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Saying You Listen to AI Music Is Like Saying You Have An AI Girlfriend, by Caitlin Johnstone

29 September 2026 at 05:00
It pisses me off whenever I see someone claiming that “AI music” is about to make normal music obsolete. There is no such thing as “AI music” or “AI art”. AI cannot make music. It cannot create the experience of an artist using skill and intention to transport something from inside them into an audience...

AI Won't Solve Humanity's Problems Because Our Problems Aren't Caused By Lack of Intelligence, by Caitlin Johnstone

28 September 2026 at 05:10
I hate it when people say humanity’s problems will be solved by “artificial superintelligence” as though all we need to fix the cruelty and abusiveness in our world is an AI that is smarter than a human. Mark Zuckerberg voiced this talking point again today in a Twitter thread claiming that “superintelligence will create significant...

Be Kind to Your Adult Children or They'll Stop Talking to You, by Caitlin Johnstone

28 September 2026 at 05:00
The Wall Street Journal has a new article out titled “Why Are So Many Adults Cutting Off Their Parents?” about the rising levels of family estrangement in our society. “Many experts believe that estrangements between adult children and their parents are becoming an epidemic in the U.S., just like divorce in the 1970s,” writes Elizabeth...
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