Brian Merchant

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writer, former la times tech columnist, science fiction editor, luddite

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2024-06-13 17:43:06

The anxiety around AI and the backlash to AI-generated products is strong enough that even corporations like Dove and Discover are declaring their human-first bonafides and creators and startups are making "No AI" pledges.
A '100% LLM-free' consumer trend is here.
My latest, in the Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/06/llm-free-all-organic/678670/?gift=iWa_iB9lkw4UuiWbIbrWGem5-1Z0TEpq9qBDnPF5As4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

2024-05-10 18:52:51

Wrote about that Apple ad everyone hated—for a lot of people it's not just bad taste, it's lived experience
To wit: Vice.com, once the work of very human people, is being transmuted into a staff-free content farm operated by an AI-loving venture firm as we speak
https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/for-artists-writers-humans-big-techs