Archive - Pop Artificial Intelligence

Invisible Infrastructure

The decisions shaping AI this week don't look like decisions.

Mar 13 • Thomas Brady

The Ratchet

AI structurally favors authoritarian applications. The question is what we do with the window that's closing.

Mar 13 • Thomas Brady

The Accidental Frontier

The physics driving datacenter AI and consumer hardware toward the same design point — and what it means for who gets access.

Mar 13 • Thomas Brady

Occupied Territory

How a venture capital network took control of the machinery of the state

Mar 12 • Thomas Brady

The Wrong Axis

AI governance is debating a power structure that doesn't exist

Mar 12 • Thomas Brady

Described Pictures

Making the machinery visible

Mar 12 • Thomas Brady

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