Life With Machines

How Communities Can Resist Silicon Valley's AI Agenda

Palm Springs turned tech hype into a community affair, the way it should be

Oct 1

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September 2025

AI Wants Your Vote. And Your Confession

Would you trust an algorithm with your democracy... or your sins?

Sep 25

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You Keep Using That Word ‘Agency’…

What it really means, and why we must laugh at Zuck

Sep 18

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Silicon Valley Chasing the Wrong Problems (This Week in Life With Machines)

Plus Losing Creativity, Fake People, and a Mindful Practice

Sep 13

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ChatGPT-aided Suicide, AI PACs, and African AI Approaches... This Week in Life With Machines

Plus an artistic reminder for humans to be Unprompted

Sep 1

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August 2025

Do You Trust Yourself or Your AI Score?

The Oura Ring is both the best and worst of times in my life with machines.

Aug 27

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AI Contradictions Across Therapy, Energy, and Healthcare... This Week in Life With Machines

Plus how Californians feel about AI

Aug 22

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Why AI is NOT Taking Your Job or Doing Anything Itself

How we talk about the future shapes it + my old semi-secret TV pilot

Aug 19

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Sam Altman Being Surprised is Surprising

People literally held funerals for their chatbots. And Sam Altman was surprised.

Aug 14

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This Week in Life With Machines: Silicon Valley’s New Techno-Religion

They're creating AI so that AI can save us from...AI?

Aug 12

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When the web browses itself

Human Web Browser is the most endangered job due to AI

Aug 5

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July 2025

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

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

Jul 31

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