Archive | The AI Humanist

Google

Jun 5, 2026

•

3 min read

If you liked New Coke you're gonna love New Google. It's an AI slop machine.

Google ditches Classic Search to force-feed AI to the world. Here's what to use instead.

Bruce Barcott

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical resets the terms of the AI debate. It's amazing.

May 29, 2026

•

4 min read

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical resets the terms of the AI debate. It's amazing.

You've never read a papal encyclical? Start here. Start now.

Bruce Barcott

'The Future of Truth' fiasco exposes the truth about AI's falsehoods

May 19, 2026

•

4 min read

'The Future of Truth' fiasco exposes the truth about AI's falsehoods

Chatbots are built to present fiction as fact. The author of a new book about AI and truth should have known that.

Bruce Barcott

Bell-to-Bell Movement

New study shows not everything in life is about raising student test scores

May 11, 2026

•

4 min read

New study shows not everything in life is about raising student test scores

Bell-to-bell phone bans are meant to foster healthy, confident kids—not bump the data on standardized exams.

Bruce Barcott

Vizio isn't selling TVs. It's selling you.

Apr 24, 2026

•

3 min read

Vizio isn't selling TVs. It's selling you.

Television sets are now loss leaders. Sony, Vizio, and others are in the business of selling your personal viewing data. Here's how to block their surveillance.

Bruce Barcott

Please understand: Whatever you feed to AI, you publish in AI.

Apr 3, 2026

•

7 min read

Please understand: Whatever you feed to AI, you publish in AI.

Book editors are uploading manuscripts to ChatGPT, which is both illegal and insane.

Bruce Barcott

Mar 28, 2026

•

8 min read

Is the magical AI spell breaking?

It's not your imagination. Something is changing.

Bruce Barcott

'Shy Girl' and the math teacher's solution to book slop

Mar 21, 2026

•

8 min read

'Shy Girl' and the math teacher's solution to book slop

In the age of AI, authors and artists need to show proof of life and evidence of work. And that's a good thing.

Bruce Barcott

Surveillance

Meta's perv glasses reveal the ghost workers in the AI machine

Mar 14, 2026

•

8 min read

Meta's perv glasses reveal the ghost workers in the AI machine

Those Ray-Bans are watching you—and sending your image to a Nairobi sweatshop.

Bruce Barcott

If you liked New Coke you're gonna love New Google. It's an AI slop machine.

Pope Leo XIV's encyclical resets the terms of the AI debate. It's amazing.

'The Future of Truth' fiasco exposes the truth about AI's falsehoods

New study shows not everything in life is about raising student test scores

Vizio isn't selling TVs. It's selling you.

Please understand: Whatever you feed to AI, you publish in AI.

Is the magical AI spell breaking?

'Shy Girl' and the math teacher's solution to book slop

Meta's perv glasses reveal the ghost workers in the AI machine

Join our community