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That NY Times video, "Death of a Fantastic Machine", infuriated me. I didn't see an actual point of it, other than just rehashing things we already knew.
Tell us that the image is now following commercial motives to trigger our emotional responses, show AI videos of explosions, the end. WTF?
I couldn't tell if this was a "get me out of here" cry for help from NY Times editors. After all, the NY Times has fallen precipitously in the past year or so -- flooding its feed with syndicated sports stories from its The Athletic acquisition, shrinking its news, and primarily becoming a gaming company by revenue... with lots of stories asking how you did on today's Wordle. Complete dumpster fire.
I think it's part of a larger documentary, which I haven't seen. It could be a cry for help, also, it makes sense. For me, it was interesting to see that what we're going through is tale as old as time in the history of communication, crossed by commercial interest, how we didn't get here out of the blue. Now, however, it's everything on steroids. It's true though, we knew all of that before, but they tied it together in a way that I hadn't seen.
That NY Times video, "Death of a Fantastic Machine", infuriated me. I didn't see an actual point of it, other than just rehashing things we already knew.
Tell us that the image is now following commercial motives to trigger our emotional responses, show AI videos of explosions, the end. WTF?
I couldn't tell if this was a "get me out of here" cry for help from NY Times editors. After all, the NY Times has fallen precipitously in the past year or so -- flooding its feed with syndicated sports stories from its The Athletic acquisition, shrinking its news, and primarily becoming a gaming company by revenue... with lots of stories asking how you did on today's Wordle. Complete dumpster fire.
I think it's part of a larger documentary, which I haven't seen. It could be a cry for help, also, it makes sense. For me, it was interesting to see that what we're going through is tale as old as time in the history of communication, crossed by commercial interest, how we didn't get here out of the blue. Now, however, it's everything on steroids. It's true though, we knew all of that before, but they tied it together in a way that I hadn't seen.