Archive - Life With Machines

This Week in Life With Machines: Sanity, Satire, and Good Stories

Bot dating, rogue vibe coding, and SAVE THE EM DASH

Jul 31

Stakes Is High: Life With Machines in 2025

As AI grows more powerful, this Substack will be a space for curiosity, critique, and co‑creation.

Jul 29

The humans behind A.I. are speaking out… with Milagros Miceli

Where’s the ethical fashion, fair trade version of A.I.?

Jul 9

Independence, AI, and Indigenous Sovereignty - Michael Running Wolf

AI can help preserve Indigenous languages, but only if we fight for sovereignty over data and culture

Jul 1

June 2025

May 2025

Reality on Trial—Sam Gregory on Life With Machines

And the exhaustion of trying to prove EVERYTHING

May 30

This Isn’t the Future We Asked For: Deepfakes and Digital Colonization

Plus: Stop Congress from giving away our future. For real.

May 19

Who’s Raising Our Kids—Us or the Algorithms? w Avriel Epps

And when does the Kid Revolution start?

May 9

How AI can actually help address the mental health crisis

This is AI designed for service, not surveillance or engagement

May 5

April 2025

A.I. Won't Deliver Leisure But Might Help Us Shop?

Plus why I want a personal defense bot... for my wallet

Apr 29

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