Podcast Machine Kills terbaik (2025)

1
Patreon Preview – 388. The On-Demand Degradation of Nursing 9:54

10d ago9:54

9:54

We get into an excellent new report on the rise of on-demand platforms for nursing, which have spurred further exploitation of labor and degradation of care in an industry that has already been hollowed out by suppression of worker rights and financialization by private equity firms. The destruction of healthcare wouldn’t be complete if tech innova…

1
387. Getting Fleeced in Nature’s Casino 1:27:27

17d ago1:27:27

1:27:27

[Note: we explain TMK's new structure from 0:00-10:28, so skip that to get straight into the episode]We dive into the market for catastrophe bonds (or, “cat bonds”) and talk about how this complex financial instrument is sold as the silver bullet for climate finance — especially for under-developed countries that are at risk of devastation from dis…

1
Patreon Preview – 386. The FIRE Sector is Under Water 6:18

21d ago6:18

6:18

First we talk about the unholy trinity of Anduril, Palantir, and OpenAI working together to secure major contracts from the Pentagon for networking data systems and training AI models. Then we get into how Blackstone now owns the AI boom with $50 billion invested in data centre infrastructure and another $50 billion in the pipeline. Lastly, we chat…

1
385. BlackRock Bought a Zoo 1:05:04

25d ago1:05:04

1:05:04

We’ve got a great reading series that redirects our attention to another big bugbear of TMK: the destruction – and salvation – of nature via asset markets and risk management. We talk about how the business world is coming around to the idea that is nature is *not* a “a free, infinitely extractable resource” and might actually be a valuable asset w…

1
Patreon Preview 384. – Executive Paranoia 7:40

30d ago7:40

7:40

We tie together a number of things: first, the assassination of UnitedHealth Group’s CEO and the reactions to this event; second, a new startup in the Thiel family that rehabilitates Sauron as a shining beacon of security for the terrified tech elite; and third, the vision put forward by Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce, for an army of ethical techn…

1
383. Rage Against the Administrative Machine 1:22:53

1M ago1:22:53

1:22:53

We talk about the legal battles that Musk and Amazon are waging against the National Labor Relations Board, in part by claiming the NLRB is unconditional because it violates employers’ rights to a trial by jury. We then get into a broader discussion of how the right-wing has organised a highly effective — while also ideologically inconsistent — pol…

1
Patreon Preview – 382. Don’t Fetishize the AI Hype 9:54

1M ago9:54

9:54

We chat about Ed’s brilliant critical review of the new book AI Snake Oil and talk about the shortcomings of analysis that are so focused on demystifying the hype about what AI can do that the hype becomes the only thing that matters. We sharpen our own critique by sparring with this interesting and thoughtful — but also limited and naive — critiqu…

1
381. NYT v. OpenAI: Romancing the Data 1:23:29

1M ago1:23:29

1:23:29

We get into the New York Times's lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, which challenges the use of copyrighted material as training data for AI models. The NYT’s case is built on notions of “romantic authorship” — or the irreducible / ineffable quality of creativity and individuality in human works — and discuss the analytical weakness of building …

1
Patreon Preview – 380. Dual Prophet System 6:20

2M ago6:20

6:20

In our first recording back from holiday, we get into the Silicon Valley Election and go through the relationship between Trump and Musk. What can we expect from the President and his First Buddy — personally and politically, institutionally and financially? Beyond Musk, how might the tech elite behave and benefit in another Trump administration? T…

1
379. The Booming Prison Tech Industry (ft. Susan Li, Alec Karakatsanis) 1:16:03

2M ago1:16:03

1:16:03

[This interview was recorded before the election; we’ll talk about that in the next premium episode] We are joined by Susan Li and Alec Karakatsanis who work at Civil Rights Corps to talk about their important legal work against the prison tech industry—an extraordinarily predatory, extractive, and profitable industry dominated by private equity fi…

1
TMK on Holiday 0:49

2M ago0:49

0:49

Just a quick note – TMK is on holiday for a couple weeks! Jathan is enjoying his honeymoon totally disconnected from all work, while Ed and Jereme are taking a much needed break. We'll back later in November with more exciting episodes. Until then – later!Oleh This Machine Kills

1
Patreon Preview – 378. BYD’s Green Tech Red Scare 8:05

2M ago8:05

8:05

We bullshit about ICP, the Joker, and Megalopolis for the first 33 minutes. So jump a bit into the episode if you wanna skip the verbal shit posting and get to the analytical discussion of BYD. We chat broadly about the background and rapid rise of BYD, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer. We explain why BYD is such a fascinating company that…

1
377. The Real Cost of Uber/Lyft’s Driver Lockouts 1:33:12

3M ago1:33:12

1:33:12

First we have an update on an old startup as Worldcoin changes its name to World and redesigns its Orb to be more than just an eyeball scanner but also now an identification service called Deep Face. Repeat the satanic mantra after me: World, Orb, Deep Face. We then sit back as Prof Ed walks us through an in-depth investigation into how Uber and Ly…

1
Patreon Preview – 376. Silicon Valley’s Political Machine 7:18

3M ago7:18

7:18

We chat about a great investigation into the powerful networks of political influence and intimidation that tech companies are bankrolling to ensure that politicians at local, state, and federal levels advance the interests of Silicon Valley—or at least not stand in their way. For example, one recently created pro-crypto super PAC has $170 million …

1
375. Of Vampires and Empires (ft. Paris Marx) 1:13:05

3M ago1:13:05

1:13:05

We are joined by a dear friend of the show, Paris Marx, to talk about his new series on Tech Won’t Save Us called “Data Vampires” – which provides an excellent deep dive into the politics, ideologies, and consequences of the global expansion of data centers by big tech giants. Data Vampires is full of original research and interviews, plus excellen…

1
Patreon Preview – 374. Bigger is Not Better in AI 8:10

3M ago8:10

8:10

Bringing together a few news items, we analyze the politics of scale in AI. First, OpenAI has one of the largest funding rounds ever at $6.6 billion raised for a valuation of $157 billion—with our boy Masayoshi finally getting his taste of OpenAI by investing $500 million. Second, CA Governor Gruesome Newsom vetoed an AI safety bill, which would ha…

1
373. Press X to Start Revolution (ft. Marijam Did) 1:17:31

3M ago1:17:31

1:17:31

We chat with Marijam Did, author of the new book Everything to Play For, which bridges radical leftist politics and video games through a real material analysis of video games as an industry, art form, and social space. Marijam lays out the case for why these two communities of radical leftists and gamers—which have largely been distinct and even a…

1
Patreon Preview – 372. The Sin-Eater of Zero Interest Rates 7:34

3M ago7:34

7:34

With the news of interest rates dropping again, we refocus our attention on Masayoshi Son, the man who perhaps most embodies the pathologies of technological capitalism. Thanks to a new biography, we learn fascinating color about Masa’s character which further support what we already to know to be true: he is an ambitious disrupter who is burdened …

1
371. Optimizing for Planetary Crisis 1:11:12

3M ago1:11:12

1:11:12

Jumping off a spate of recent reporting, we revisit the deep relations between the tech sector and fossil fuel industry and discuss how companies like Microsoft are turning to oil and gas companies as a solution for AI’s profit problem. How are tech companies going to offset their trillion dollars of capital investment into AI infrastructure? One r…

1
Patreon Preview – 370. Paranoid Android 5:23

3M ago5:23

5:23

We dive into a weird but revealing article about the phalanx of private security that Elon Musk has amassed around him, spending a small fortune on ex-operators who plan escape routes for his events, clear rooms before he enters, and assess (perceived) threats to his personal safety. His “mushrooming security apparatus” has caused a feedback loop o…

1
369. The Third Most Amazing Race (ft. Gaby Del Valle) 1:11:52

3M ago1:11:52

1:11:52

We are joined by Gaby Del Valle who has written a great—and distressingly relevant—essay for The Baffler, which reports on the “eugenic foundations of the war on woke.” We dig into the beliefs of innate biological hierarchy and genetic superiority that underpin so much of mainstream right-wing politics. Whether it’s the convergence of Christian nat…

1
Patreon Preview – 368. Building the Most Lethal University 8:46

4M ago8:46

8:46

Keeping with our recent theme of exploring the relations between the military and tech sector, we jump off a great essay in The Baffler to discuss a crucial part of this complex: university research. Universities – especially, academics in STEM faculties – must be understood as defense contractors who are partners with the military (and adjacent ag…

1
367. A Brief History of Apocalypse 1:19:58

4M ago1:19:58

1:19:58

To mark the occasion of his new best selling airport book, we take a deeper look at Yuval Noah Harari’s impoverished thought and intellectual style via a great review essay by Daniel Immerwahr. We see how Harari’s doomsday scenarios are based on an extreme form of technological determinism + a romanticized humanism-as-critique + a disinterest in ma…

1
Preview – 366. American Dynamism: Or, Libertarian Fascism with Silicon Valley Characteristics 7:33

4M ago7:33

7:33

We do a deep dive into Andreessen Horowitz’s American Dynamism Strategy and Little Tech Agenda, which together lay out a clear ideology of how tech startups are integral to the American empire. All this venture capital firm asks for is your belief in a16z as a conduit for the spirit of innovation, your trust in America as a vessel for the progressi…

1
365. The Pentagon Primes in Silicon Valley (ft. Michael Richardson) 1:29:26

4M ago1:29:26

1:29:26

We chat with friend of the show Michael Richardson—author of the new book Nonhuman Witnessing—about the ongoing, deepening relationships between Silicon Valley and the US military. We check up on new activities from old enemies—Y Combinator, Anduril, Palantir, among others—and get into the changing cultures on both sides as they converge around def…

1
Patreon Preview - 364. CopGPT 7:49

4M ago7:49

7:49

We chat about a heinous crossover as Axon – major police tech firm, maker of tasers and body cameras – creates a new AI product with ChatGPT that automates police reports using audio recordings from body cameras. We get into this whole political economy of cop power and carceral tech. Then we talk about how all the economists are Big Mad because of…

1
363. Go Directly to Jail. Do Not Pass Go. 1:25:16

4M ago1:25:16

1:25:16

{Producer’s note: this episode has an electronic buzz in parts due to a dying microphone. I cleaned it up as much as possible, but it couldn’t be totally removed. So it goes!}We go deep on the recent federal antitrust case against Google, which ruled that the company is a monopoly (obviously). We get into the details of the case, before spinning of…

1
Patreon Preview - 362. Alex Karp’s Freak Flag Flies 7:12

5M ago7:12

7:12

We get into a new profile of Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, which is written by Maureen Dowd, one of the NYT’s most credulous opinion writers, and thus the perfect person to coax Karp into being as weird as he wants to be. This piece reveals a lot of core lore about Karp and shines light on a man who is riddled with contradictions and has turned that …

1
361. The Artists vs. the Machines (ft. Brian Merchant) 1:00:49

5M ago1:00:49

1:00:49

We’re joined by Brian Merchant to chat about his reporting on the frontlines of labor exploitations in video games development and animation studios where companies are using AI to replace and degrade jobs, fracture and disempower the workforce, and push the quality of artistic works down even further. When executives explicitly say they are going …

1
Patreon Preview – 360. Bubbles and Black Markets 8:26

5M ago8:26

8:26

We get into the collapse of investor confidence in the AI boom, then turn to the thriving black markets for smuggling vast quantities of AI microchips into China and the geopolitics of technological progress and economic sanctions as AI becomes a site of proxy wars by other means.••• Burst Damage https://www.wheresyoured.at/burst-damage/ ••• With S…

1
359. We Are All Cyborgs (ft. Danya Glabau, Laura Forlano) 1:13:11

5M ago1:13:11

1:13:11

We are joined by Danya Glabau and Laura Forlano, authors of Cyborg, a new book that explores how this archetype of sci-fi stories is also a critical theory for understanding the tangle of socio-technical relations that constitute our lives. The cyborg helps us think in terms of embodiment and environments, break down boundaries and barriers, and tr…

1
Patreon Preview – 358. Se7en Voice What’s in the Benchmark? 8:52

5M ago8:52

8:52

We first get an update on regulatory arbitrage in the weed vape industry, then discuss how the benchmarks used to rank AI models—and make claims about their "intelligence" relative to humans—are largely low quality, out-of-date, not fit for purpose, or just meaningless and deceptive. Yet they are widely treated by industry as authoritative standard…

1
357. CrowdStrike ClusterFuck 1:14:43

5M ago1:14:43

1:14:43

We first talk about how all news stories, even the most world historic ones, feel ephemeral and disposable, and how this is the perverse effect of a (news/social/cultural) media ecosystem that is designed around logics of optimizing for content production and audience attention. Then we get into the CrowdStrike outage and how it reveals (and requir…

1
Patreon Preview – 356. Car Dealerships Are an Affront to God 6:11

5M ago6:11

6:11

We talk about that paragon of capitalism, car dealerships, and the deceptive, manipulative, extractive tactics they have perfected to make the experience as hellish as possible — particularly by turning the dealership’s finance and insurance department into an engine of 100 percent pure parasitic profit.••• Escape From the Box https://prospect.org/…

1
355. The Rise of Shadow Finance 1:24:27

6M ago1:24:27

1:24:27

We are a bit ahead with recording, but we had to talk about the Trump assassination attempt and JD Vance being tapped for vice president (for like the first 30 minutes). Then we get into a great essay on how private financial markets — or the shadow finance system that is unregulated, unaccountable, and undemocratic — have become the dominant form …

1
Premium – 354. Capital Questions Gen AI 10:03

6M ago10:03

10:03

We take a look at recent reports where venture capitalists like Sequoia and the investment banks like Goldman Sachs are starting to wonder out loud whether AI will ever be able to generate enough revenue and consumer demand to make the bubble feel solid. The returns on AI necessary for this massive infrastructure buildout to make sense are looking …

1
353. Slaughterbots, Roll Out! 1:17:47

6M ago1:17:47

1:17:47

We refocus on the war in Ukraine and the country’s pivot toward being the “Silicon Valley for autonomous drones and other weaponry.” Thanks to a combination of foreign investment, entrepreneurial governance, DIY scrappiness, and a ‘by any means necessary’ attitude, the future of cheap, lethal, autonomous warfare is being forged and tested in Ukrain…

1
Patreon Preview – 352. Big Vape, Small Cigs 5:25

6M ago5:25

5:25

We chat about an interesting case study in technology governance: the rise of vapes and the return of cigarettes. How do you create new markets for a product that is highly addictive but also extremely regulated (even banned)? The answer is to flaunt regulation, disrupt competitors, and create an image of coolness using social media influencers. Pl…

1
351. How AI is Boiling the Oceans 1:14:48

6M ago1:14:48

1:14:48

We get into how the massive global expansion of data centres — thanks largely to demand from training and operating AI — is putting major strain on energy systems and requiring the generation of more electricity. How’s all that new energy demand being met? Some renewables, a lot of fossil fuels, but also maybe futuristic magic technology? Big tech …

1
Premium – 350. Most Data Work is Bullshit 6:41

6M ago6:41

6:41

We chat a bit about some upcoming international travel, then do a reading series by a data scientist who wrote a great blog post about how most of the work done by data scientists in large organizations feels totally worthless, pointless, unfulfilling, and unnecessary — in other words, the definition of bullshit. And yet data science is valorized a…

1
349. Death By A Thousand Prices (ft. David Dayen, Lindsay Owens) 1:22:06

7M ago1:22:06

1:22:06

We are joined by David Dayen (editor, American Prospect) and Lindsay Owens (director, Groundwork Collaborative) to discuss the special issue of the American Prospect they put together on “how pricing really works.” We drill down into why pricing is the perfect window for seeing how power works in the economy. We explore the great many tactics and t…

1
348. Lost Futures of AI (ft. Evgeny Morozov) 2:10:56

7M ago2:10:56

2:10:56

We are joined once again by Evgeny Morozov to discuss his new podcast series, A Sense of Rebellion, which tells the story of a wild bunch of eccentric hippies who had grand ideas for how to design interactive technologies and intelligent environments and cybernetic systems that are radically different from today’s smart tech and AI. Morozov takes u…

1
Patreon Preview – 347. The Insulin Empire, Part 2 (ft. Athena Sofides) 8:52

7M ago8:52

8:52

We keep rolling with our discussion about the Insulin Empire with Athena.••• The Insulin Empire https://thebaffler.com/after-the-fact/the-insulin-empire-ongweso-jr-sofides ••• Mutual Aid Diabetes https://mutualaiddiabetes.com/ ••• T1International https://www.t1international.com/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes…

1
346. The Insulin Empire, Part 1 (ft. Athena Sofides) 1:14:40

7M ago1:14:40

1:14:40

We are joined by Athena Sofides who co-wrote (with Ed) a brilliant essay in The Baffler, which provides an in-depth analysis of insulin, the social health factors of diabetes, and the global oligopoly of pharmaceutical corporations that exert total control over – and extract max profits from — this medicine that many millions of diabetics depend up…

1
Patreon Preview – 345. Thuggish Ruggish Live Nation 8:00

7M ago8:00

8:00

We do a reading series on a major anti-trust lawsuit brought by the Department of Justice against Live Nation / Ticketmaster and the absolutely wild tactics the company used to intimidate competitors, enforce market domination, and totally lockdown the live entertainment industry. Then we wrap up with the new licensing deals between OpenAI and The …

1
344. How Uber Weaponizes Complexity to Abuse Workers and Bully States 1:24:58

7M ago1:24:58

1:24:58

We check in with an old enemy of the show, Uber, to discuss it’s recent battles with states over wage floors and worker rights, and get a masterclass on how Uber weaponizes complexity through it’s platform to abuse workers and avoid regulation, while also wielding the threat of capital flight to great effect against politicians and governments. •••…

1
Patreon Preview – 343. Broken Windows Redux 10:13

7M ago10:13

10:13

Discussing a new surveillance program by NYC Mayor Eric Adams and the public-private partnerships with Fusus by Axon, we dig into how the moral panic around “organized retail theft” has become a smoke screen / cynical moral alibi for an arms race of policing. It’s new software for the old hardware of an oppressive corporate state.••• Mayor Adams An…

1
342. Superalignment with Sam Altman’s Values 1:16:33

8M ago1:16:33

1:16:33

We talk about how everybody on the superalignment team at OpenAI—focused on safety, risk, adversarial testing, societal impacts, and existential concerns—is resigning, including high-profile people like Illya Sutskever. And nobody can talk about it because of draconian rules (even for Silicon Valley) about non-disclosure and non-disparagement peopl…

1
Patreon Preview – 341. Cyber Freak Beat 9:20

8M ago9:20

9:20

After revisiting our discussion of stimulants from last episode, we dive deep into a new hive of freaks on the internet and examine the psychology of forum posters on the Cybertruck Owners Club.••• Cybertruck Owners Club https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/ Subscribe to hear more analysis and commentary in our premium episodes every week! ht…

1
340. With AI Friends Like These, Who Needs Society? 1:29:59

8M ago1:29:59

1:29:59

First we dive into some exciting news of actual innovation: ultrasonic extraction for cold brew coffee. Then offer a live react to OpenAI’s new product GPT-4o, which is its new flagship model in the form of a voice assistant, and jump from there to talk more deeply about the problems with AI companions via a tech column in the NYTimes.••• Scientist…

Podcast Layak Disimak

Machine Kills Podcast

Podcast Layak Disimak

Panduan Referensi Cepat