Paris Marx is joined by Kat Tenbarge to discuss the proliferation of AI-generated, non-consensual sexual images, their impact on the victims, and the potential fallout for tech companies who helped make it all possible. Note there is some discussion of self-harm and suicide in this episode.
Kat Tenbarge is a tech and culture writer at NBC News.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on Patreon.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Eric Wickham. Transcripts are by Brigitte Pawliw-Fry.
Also mentioned in this episode:
Support the Show.
War in the Content Economy w/ Ryan Broderick & Hussein Kesvani
Can Tesla Survive Elon Musk? w/ Edward Niedermeyer
Cringe Raps and $5 Billion in Stolen Bitcoin w/ Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
The Poorly Paid Workers Powering Automation w/ Phil Jones
Crypto Winter Is Coming w/ Jacob Silverman
Microsoft Wants to Dominate the Games Industry w/ Rob Zacny
How Evangelicals Emulate Startup Culture w/ Corrina Laughlin
Envisioning Platform Socialism w/ James Muldoon
How Roblox Exploits Children w/ Quintin Smith
Happy Holidays from Tech Won’t Save Us!
Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Science Fiction w/ Annalee Newitz
The Video Game Industry Needs Unions w/ Gita Jackson
Web3 is a Scam, Not a Revolution w/ Stephen Diehl
Who Inspired Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos’ Space Visions? w/ Fred Scharmen
Don’t Give Surveillance for Christmas w/ Chris Gilliard
Net-Zero Uses Technofixes to Delay Climate Action w/ Sabrina Fernandes
How Amazon is Changing the Books We Read w/ Mark McGurl
Why the Metaverse Must Be Stopped w/ Brian Merchant
Can Nostalgia Inspire a Better Future? w/ Grafton Tanner
What Gig Work Means for Women in India w/ Noopur Raval
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Insight Story: Tech Trends Unpacked
Zero-Shot
Fast Forward by Tomorrow Unlocked: Tech past, tech future
The Unbelivable Truth - Series 1 - 26 including specials and pilot
Lex Fridman Podcast