In this episode with <a href="https://www.danmcquillan.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dan McQuillan</a>, we discussed the current AI moment as/within the polycrisis, and also as a temporary period between illusion and simulation. Dan proposes a series of countermeasures to AI under the umbrella of 'decomputing'. We also spend some time talking about illusion, shame, authenticity, and a slew of other contradictions that are important to note in relation to this AI moment. Recorded Apr 7, 2026. Released Apr 27, 2026. Preprint: AI, Decomputing and the Interregnum<a href="https://www.danmcquillan.org/ai_decomputing_interregnum.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.danmcquillan.org/ai_decomputing_interregnum.html</a>&nbsp; Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence (2022)<a href="https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai</a>&nbsp; Meta Security Researcher's AI Agent Accidentally Deleted Her Emails<a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-security-researchers-openclaw-ai-agent-accidentally-deleted-her-emails" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/news/meta-security-researchers-openclaw-ai-agent-accidentally-deleted-her-emails</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Strategies, with Sonja Solomun

Hi everyone, my name is Mél Hogan and I’m a critical media studies scholar based in Canada. I’m working on a project called The Data Fix through a series of conversations with scholars, thinkers, and feelers. Together we explore the significance of living in a world of data, and especially the growing trend of “digital humans” in the form of chatbots, holograms, deepfakes, ai images and videos, and even tech that revives the dead. The conversations are minimally edited, and serve as an archive of the collective thinking and feeling that is going into the Data Fix project. Please see thedatafix.net for more details and show notes. Thank you so much for listening.&nbsp;Cover art by Oona Ode. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.