Tracy Valcourt and I discuss this strange new AI phenomenon of using ads to sell both conservative veering on fascist ideology and AI production in itself, as a package. We meander through the strange worlds of advertising and AI and (re)consider the plausible. Recorded July 30, 2026. Released August 10, 2026. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G3Avosr3fI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">That white guy who can’t get a job at Tim Hortons? He’s AI | Visual investigations</a> -- CBC 2025<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOjNiZNzbKI" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">No Camera. No Crew. Just AI | Toyota Tundra Commercial</a><a href="https://www.404media.co/luddite-events-nyc-off-tech-summer-of-ludd/ " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Being a Luddite Is Fun Again</a> -- Janus Rose,Jul 27, 2026, 404<a href="https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/million-dollar-ai-campaign-defaced " rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Yorkers Are Defacing This AI Startup’s Million-Dollar Ad Campaign</a> -- Rae Witte, Sep 30, 2025, Futurism <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.

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.