AI Hell froze over this winter and now a flood of meltwater threatens to drown Alex and Emily. Armed with raincoats and a hastily-written sea shanty*, they tour the realms, from spills of synthetic information, to the special corner reserved for ShotSpotter.**Lyrics & video on Peertube.*Surveillance:*Public kiosks slurp phone dataWorkplace surveillanceSurveillance by bathroom mirrorStalking-as-a-serviceCops tap everyone else's videosFacial recognition at the doctor's office*Synthetic information spills:*Amazon products called “I cannot fulfill that request”AI-generated obituariesX's Grok treats Twitter trends as newsTouch the button. Touch it.Meta’s chatbot enters private discussionsWHO chatbot makes up medical info*Toxic wish fulfillment:*Fake photos of real memories*ShotSpotter:*ShotSpotter adds surveillance to the over-policedChicago ending ShotSpotter contractBut they're listening anyway*Selling your data:*Reddit sells user dataMeta sharing user DMs with NetflixScraping Discord*AI is always people:*Amazon Fresh3D artGeorge Carlin impressionsThe people behind image selection*TESCREAL corporate capture:*Biden worried about AI because of "Mission: Impossible"Feds appoint AI doomer to run US AI safety instituteAltman & friends will serve on AI safety board*Accountability:*FTC denies facial recognition for age estimationSEC goes after misleading claimsUber Eats courier wins payout over ‘racist’ facial recognition appCheck out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see.Our book, 'The AI Con,' is out now! Get your copy now.Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us!Emily Bluesky: emilymbender.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Alex Bluesky: alexhanna.bsky.social Mastodon: dair-community.social/@alex Twitter: @alexhanna Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.

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