Ian Bogost

1 week ago | apu.fi | Ian Bogost

Tuuli nousi, mutta jätin sen omaan arvoonsa. Olin kotonani St. Louisissa. Puhuin puhelimessa rabbin kanssa. Rabbi toimittaisi äitini hautajaiset puolentoista tuhannen kilometrin päässä. Kävimme puhelussa läpi äitini elämää, perhettä, hautajaisjärjestelyjä sekä muita maallisia ja hengellisiä asioita. Äiti oli ollut sairaana jo reilusti yli vuoden, mutta hänen kuntonsa romahti jyrkästi joulukuussa. Keväällä hänet siirrettiin saattohoitoon.

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Ian Bogost

The funeral director said “AI” as if it were a normal element of memorial services, like caskets or flowers. Of all places, I had not expected artificial intelligence to follow me into the small, windowless room of the mortuary. But here it was, ready to assist me in the task of making sense of death. It was already Wednesday, and I’d just learned that I had to write an obituary for my mother by Thursday afternoon if I wanted it to run in Sunday’s paper. AI could help me do this.

1 month ago | theatlantic.com | Ian Bogost

The wind was whipping up, but I ignored it. I was at my house in St. Louis, on the phone with the rabbi who would officiate my mother’s funeral, a thousand miles away. We spoke about her life, her family, the service, and other matters both material and spiritual. Mom had been sick for well over a year, but she started declining rapidly in December. Late last month, she was admitted to hospice.

2 months ago | rsn.org | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel

ALSO SEE: Russia Launches Nearly 150 Drones Against Ukraine as Trump Says He Doubts Putin's Desire for PeaceThe Trump administration is pooling data on Americans. Experts fear what comes next. If you were tasked with building a panopticon, your design might look a lot like the information stores of the U.S. federal government—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.

2 months ago | theatlantic.com | Ian Bogost |Charlie Warzel

If you have tips about DOGE and its data collection, you can contact Ian and Charlie on Signal at @ibogost.47 and @cwarzel.92. If you were tasked with building a panopticon, your design might look a lot like the information stores of the U.S. federal government—a collection of large, complex agencies, each making use of enormous volumes of data provided by or collected from citizens.