Life With Machines
Life With Machines, Baratunde Thurston, Shae O., Paul T Shattuck, MSW, PhD, Deepti Doshi, New_ Public, Jacob WardA cultural movement (and show) for people who want to live well with AI, not just endure it. Bringing clarity, critique, curiosity (and some comedy) to the AI discourse. A production by Baratunde.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 109 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 34 hours ago |
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You Want Regulation? Ok.
The tech lords want regulation? Okay. Let’s give it to them.
Plenty of people hear the recent calls for regulation and assume it’s marketing: a hype machine with a lobbying budget. I don’t think it’s a grand scheme to neg us or connive in...
Comparing Notes with Abi Awomosu
Hey friend,
For our latest Comparing Notes Live, I got to talk with Abi Awomosu, ex-big tech insider, brilliant Yoruba thinker, and the writer behind the Substack How Not To Use AI. She is writing about AI in a way that completely floored...
A Community Guide to Owning Your Media
We literally don’t own anything anymore.
TV shows, movies, books, albums-like whole series-have been deleted from the internet because some executive at a media company couldn’t figure out how to make hosting it on the cloud profitable eno...
Superficial Intelligence: Outsource Your Teen
Illustration by Tammy Lian for Mozilla Foundation’s Nothing Personal Magazine
My teenager’s best friend is a chatbot, and I’m worried they won’t develop into an adult properly without real, sometimes challenging, human interaction. What sh...
Introducing the AI Anonymous Tipline
Hi all,
We got something NEW for you today (and just the right amount of weird)!
First of all: do you have a job? Congratulations. You’re a human with a job.
Second: has someone up high in the org chart shoved a bunch of AI where it does...
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Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Exploring how humans can live well with AI, not just endure it. From Emmy-award winning host and NYT bestselling author Baratunde Thurston.
Writer, host, and speaker exploring how we live well with technology, with each other, and with the planet. Latest project: the Webby-winning Life With Machines. Also PBS's America Outdoors and How To Citizen. At the end of the day, an Earthling.
Helping you think critically in the age of AI 📧: [email protected] https://stan.store/iamshaeo
For people who refuse to be broken by oppressive systems: See more clearly. Build what matters. Befriend yourself.
Deepti Doshi is Co-Director of New_ Public, a nonprofit R&D lab designing healthier digital spaces. She has led initiatives at Meta, Acumen, and across India to build community infrastructure — both online and locally.
New_ Public is a nonprofit product studio focused on reimagining community, connection, and conversation online
CNN contributor and investigative journalist covering AI accountability, surveillance, and power. Author of The Loop: How AI is Creating a World without Choices and How to Fight Back. Two decades at NBC News, Al Jazeera, and Popular Science.
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