It’s a fan cam episode for our favorite tech columnist, Brian Merchant, who had two pieces come out recently that are back-to-back bangers. First is about why all the people making and selling AI keep talking about being afraid of their own creations. It’s Frankenstein meets sorcerer's apprentice but as a marketing strategy for their own power (and their unique ability to control that power). Second is about what all these people should actually be afraid of. As history shows us, there is more than one way to crash a computer.

Article we discuss
••• Afraid of AI? The startups selling it want you to be | Brian Merchant https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-31/column-afraid-of-ai-the-startups-selling-it-want-you-to-be
••• Silicon Valley elites are afraid. History says they should be | Brian Merchant: https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2023-03-24/column-how-afraid-should-silicon-valley-be 

Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills   

Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (www.twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (www.twitter.com/braunestahl)

245. Shook Ones (Tech Style)

Hello Damned Fam, we're behind an ep because of Jake's landlord trying to kill him with a giant rat he made in a lab etc, so we've decided to release an ep or two from behind our paywall. Here's a great interview we did that should probably have been released publicly anyways. ENJOY

Author and activist Jarrod Shanahan comes on the show to discuss his books Captives and States of Incarceration. Be sure to send your feedback to Jake Flores@twitter.com

UNLOCKED: Go Directly To Jail w/ Jarrod Shanahan

Matt Christman goes off live on http://www.twitch.tv/chapotraphouse
Topics: The Jetsons, More Gulf War trading cards

Grill Stream

248 - Wifi-Connected Vat-Grown Human Husks 05.05.23

Letters, poems and drawings by imprisoned J6ers. We explore "American Gulag Chronicles", a publication raising money for and awareness of the self-perceived political prisoners, punished for participated in the January 6th capitol riot. Our guest is Mike Prysner of the Empire Files and Eyes Left Podcast.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Mike Prysner: https://twitter.com/MikePrysner
Empire Files: https://youtube.com/empirefiles
Eyes Left: https://linktr.ee/eyesleft

Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Premium Episode 212: American Gulag Chronicles feat Mike Prysner (Sample)

From Hugh Hefner to Roosh V and Hamza, we track the “playboy” archetype back to the post-WWII period and examine how it’s manifesting in current online manosphere influencers. How did pickup artists start promoting trad religion? Our guest is Hussein Kesvani, journalist and co-host of the Trashfuture and Ten Thousand Posts Podcasts.

Full episode: http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

When you subscribe for $5 a month you'll get access to the full Manclan mini-series as it comes out (+ all episodes of Trickle Down with Travis View + an extra episode of QAA every week + access to our entire archive of premium QAA episodes)

Guest is Hussein Kesvani: https://twitter.com/HKesvani
Trashfuture Podcast: https://twitter.com/trashfuturepod / https://www.patreon.com/trashfuture
Ten Thousand Posts Podcast: https://twitter.com/10kpostspod / https://www.patreon.com/10kpostspodcast

Cover art by Jess Johnson (http://instagram.com/flesh_dozer) 
Theme & music by Nick Sena (http://nicksenamusic.com). Editing by Corey Clotz.

Manclan Episode 7: Playboys Take the Godpill feat Hussein Kesvani (Sample)

On this Live Show Beg-a-Thon, recorded on May 17, we discuss the pop culture phenomenon and appeal of pseudoarchaeology in its many forms, from fraudulent alternative history books like Erich von Däniken's 1968 book, Chariots of the Gods? Unsolved Mysteries of the Past, to television series like "Ancient Aliens" and "Ancient Apocalypse."

Alongside guest Dr. David S. Anderson, we discuss how phony "what if?" theories often go beyond the goofy, guilty pleasure premises of extraterrestrial visitors and lost civilizations to promote Eurocentric, racist pap and a mindless distrust of "the scientific establishment" in the stupidest and least productive way possible.

Live Show Beg-A-Thon: The Very Real Social Brain Rot of Ancient Aliens and Ancient Apocalypse

We are the law. And we are targeting Judge Dredd (1995) and more specifically Rob Schneider, who is extremely redpilled. Our guests are cartoonists and artists Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson. We also discuss their excellent new comic book series / graphic novel: Justice Warriors.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Get Justice Warriors: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Justice-Warriors/Matt-Bors/9781952090226

Matt Bors: https://twitter.com/MattBors
Ben Clarkson: https://twitter.com/benclarkson

Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Premium Episode 214: Judge Dredd, Justice Warrior feat Matt Bors & Ben Clarkson (Sample)

This week we got bogged down in trying to answer some of the biggest ethical questions of our day

Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/trillbillyworkersparty

Episode 292: Advice Column Filibuster

Semen Retention, Sexual Kung Fu, NoFap, Bro Bonding… we track health perverts back to their religious roots and explore the new breed of online influencers in the scene. They combine new age, right wing, and pseudo-eastern philosophies to teach young insecure men how to self-actualize on youtube.

Full episode: http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

When you subscribe for $5 a month you'll get access to the full Manclan mini-series as it comes out (+ all episodes of Trickle Down with Travis View + an extra episode of QAA every week + access to our entire archive of premium QAA episodes)

Cover art by Jess Johnson (http://instagram.com/flesh_dozer) 
Theme & music by Nick Sena (http://nicksenamusic.com). Editing by Corey Clotz.

Manclan Episode 8: Health Perverts (Sample)

A Silicon-Valley-based fertility-obsessed celebrity couple with plans to populate the perfect world of the future. Liv leads us down a rabbit hole of pronatalism and excessive reddit posting. Along the way we touch on deviant art, brony porn and extremely lame memes.

Subscribe for $5 a month to get an extra episode of QAA every week + access to ongoing series like 'Manclan' and 'Trickle Down': http://www.patreon.com/QAnonAnonymous

Liv Agar: http://livagar.com

Music by Pontus Berghe. Editing by Corey Klotz.

http://qanonanonymous.com

Premium Episode 216: The Eugenicist Celebrity Couple Repopulating the World (Sample)

The former President attempts to paper over class conflict and leaves the viewer equal parts manipulated and confused. Joining us is friend of the show Maximillian Alvarez of The Real News.

News Brief: 2000s Zombie Neoliberalism Lives On in Obama's New Netflix Doc

Conspiracy theories, melted online communities and cursed media — we pry open the cracks in consensus reality and journey into the hidden worlds below. The QAA Podcast is a mix of reporting, comedy, and history hosted by Jake Rockatansky, Travis View, and Julian Feeld along with co-hosts Annie Kelly, Liv Agar and Brad Abrahams. Formerly known as the QAnon Anonymous podcast.

Premium Episode 212: American Gulag Chronicles feat Mike Prysner (Sample)

QAA Podcast

Related tracks