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Essay · August 21, 2026
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02AI Slop! The Unintended Consequences of the Backlash to Generative AI
Generative AI is a technical category. We are treating it as a moral one. An essay on what the backlash gets right, what it costs, and why a demand to know what’s real has made it shameful to say.
Essay · April 22, 2026
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AI Nasties: Male Sexuality, Moral Panic and the Art Nobody Asked You to Like
This essay is historical, scientific and philosophical in roughly equal measure. It examines how the current panic over AI-generated art fits into a pattern stretching back further than most of its participants realize.