Monday, May 27, 2024

The Coping Mechanisms of the Precariat, And Their Effects - Introduction

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This series of posts on precarity has nearly finished sketching the outlines of the origins and spread of the precariat, as well as the glob...
Monday, May 13, 2024

Precarity and Artificial Intelligence: What "HAL" Might Do To "Dave's" Future

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Note: the title of this post is a nod to an old, rather slow sci-fi movie with a mind-blowing ending that avoided cheesiness while actually...
Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Precarity and Artificial Intelligence: A Four-Wheeled Reason to be Skeptical about AI Optimism

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The most recent post in my series on economic precarity hinted that the wildly optimistic claims of what artificial intelligence can do or ...
Tuesday, May 7, 2024

The "Principled" Boneheads

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Today I ran into some members and organizers of the protests against Israeli violence in Gaza.  I had known about the war between Israel and...
Saturday, April 27, 2024

Precarity and Artificial Intelligence: Review of Objective Functions, and A Contrarian Perspective

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This post is a continuation of my series of posts on economic precarity.  As I mentioned in recent posts in this series, we have been explor...
Sunday, February 25, 2024

Random Sunday Ramblings, Part 2

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As readers can guess, I'm still in the midst of a busy period, and am trying hard to tame my schedule.  So today's post will be shor...
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Introducing a New Podcast - "In God's Name: An Unseen Cult"

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Today's post will be short.  I still owe a continuation of my series of posts on precarity.  I'm in So. Cal. right now helping an el...