Don't Panic

Don't Panic

Author: Charts & Leisure November 7, 2024 Duration: 58:26
Mike talks about how and why some authentic media looks like it was generated by AI; Hans talks about KOSA – the Kids Online Safety Act – and how it is shaped by not one, but two concurrent moral panics. Also: RARE TAPES! 📼 – Call us at 651 615 5007 to leave a voice mail Drop us a voice memo via airtable Or email us at theneverpost at gmail dot com See what interstitials we need submissions for – Intro Links https://x.com/MikeIsaac/status/1854202822600106162 Facebook Took More Than $1 Million For Ads Sowing Election Lies - Forbes EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products - Guardian Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division - TechCrunch Looks like a random AI slop site based in Illinois, aided by social media, has coaxed hundreds of people on to the main street of Dublin for a Halloween parade that was never happening. – X – Generated-ish https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1gfij22/comment/luhu6kz/ How can you tell if text is AI-generated? Researchers have figured out a new method Discover the most common AI vocabulary words RIP Baudrillard https://x.com/TheRidleyJones/status/1848214407211311466 Kamala Rally photo, and indication it was shot on an iPhone warped, surrealist, why’d you generate the background people Generated-ish Examples https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTFdNh7yj/ https://x.com/Meelsie143/status/1832795190794342539 https://x.com/Solomosos/status/1848367541665583473 https://www.reddit.com/r/shitposting/comments/1g9nrs0/comment/ltavo9k/ https://www.reddit.com/r/sciencememes/comments/1cscpx4/comment/ltai485/ https://www.reddit.com/r/curlyhair/comments/1ga02b6/comment/ltafsle/ https://swankyangles.tumblr.com/post/764982891563335680/bruhhh-that-art-hard-as-fuckkkk-just-like-xerox https://www.reddit.com/r/WhatBreedIsMyDog/comments/1g8p0hg/comment/lt47obw/ https://newtlesbian.tumblr.com/post/720800717709901824/this-looks-ai-generated-how-did-his-eyebrows https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1gesj5h/comment/lud6u0l/ – KOSA is a Moral Panic (or Two)  Find Avery at https://averydame.net/  S.1409 - Kids Online Safety Act - congress.gov ‘An Era Of Accountability For Big Tech’: Richard Blumenthal Touts Kids Online Safety Act - YT Penny Dreadfuls - mimimatthews.com To Catch a Predator: MySpace and Moral Panics – Alice Marwick CAUTION: CHILDREN AT PLAY ON INFORMATION HIGHWAY – WP – Never Post’s producers are Audrey Evans, Georgia Hampton and The Mysterious Dr. Firstname Lastname. Our senior producer is Hans Buetow. Our executive producer is Jason Oberholtzer. The show’s host is Mike Rugnetta. Never Post is a production of Charts & Leisure

Mike Rugnetta, known for his thoughtful and often playful analysis of digital culture, guides each episode of Never Post. This isn't a series about quick social media tips or gadget reviews; instead, it digs into the deeper currents of online life. The conversations explore how the internet shapes our identities, our art, our politics, and our very sense of reality. You'll hear discussions that feel like the best kind of late-night talk with a deeply curious friend-ranging from the absurdity of memes to the profound implications of network theory. Produced by Charts & Leisure, the podcast operates from a simple, powerful premise: that the digital world is now inseparable from the human one, and it deserves this kind of careful, critical, and celebratory attention. Tuning in feels like getting a clearer map to a territory we all inhabit but rarely stop to examine. Each episode asks us to reconsider our daily scrolls, clicks, and shares, making the familiar strange again. It’s for anyone who has ever felt exhilarated, exhausted, or utterly bewildered by life online, offering a space to step back and make sense of the noise.
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