Mason Pelt dot comMay 30, 2023

The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories

Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles

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#Advertising #AI #AllianceOfMotionPictureAndTelevisionProducers #BuzzFeedNews #ChatGPT #CoryDoctorow #economy #film #GriefTech #JoeBiden #MachineLearning #scam #scams #SearchEngine #StreamingCompanies #Telly #TheDailyShow #TheNewYorkTimes #TV #WritersGuildOfAmerica #WritersStrike

The AI Anti-Utopia, And Other Stories - Mason Pelt

Software is replacing artists and writers who enjoy their work while warehouse staffers pee in bottles to make quota. AI is turning into a shitty anti-utopia. As I write this, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) has been on strike for 28 days. In a negotiation with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers […]

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Mason Pelt dot comMay 17, 2023

The Advertising Pyramid Scheme

The advertising economy is starting to resemble a collection of interconnected multi-level marketing schemes. Some kind of

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#ads #Advertising #AI #CarnegieMellonUniversity #DoubleClick #Geico #IlyaPozin #IncorporatedSocietyOfBritishAdvertisers #JohnWanamaker #Netflix #PeterDrucker #Progressive #ShoshanaWodinsky #StateFarm #StreamingCompanies #Telly #UniversityOfCalifornia #UniversityOfMinnesota

The Advertising Pyramid Scheme - Mason Pelt

The advertising economy is starting to resemble a collection of interconnected multi-level marketing schemes. Some kind of intermediary firm sits atop each pyramid brokering the serving of ads to eyeballs. Under that are ad agencies, and tech firms that work on sales and bid management. The bottom are ad buyers, perhaps too few to sustain […]

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