[nonostantement #327] - bushwick analytica / digitine / indian politics & ai
NOW with MORE ai use cases!
Welcome to nonostantement: a weekly newsletter with compulsory, acute, and unnatural stuff found all over the Internet.
Ciao, my name is Joele, I have been living and working on the internet for many years (I don't remember exactly when I started). Being on the internet a lot, I find interesting things that I share with this newsletter. I have been doing this every Sunday, for 6 years. No, I don't see anything obsessive about it.
Music for today: The Necks - Signal - Le Cri du Caire - Pearls for Orphans
👉 The nonostantement archive - everything I sent in the past 6 years
#PEOPLE
We Need To Rewild The Internet
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.Adam Curtis on the dangers of self-expression
BBC journalist and the documentarian behind HyperNormalisation, Adam Curtis, discusses art, individualism, power, myth, and the complications of self-expression.Bushwick Analytica
Bushwick Analytica is a series of workshops that were held at Bushwick Public Library inviting local middle schoolers to harness the power of data driven advertising and develop and promote their own targeted campaigns. These sessions delve into the inner workings of internet advertising, and the many ways that data is collected online and used to categorize us.
#TECH
101 real-world gen AI use cases from the world's leading organizations
At Google Cloud Next ‘24, top companies, governments, researchers, and startups showcased how they're already using Google's AI solutions to enhance their work.
#SOCIALMEDIA
What Is A 'Digitine'? TikTok's Celebrity Blocking Spree
In the wake of the Met Gala, TikTok is expressing their distaste with celebrities who don't use their voice for good—and are blocking them.Instagram Is My Eden of Delusion. I Never Want to Leave
When I rejoined the app and quickly got addicted, I realized it was exactly what I needed: not reality itself but the illusion of it.
If you enjoy this newsletter you can show your support by:
forwarding it to your friends
#THEDARKSIDE
Indian politicians spend big on AI election content
In India’s 2024 elections, political parties are estimated to spend over $50 million on AI-generated election campaign material.This Tool Shows Some Telegram Users’ Approximate Physical Location
The tool relies on Telegram's opt-in "Find People Nearby" feature, but allows searches for Telegram users globally.Racist AI Deepfake of Baltimore Principal Leads to Arrest
A high school athletic director in the Baltimore area was arrested after he used A.I., the police said, to make a racist and antisemitic audio clip.
That's it for now.
If you enjoy nonostantement, you can show your support by offering me a virtual coffee here, or you could forward this email to a friend so they can subscribe too.