Fans of generative AI keep trying to tell us that it’s inevitable and that we will be “left behind” if we do not adopt it. In reality, there are many people resisting it, documenting its failures, and refusing to use it.
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TBT: Imagining Other Possible Worlds
A Throwback Thursday post
Science fiction, particularly the writings of Ursula le Guin, explores hypothetical alternative societies, cultures, futures, and histories. I am currently watching Babylon 5 again on DVD, and would highly recommend it as an exploration of what happens when a totalitarian and xenophobic government takes over, and how people come together to resist.
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The spirit of Samizdat
Samizdat is one of the touchstones that inspires Vox Clamantis Books.
Samizdat was literature as resistance:
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