The Scab-Gig Economy feat. Alex N. Press
It's the free one!
For this week’s free episode, the cast of Riley, Milo, Hussein, and Alice speak with (now three-time!) guest Alex N. Press, the labour correspondent for Jacobin Magazine, about two of her recent stories. In one, a ‘flexible work’ app is assigning people gigs that lead them directly across a picket line. In another, studio executives in Hollywood are dreaming up ways to digitize an actor’s likeness and use them in AI-generated content, for free, forever. And in the face of Spencer Confidential not actually getting 11 billion downloads, we ask: is the Silicon Valley-ification of Hollywood just intent on destroying the concept of movies?
Check out Alex’s articles here!
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/southern-california-hotel-workers-strike-automated-management-unite-here
https://jacobin.com/2023/07/hollywood-writers-actors-strike-studios-streaming
Comments (12)
Riley will never mention crypto superbowl advertisements without making the mistake of saying it was Mark Wahlberg in the crypto ads and not Matt Damon who was actually in the ads
Holy shit I hope they made Travis grit his teeth and plow through an entire explanation of Sissy Hypno. Just make Pod Dad regret that he'd ever been born.
i will increase my patreon tier if i am given access to riley’s spotify playlists
I have a fairly confident guess where November got that Judas Goat reference
I really feel the sentiment of:"Before, you knew the five dudes who were in charge. Now, noone is." People are scared that the AI world would become the computer from space odyssee. But I believe, if the AI guys succeed on their terms, it would be the Manga Blame!
I like thinking of them as slime molds like in Starfish
"Saudi has a founder, except you don't call him a founder, you call him Your Highness." has activated my latent Jacobin (political party, not magazine) Gland.
Say goodbye to his uncle.
I finally become a patreon and Riley fires himself, classic
Nominative determinism at work for this episode’s guest
Where the uncles go, they won't need eyes to see...
Damn, I needed me some TF this afternoon! Thanks!