How Anthropic used its AI ethicslop to play the pope and eclipse OpenAI
... AI use case that's fun and psychosis-free!—as part of a cultural trend that bore the hallmarks of an effective PR outreach campaign. Then, in ...
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It's open season for refusing AI - Brian Merchant | Substack
What is unclear is which works will and will not meet that standard; ie, how much AI generation will void a copyright and how much will allow it to ...
AI's aesthetics of failure - by Brian Merchant
AI's aesthetics of failure . On the demise of Sora and our enduring revulsion to AI slop. Brian Merchant's avatar · Brian Merchant. Mar 27, 2026.
"If AI is writing the work and AI is reading the work, do we even need to be there at ... - Brian Merchant
In the typical AI use case , this is better than literally nothing, and it can receive human intelligence tweaks to go from mediocre to adequate.
Silicon Valley's capture of our political institutions is all but complete - Blood in the Machine
But even if you think this is the biggest risk of AI—I would not ... Meanwhile, the appearance of having passed meaningful laws around AI risks ...
AI profiteering is now indistinguishable from trolling - Blood in the Machine
(Thinking Machines' product has been announced now. It's called Tinker, and I kid you not, it's an AI model that automates the creation of more AI ...
The struggle over AI in journalism is escalating - Blood in the Machine
Politico journalists are taking on management for using AI products that risk damaging their reputation and replacing their work.