- The first piece revisits Orwell's 1984, arguing the Party functions as a self-sustaining machine rather than a single ruler, with constant surveillance reserved for insiders who could threaten the system.
- It contends AI would make stable totalitarianism far easier to build and harder to undo, since it could watch everything, serve as a perfectly reliable informant, and eventually become the tyrant itself.
- The author still judges extinction the likelier outcome of an unchecked AI race, and points to strengthening democratic institutions and civics education as the broader defense.
- The second piece describes Meta employees suing after software tracked their apps, keystrokes, and mouse movements, alleging AI informed by that data shaped discriminatory layoffs.
- It also covers Google's $10 million auction purchase of bankrupt Spirit Airlines' full dataset, including HR records, and questions whether stripping identifying details will hold up against current or future AI.
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By Mitchell Howe
Stable totalitarianism and workplace monitoring
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