“The brain and a machine-learning model are only superficially analogous in their structure & function. In terms of what’s happening at the physical level, there’s a gulf of difference that we have every reason to think makes a difference.” “There’s no real kinship at all.”
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AI Is the Black Mirror
Why the kinship between artificial intelligence and the human mind is terrifying.
nautil.us
December 12, 2024 at 3:27 PM
“The brain and a machine-learning model are only superficially analogous in their structure & function. In terms of what’s happening at the physical level, there’s a gulf of difference that we have every reason to think makes a difference.” “There’s no real kinship at all.”
nautil.us/ai-is-the-bl...
nautil.us/ai-is-the-bl...