Life With Machines

Seeing Is No Longer Believing

ICE, deepfakes, and how to know what's real with Sam Gregory

Feb 3 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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January 2026

They're Monetizing Your Mental Health

AI relationships are a core feature, not a side affect

Jan 29 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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Welcome to Juke Church: A Communal Breakdown of Sinners

Watch now (65 mins) | Curated resources and analysis of 2025's best film

Published on Speak Easy • Jan 23

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BLAIR's Dead. Long Live BLAIR?

Reintroducing our first-of-their-kind AI co-producer

Jan 14 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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I Want to Define The Circle

A poem inviting us to imagine intelligence beyond the artificial

Jan 6 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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December 2025

A Pause. And a Thank You.

Stoked to be back with you all in the new year!

Dec 19, 2025 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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Black People Were The Machines. My AfroTech Keynote

My words on power, liberation, and a multi-player future

Dec 9, 2025 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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AI Cheating Isn’t the Problem

When scores become the goal, cheating becomes the strategy

Dec 3, 2025 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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November 2025

They Want AI To Accelerate Your Life. Do YOU?

The worldview hiding inside the church of speed, efficiency, and optimization

Nov 25, 2025 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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They Brought Back Vine to Slay Sora

A new human-only video app is declaring war on AI slop

Nov 21, 2025 • Life With Machines

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Rethinking Education in the Age of AI

A conversation between Baratunde Thurston and Abby Falik

Nov 13, 2025 • Life With Machines, Abby Falik, and Baratunde Thurston

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The $20,000 Robot That Isn't

NEO's home robot, the data land grab, and a better way to build the future

Nov 7, 2025 • Life With Machines and Baratunde Thurston

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