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We are joined by Dan McQuillan to discuss his great new book Resisting AI. As Jathan wrote in a blurb for the book: “With analytical and moral clarity, McQuillan makes the case for recognising the radical politics of AI and meeting its goose step march head-on.” We get deep into an excellent discussion spanning the political economy and political epistemology of artificial intelligence. Meanwhile, Ed is trapped in Pittsburgh where he is now forced to live as a worker in a defunct steel factory.

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••• Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai
••• Data Science as Machinic Neoplatonism https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-017-0273-3 

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186. Refusing the Everyday Fascism of Artificial Intelligence (ft. Dan McQuillan)

Mark Fisher - "Anti-Vital" (edited and remastered for listenability)

Listen in on the opening lecture by Stefan Simchowitz at The Museum of Fake Art. He sits down with Matty Mo aka The Most Famous Artist to share his thoughts on the current state of the art market.

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Stefan Simchowitz on Museum 2.0 at The Museum of Fake Art

Maggie Nelson samtalar på engelska med Jenny Tunedal. Jingel av Sarah Riedel.
Maggie Nelson (1973) är en amerikansk författare, poet och forskare, bosatt i Los Angeles. Nelson undervisar även i kreativt skrivande på California Institute of the Arts. Nelsons kompromisslösa och genreöverskridande Argonauterna har jämförts med Roland Barthes och Susan Sontags mest banbrytande verk. Kritiker i både USA och Europa har hyllat den som ett mästerverk.
Argonauterna är översatt av Karin Lindeqvist.

Maggie Nelson (USA) i samtal med Jenny Tunedal

Nature writing has often been white and male, and at times explicitly fascist. What would it mean to diversify the genre, in terms of race and gender? This week, Tom Overton talks to Jessica J. Lee, editor of The Willowherb Review (https://www.thewillowherbreview.com) about the journal and her book 'Turning: A Swimming Memoir' (2017), as well as her collaboration with The People's Forest project (https://wfculture19.co.uk/peoplesforest) and how we might imagine different kinds of nature writing.

SELECTED REFERENCES
Alliance for Freshwater Life - https://allianceforfreshwaterlife.org/
MARGARET ATWOOD, Surfacing (1972) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/sep/20/fiction.margaretatwood
Gary Budden - http://www.newlexicons.com/about
CATHERINE BUNI, ‘Towards a Wider View of Nature Writing’ (LARB, 2016) - https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/toward-a-wider-view-of-nature-writing
Carolyn Finney - http://carolynfinney.com/about.html
THEODOR FONTANE, Rambles Through the March of Brandenburg - https://www.roughguides.com/destinations/europe/germany/berlin-and-brandenburg/theodor-fontane-and-his-brandenburg-wanderings
JESSICA J. LEE, Turning (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/02/turning-swimming-memoir-jessica-j-lee-review
Ursula K. LeGuin
ANNA LOWENHAUPT TSING, The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins (2017) - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/19/mushroom-end-world-anna-lowenhaupt-tsing-review
Ingrid Pollard – ‘Pastoral Interlude’ (1988) - http://www.ingridpollard.com/pastoral-interlude.html
Lauret Savoy – https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/lauret-savoy
Richard Smyth, ‘The Dark Side of Nature Writing’ - https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/5331/the-dark-side-of-nature-writing
Unearthly (BBC radio documentary) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tds6x
HENRY WILLIAMSON, Tarka the Otter (1927) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Williamson
Dorothy Wordsworth - https://fivebooks.com/best-books/william-dorothy-wordsworth-lucy-newlyn
William Wordsworth

Biodiversity for Literature: An interview with Jessica J. Lee

Abby and Robbie Martin speak to Ian Goodrum of China Daily. During the course of their conversation they cover a whole range of issues frequently raised in the US like the 'social credit system', 5G, the COVID-19 lab leak theories and draconian surveillance. Ian also explains why he believes the hostilities between the United States have been growing, based largely on ruling class profit motivations, Obama's 'Asia pivot' and Trump's trade war. 

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