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The AI bubble may be about to burst. Mark Carney must not bail out its Tech Barons
While billionaires bet against the hyped up multi-trillion-dollar AI market, Canada’s government is doubling down
Nov 19, 2025
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AI as a False Climate Solution
A preview from the forthcoming edition of'Hoodwinked in the Hothouse' zine.
Nov 11, 2025
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(f)AI(rytale):The Emperors New App
Re-warming an old warning for our artificially unintelligent times.
Oct 30, 2025
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George and the Food System Dragon
Oct 26, 2023
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How to think about False Solutions in the Food System – an introduction.
Nov 9, 2023
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UN puts AI Titans on the hook for billions of dollars of biopiracy payments.
Nov 19, 2024
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DNAI - The Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Life convergence
Jan 11, 2024
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Announcing 'BLACK BOX' BIOTECHNOLOGY - new report on 'Generative Biology'
Sep 3, 2024
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(f)AI(rytale):The Emperors New App
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Interview: Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of Colonization at COP16
Excerpts from an interview with Lynn Fries of GPE NewsDocs
Dec 2, 2024
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UN puts AI Titans on the hook for billions of dollars of biopiracy payments.
A new UN decision says AI giants should pay out billions of dollars compensation for use of AI training data . Here’s why the UN’s new “Cali Fund” sets…
Nov 19, 2024
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A TALE OF TWO CBD'S – TECHNO TRICK OR TREAT AT COP16?
It is Halloween 2024 and the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali Colombia is wrapping up.
Oct 31, 2024
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Announcing 'BLACK BOX' BIOTECHNOLOGY - new report on 'Generative Biology'
'BLACK BOX' BIOTECHNOLOGY Integration of artificial intelligence with synthetic biology – addressing the risks, hype, and inequities underpinning…
Sep 3, 2024
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DNAI - The Artificial Intelligence / Artificial Life convergence
Part 1: When AI Bots do Genetic Engineering
Jan 11, 2024
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How to think about False Solutions in the Food System – an introduction.
They say the road to hell is paved with false solutions.
Nov 9, 2023
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George and the Food System Dragon
Note to readers: My apologies that this is a considerably longer essay than I usually write on this substack.
Oct 26, 2023
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