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Part One: Tech Bros Have Built A Cult Around AI

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Robert sits down with Ify Nwadiwe to talk about the weird cult that's formed around AI, and some of the most powerful people in Silicon Valley. (Adapted from his article in Rolling Stone: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/ai-companies-advocates-cult-1234954528/)

(2 Part Series)

Sources:

  1. What Makes a Cult a Cult? | The New Yorker
  2. The Wide Angle: Understanding TESCREAL — Silicon Valley’s Rightward Turn | Washington Spectator
  3. We need to examine the beliefs of today’s tech luminaries
  4. This A.I. Subculture’s Motto: Go, Go, Go - The New York Times (archive.is)
  5. Effective Accelerationism — e/acc - e/acc newsletter (archive.is)
  6. The Techno-Optimist Manifesto | Andreessen Horowitz (archive.is)
  7. https://abtinmus.medium.com/nick-land-for-dumbies-technological-singularity-and-capital-as-a-runaway-system-4fac0c9a163e
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20141007023855/http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2014/10/hyper-racism.html
  9. https://www.journals.vu.lt/problemos/article/view/25345
  10. https://regressstudies.substack.com/p/technocapital-is-eating-my-brains
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