I wanted to share a work-in-progress documentary about the military-based history of the internet called Vampire Valley by the author of Surveillance Valley (Yasha Levine / SurveillanceValley.com), who also helped write/create the 2024 documentary Pistachio Wars - pistachiowars.com).If you're interested, here's the summary + funding info:https://www.gofundme.com/f/vampire-valley-yasha-levines-new-doc-about-the-internetOrhttps://yashalevine.com/vampire-valley I don't have any "stake" in Vampire Valley, or … Continue reading “Vampire Valley” documentary in-the-works (based on Surveillance Valley)
Category: Technology
Noteworthy “artificial intelligence” associations / links (work-in-progress)
Lawsuits against AI chatbots (DuckDuckGo) | Crazy suicide tragedy (March 2026) https://www.projectcensored.org/military-ai-watch/ Book "Atlas of AI" by Kate Crawford - https://katecrawford.net/atlas Project called Calculating Empires by Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler - https://calculatingempires.net "Artificial intelligence" episode from the podcast at Unlimited Hangout with Whitney Webb (partial/paywall) https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/artificial-intelligence-and-its-secret (partial/paywall) https://seymourhersh.substack.com/p/the-hidden-costs-of-artificial-intelligence (Paywall) https://www.ft.com/ai-exchange Henry Kissinger and friends … Continue reading Noteworthy “artificial intelligence” associations / links (work-in-progress)
“On Silence” by Aldous Huxley
The twentieth century is, among other things, the Age of Noise. Physical noise, mental noise and noise of desire -- we hold history's record for all of them. And no wonder; for all the resources of our almost miraculous technology have been thrown into the current assault against silence. That most popular and influential of … Continue reading “On Silence” by Aldous Huxley
JD Bernal quotes for our time
Two important quotes mentioned in the book JD Bernal: the sage of science by Andrew Brown "The scientists are not masters of the destiny of science; the changes they may bring about may, without their knowing it, force them into positions which they would never have chosen. Their curiosity and its effects may be stronger … Continue reading JD Bernal quotes for our time
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