[first published 06.10.2025 Substack]
Sharing this post by Mark Hurst (who also hosts the fantastic radio show ‘Techtonic’ on WFMU) on Generative AI as the new plastic: “a new future defined not by plastic pollution – which will still be with us, of course – but by generative AI slop that will slosh, flood, cascade into our internet feeds and experiences, bringing with it a scale of pollution that makes the Pacific Garbage Patch, in comparison, look like a picnic.” Check it out.