We explore how new tools like Snipd and AI chat bots promise frictionless access to knowledge, but may be trading comprehension for convenience. Along the way: the slow death of the open web, the rise of moral disgust with AI-generated culture, and the parallel media worlds being built by tech and alternative voices. At the center of it all is a question: are we getting smarter, or just better at pretending we are?
* Troy Young's People vs Algorithms newsletter
* Brian Morrissey's The Rebooting newsletter
* Alex Schleifer's Human Computer
* Follow Alex, Brian and Troy on Twitter
Chapters:
* 00:00 Open
* 00:35 Intro
* 05:12 Welcome
* 08:30 Quick Hits: Google Traffic
* 15:43 Processing Information
* 37:27 Moral Disgust With AI
* 46:44 Parallel Media Worlds
* 54:42 Outro
