What if no one wants AI? An argument in three parts. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" [0:00:09] Plone - "Plock" [0:37:07] New Riders Of The Purple Sage - "Fun, Fun, Fun" [0:37:08] The Organizing Committee - "The Day Computers Became Obsolete" [0:53:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144344…

Helen Phillips, author of the dystopian novel "HUM" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Helen Phillips" [0:03:41] - "Mark's comments" [0:37:45] The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [0:55:02]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144052بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Even more devices are spying on you: surveillance phones, cars, and more... Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" John Fekner City Squad - "2 4 5 7 9 11" [0:55:09]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143859بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Carl Öhman, author, "The Afterlife of Data: What Happens to Your Information When You Die and Why You Should Care" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carl Öhman" [0:05:18] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:37] Lulu Lewis - "Destroy All Data" [0:53:49]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143612…

Music behind DJ: Rancho Mastatal [www.ranchomastatal.com] [0:00:00] Music behind DJ: - Appropriate Technology [https://ranchomastatal.com/appropriate-technology] [0:08:50] Music behind DJ: - Building with Earth [https://ranchomastatal.com/earth-building-intensive] [0:14:50] Music behind DJ: - El Pueblo De Mastatal [https://ranchomastatal.com/people…

Paula Bialski, author, "Middle Tech: Software Work and Culture of Good Enough" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Paula Bialski" [0:08:14] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:59] Paula and Karol - "Expectations" [0:55:05]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/143172بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Google antitrust decision party: celebrating the DOJ's win over the monopoly Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" JARC - "Move On Up" [0:22:54] Pookiesnackenburger - "Just One Cornetto" [0:22:41] Har-You Percussion Group - "Welcome to the Party" [0:22:27] Hot 8 Brass Band - "shake your body (down to the ground)" [0:34:39] - "Hampsterd…

Jon Leidecker, aka Wobbly, on Negativland and fair use Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" Negativland - "Don't Don't Get Freaked Out" - The World Will Decide [0:05:56] - "Interview with Jon Leidecker" [0:08:55] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:28] Wobbly - "Every Piano" - Popular Monitress [0:53:08]https://www.wfmu.or…

Tech and the sandwich generation: protecting elders and kids from predatory Big Tech companies Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Caring for elders w/tech" Plone - "Plock" - Plock [thanks to DJ Monica] [0:33:16] Music behind DJ: - "Caring for kids w/tech" [0:34:08] The Bo-Keys (featuring Percy Wiggins) - "St…

Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros - "Global A Go-Go" - Global A Go-Go [0:00:00] Set: Interview with Kirsten Eddy of Pew Research Billie Eilish - "Bad Guy" - When We A [0:24:17] Set: Interview with Alex Mahadevan of the Poynter Institute Waxahatchee - "Crowbar" - Tigers Blood [0:54:25]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142238…

Generative AI and the "cesspool internet" – with Jason Koebler Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Jason Koebler" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:22] - "AI ripoff songs" [0:54:38]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/142018بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

How it started, how it's going: revisiting the warnings of the past Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Juice Media - "Honest Government Ad | AI" [0:53:31]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141782بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Carissa Véliz on digital ethics Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Carissa Véliz" [0:07:27] - "Mark's comments" [0:43:58] I Won't Google That - "Hurst & Ottsc" [0:53:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141553بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

The surveillance state is here: discussing with Byron Tau, author, "Means of Control" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Byron Tau" [0:03:50] - "Mark's comments" [0:42:51] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:13]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141329بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Mark answers listener questions about AI, robots, and whether we should throw our phones in the river. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The New Existentialists - "Last Days of the Internet" [Thanks to DJ Mike in Brooklyn!] [0:55:01]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/141077بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Ultra-processed food w/Mark Schatzker and "Food, Inc. 2" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Mark Schatzker" [0:08:31] - "Mark's comments" [0:47:01] Sir Robert Orange Peel - "TikTok is frying my brain" [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140831بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Johnny 5 - "." BMO - "." Conky 2000 - "." Wall-E - "." Bender - "." Gumby Robots - "." T-1000 - "." SAM The Wake & Bake Morning Show Computer K9 - "." Iron Giant - "." Transformers OLD ONES Mr. Roboto - "." Crow T. Robot ROOMBA Paulie's Robot - "." Robbie Junior - "." Mechanical Turk - "." Fuureal - "." Nanobot Alpha 5 - "." Furby - "." Rosie the R…

We should all switch to Linux Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Peter" [0:08:43] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:52] Highly Effective People - "Under Surveillance" [thanks to Evan "Funk" Davies] [0:54:26]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140361بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

What's eating Google? Exploring Google's descent into AI madness. Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" Hurst & Ottsc - "I Won't Google That" [0:54:30]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/140133بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Chris Gilliard on what AI is really for Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's Intro" - "Interview with Chris Gilliard" [0:03:22] - "Mark's comments" [0:39:05] Hurst & Ottsc - "AI" - Spameater [0:52:45]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139898بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry on “Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back.” Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's Intro" [0:00:04] - "Interview with Ulises Mejias and Nick Couldry" [0:04:42] - "Mark's comments" [0:45:00] Rocket 808 - "Under Surveillance" [0:54:39]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139638…

AI-generated music: a conversation with Michael Shelley, WFMU DJ Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Michael Shelley" [0:06:21] - "Mark's comments" [0:44:19] AI - "The Techtonic Twist" - n/a [0:55:21]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139403بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Eve Herold, author, "Robots and the People Who Love Them" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - Machinarium Soundtrack Music behind DJ: - "Mark's intro" n/a - "Interview with Eve Herold" - n/a [0:03:33] Music behind DJ: - "Mark's comments" [0:40:46] Hurst & Ottsc - "Spameater" - Spameater [0:54:41]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/139154…

Richard Polt, author, "The Typewriter Revolution" Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's intro" - "Interview with Richard Polt" [0:03:07] - "Mark's comments" [0:41:43] Boston Typewriter Orchestra - "Left Blank" [0:54:34]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138921بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU

Outrage roundup: antitrust, AI, and Big Tech invading New York City Tomaš Dvořák - "Game Boy Tune" - "Mark's comments" The Glass Bead Band - "I Am a Computer" [0:54:24]https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/138717بقلم Mark Hurst and WFMU