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What is the true risk of AI? In this essay, I look beyond tech-industry rhetoric and PR narratives to try to answer that question. I examine how cultural memory, algorithmic systems, and power converge to keep us trapped in our past. AI is not just a technological leap; it is...

Introduction I lived in L.A., the archetype of an image economy, for the better part of a decade. I participated fully in the spectacle. I embraced the neoliberal notion of the self as entrepreneur, and constructed the facade (persona) they call a "personal brand." I posted daily on social media,...