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The structure mirrors what Varoufakis describes as feudal social relations: individuals do not own the digital land (platforms), nor do they control the surplus value generated from their activity. We have become digital serfs, producing value passively and continuously, without ownership or agency.
Hyper-Alienation and the Rage Machine
Modrý Robota
That which we see shapes not just what we think, but how we think.
New Dark Age
James Bridle
Whatever we think of specific AI applications, accepting AI means we are implicitly signing up for an environment of pervasive data surveillance and centralized control.
Resisting AI
Dan McQuillan
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