Why Hollywood Really Fears Generative AI “The nature of the impact on performers is unique, especially with generative AI tools that can be used to recreate a performer image, likeness, or voice…
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HBO's 'Succession' Will Live Forever in Memes
HBO's 'Succession' Will Live Forever in Memes Jill Krajewski, a freelance writer and Succession meme-maker, agrees that what the obsessives relate to is “not the evil billionaire side but the exaggerated Shakespearan archetypes—characters…
Generative AI Podcasts Are Here. Prepare to Be Bored
Generative AI Podcasts Are Here. Prepare to Be Bored Here’s the thing about podcasts: There are too many of them. More than 4 million, to be precise, according to the database Podcast Index….
Does AI Have a Subconscious?
Does AI Have a Subconscious? “There’s been a lot of speculation recently about the possibility of AI consciousness or self-awareness. But I wonder: Does AI have a subconscious?” —Psychobabble Dear Psychobabble, Sometime…
Review: 'Fast X' Is the Fanfic We All Deserve
Review: 'Fast X' Is the Fanfic We All Deserve About 30 minutes into Fast X, the 10th installment of the Fast and Furious franchise, there is a moment of exposition so self-aware it seems…
The Fanfic Sex Trope That Caught a Plundering AI Red-Handed
The Fanfic Sex Trope That Caught a Plundering AI Red-Handed Sudowrite is intended to be used as a writer’s assistant; authors plug in sentences that are giving them trouble, or scenes they’re…
Google Is Letting You Claim a .Dad Dedicated Domain. Cue the Dad Jokes
Google Is Letting You Claim a .Dad Dedicated Domain. Cue the Dad Jokes Why wasn’t Google’s new top-level domain empathetic when listening to other people’s problems? Because it considered itself to be domain…
Neurodivergent Gamers Are Getting a Seat at the Tabletop
Neurodivergent Gamers Are Getting a Seat at the Tabletop The tabletop gaming community offers a place for communication and togetherness that can be incredibly rare in modern culture. It’s a privilege that…
I Regret to Inform You That Bluesky Is Fun
I Regret to Inform You That Bluesky Is Fun Have you heard about Bluesky? If you haven’t, you will soon. For now, the Twitter alternative is in invite-only mode—but the people on it…
The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI
The Andy Warhol Copyright Case That Could Transform Generative AI The “sweat of the brow” doctrine stuck around until at least 1991, when the Supreme Court ruled in Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural…