We're joined this week by @danmcquillan.bsky.social to talk decomputing, dehumanisation, dealignment, and some things that don't start with de- as well! politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 12 - Decomputing - Dan McQuillan

Josh and Ray talk decomputing with Dr. Dan McQuillan.

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Libraries are amazing, and library workers are a big part of that!

Tech Won’t Save Us@techwontsave.us · 2w ago

Libraries are still essential in the digital age. Some librarians are even helping patrons ditch AI and get off Big Tech. This week Hannah Cyrus and @flexlibris.bsky.social join @parismarx.com to discuss how libraries address people’s concerns about tech. Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/338_...

We're joined by @emilymbender.bsky.social to understand what the project of "AI" actually is, and why understanding that is hard by design. Dr. Bender invites us to view LLMs as synthetic text extruding machines and then reject synthetic text altogether. politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 11 - Rhetorical Technology - Emily M. Bender

Dr. Emily M. Bender talks about why language matters.

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Library Freedom Project founder @flexlibris.bsky.social and member @kslater.bsky.social dispel the myth that now that we have chatbots, we don't need libraries, explain the central role library workers have in resisting AI, and tell us how we all can support libraries. politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 10 - Libraries - Alison Macrina and Kay Slater

Josh and Ray talk to Alison Macrina and Kay Slater about how AI is affecting libraries.

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In our latest episode, 5th grade teacher Nate Madson Dion schools us on how technology has crept into primary schools, how the inevitability narrative manifests with teachers and administrators, and how he has found effective ways to resist: politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 9 - Educators - Nate Madson Dion

Josh and Ray talk to 5th grade teacher Nate Madson Dion about AI in primary schools.

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Software engineer and reluctant activist Radhika talks about epistemic violence, identity, immutability, the Enlightenment, common law, and many other things besides to illustrate just one of the ways in which trans people's lives are under attack. politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 8 - Trans Rights - Radhika

Josh and Ray discuss the impacts of AI on trans people with Radhika.

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@karenhao.bsky.social joins us to discuss her book, "Empire of AI". She explains why the Silicon Valley hyper-scaled LLM flavour of AI is an imperial technology, and has become even more so in the past year as it's increasingly incorporated in the US military's wars. politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 7 - Empire - Karen Hao

Josh and Ray learn about AI as an imperial technology from Karen Hao

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We welcome our favourite political scientist, Dr. Anna Colom ( @annacolom.eurosky.social ), back on the show to dive into democracy: what is it really, how does AI threaten it, and how can it be built for real? politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 6 - Democracy - Anna Colom

Josh and Ray talk democracy with Dr. Anna Colom.

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In our latest episode, we sit down with noted fugitive decolonial Luddite scholar Dr. Syed Mustafa Ali to discuss how we can engage with sci-fi not to occlude the real harms of AI, but to throw them into stark relief. And then we talk about Dune! politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 5 - Sci-fi - Syed Mustafa Ali

Noted fugitive decolonial Luddite scholar Dr. Syed Mustafa Ali explores the Butlerian Jihad, both in the Duniverse and our universe.

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Foz Meadows joins us to discuss his "Against AI" polemic, the sheer stupidity of thinking we can outsource the act of thinking to machines that do not think, and the role that science fiction and fantasy writers have to play in resisting the inevitability narrative: politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 4 - Writers - Foz Meadows

Josh and Ray talk to science fiction and fantasy writer Foz Meadows.

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Datacentres might seem boring, but Aurora Gómez Delgado of Tu Nube Seca Mi Río explains how they are stealing water and energy, and what that means for growing crops, people trying to pay their electricity bills, and the availability of clean drinking water. politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 3 - Datacentres - Aurora Gómez Delgado

Josh and Ray discuss datacentres in the age of AI with Aurora Gómez Delgado.

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Automation of targeting decisions for the express purpose of making them faster... what could go wrong? "Computer says kill" is the ultimate accountability sink.

In our first interview for Season 2, we're delighted to sit down with @anthonymoser.com to discuss his piece "I Am An AI Hater", politeness, copyright, the law, how AI is the perfect tool for fascism, and the importance of collective action in resisting it all! politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 2 - Hate - Anthony Moser

Josh and Ray hate on AI with world-renowned AI hater Anthony Moser.

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Don't hold back, Foz, tell us what you really think! 😉 @edwardongwesojr.com has talked about how they're effectively trying to recreate the plantation economy. I think looking at anything through the lens of how it affects workers is a powerful analytical tool.

Foz Meadows@fozmeadows.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I don’t think we talk enough about how the foundational, most aspirational premise of the AI industry is “what if there was a human-level intelligence that didn’t have human rights.” Like. Exploitation is literally the whole point! Of COURSE they hold human life, intelligence and labour in contempt!

On Friday, OpenAI agreed to give the Pentagon ChatGPT for any use, including mass surveillance of Americans and autonomous AI weapons that kill without human oversight. This corrupt deal puts every person in danger. So the people are fighting back. luma.com/f5iks5d0?loc...

QuitGPT Protest: No Killer Robots, No AI Surveillance · Luma

📍 Right outside OpenAI HQ (Can register anon) 📅 March 3rd (Tuesday) | 4-6PM Last Thursday, Anthropic refused to let the Department of War sidestep its basic…

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Much to their chagrin, Josh and Ray discover that Season 1 of Politechs wasn't sufficient to destroy AI. They conclude that the only thing to do is assemble a Luddite army and launch a new assault on HELLISH AI. Welcome to Season 2 of Politechs! politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

Politechs Episode 1 - Still AI?

Josh and Ray are back to talk about... AI again?

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Are you ready for Politechs season 2? Well, that was a rhetorical questions, because we're bringing the fire whether you're ready or not, and @fozmeadows.bsky.social is packing a flamethrower! politechs.dev/clips/s02-wr...

AI is Epstein Tech (concentrated networks of masculine power, conspiracism, widespread apparatus of abuse).

I'm loving these new nonadhesive camera covers from tabtag.com! 😍

New friend of the show who doesn't yet know Lauren Woolsey beats Politechs to the aural punch by recording "I Am An AI Hater"! And it turns out there's a recording of the Portuguese version as well? 🤯 We'd better hurry up with season 2! 😅 Our interview with @anthonymoser.com drops in mid-March!

Lauren Woolsey@cgsunit.com · 6mo ago

I recorded an audio version of the essay "I am an AI Hater" by @anthonymoser.com - it's been on my to-do list and I really wanted to share his message today. If you have 5.5 minutes, give it a listen! (Note: the word shit appears twice, overall pretty tame language given the subject matter LOL)

It's vital not to give in to the inevitability myth, and for me, seeing successful acts of resistance gives me an injection of energy and helps me to maintain the discipline of hope. Like this: an estimated $98 billion in projects were blocked or delayed in Q2 2025 alone! www.datacenterwatch.org

Data Center Watch

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I just joined the @quitgpt boycott (which was easy, since I've never used this shit or any other LLM). OpenAI's president was the biggest donor in Trump's Super PAC's year-end report. It's time to quit. Join us: quitgpt.org // #QuitGPT

QuitGPT — OpenAI Execs are Trump's Biggest Donors

Join the movement. Delete ChatGPT. Cancel your subscription. It's time to quit.

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Politechs season 2 will be dropping soon, and one of the great guests we interviewed was @anthonymoser.com! Here's a taste: "People sometimes think of laws as a source of power when I think it's more accurate generally to think of laws as an expression of power." politechs.dev/episodes/s02...

If anyone has a grade 1-5 teacher in your network who is a Luddite or AI Hater and who would be willing to be interviewed for Season 2 of the podcast, please put them in touch! Our DMs are open. The guest can be anonymous, as we know that it can be dangerous to speak out against AI in these times. 😞

If you have children in school, it's almost certain that a teacher is using ChatGPT in some way. Consider using this template, written by @anthonymoser.com, to send an email to your children's teacher(s) to voice your concerns about using AI in the classroom: politechs.dev/teacher-temp...

Politechs - Teacher Email Template

Template for emailing your child's teacher to discourage use of ChatGPT

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One of the big takeaways from this talk is that hidden text can drive AI agent behaviour and I'm very much a fan of using this to (further) poison them. media.ccc.de/v/39c3-agent...

Agentic ProbLLMs: Exploiting AI Computer-Use and Coding Agents

This talk demonstrates end-to-end prompt injection exploits that compromise agentic systems. Specifically, we will discuss exploits that ...

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I had assumed using AI to justify layoffs was a straightforward weapon against labour, but this article suggests it may also be a signal to the market that layoffs aren't due to incompetence, but rather due to exciting technology deployed by forward-thinking executives. fortune.com/2026/01/07/a...

AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests | Fortune

"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news.

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This piece asks what we'll do with all the excess computing infrastructure once the AI bubble finally bursts. Quoth IBM's CEO: "no way you’re going to get a return on that because $8 trillion of CapEx means you need $800 billion profit just to pay for the interest" www.evalapply.org/posts/after-...

Aragón defies Amazon: Historic dispute against mega datacentres It's not a "cloud," it's a threat. Amazon's gigantic data centers are hijacking Aragón's water, energy, and future. TuNubeSecaMiRio have launched a crowdfunding campaign to support legal action: www.migranodearena.org/reto/frena-a...

Frena a Amazon, defiende Aragón: Contencioso histórico contra los megacentros de datos

No es una "nube", sino una amenaza. Los gigantescos centros de datos de Amazon (AWS) están secuestrando el agua, la energía y el futuro de Aragón

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