How to fight brilliant (and stupid) AI

Editor’s note: This week, I’m making all acts available to all listeners. The Patreon edition of the episode, however, is still early and ad-free. For context: My two guests participated on tight timelines and under special circumstances. And my essay was the conclusion of last week’s episode. As I finished the edit, I felt bad putting any of the acts behind the paywall. This won’t be the norm – frankly, I’ll need more paid subscribers before the end of the year if I want to keep this my full-time focus – but for this week, it felt like the right decision. For those who subscribe on Patreon, thank you so much for your support. I don’t take it for granted. Hope you enjoy this behemoth! This week on Post Games Act 1: The five-year AI timeline that blew up my plans for the future Act 2: What if AI is dumb, but we’re dumber Bonus act: The year-long strike to protect video game voice actors from AI An interview with Sarah Elmaleh, the chair of the SAG-AFTRA Interactive Media Agreement Negotiating Committee Act 3: The news of the week And another bonus act: An excerpt from the audiobook of Everything Must Go , Dorian Lynskey's non-fiction history of apocalyptic storytelling. The chapter:…