Cyberpunk Politics
Keeping hope alive at New York Comic Con — kind of.
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Can Humanity Survive AI?
With the development of artificial intelligence racing forward at warp speed, some of the richest men in the world may be deciding the fate of humanity right now.
Automation: Roll Out!
At the heart of the US-Japanese franchise Transformers is a tension between visions of robotics as liberation and as enslavement.
Automated Intimacy
This isn’t capitalism’s first loneliness epidemic. But in the 21st century, relationship simulators like Replika are here with the solution: your very own AI lover.
The Misadventures of Cybersyn
Chile’s Project Cybersyn should be remembered as a masterful branding effort — not a road to socialism.
Henry in the Gulf
On the “cynical operation” of Kissinger’s Kurdish affair.
Can AI Be Regulated? Europe Is About to Find Out
Legislation full of carve-outs is no replacement for a political movement to democratize AI.
Henry in Angola
Kissinger’s covert-ops misadventure with apartheid South Africa.
Henry in South Asia
Kissinger and the violent suppression of Bangladesh.
What a Marxist Classic Can Teach Us About AI
Almost 50 years ago, Harry Braverman’s Labor and Monopoly Capital showed us how workers can become the masters of technology rather than letting it rule over them.
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
A journey through your iPhone’s family tree.
All I Want for Christmas Is U(AW)
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.