Is resistance to Big Tech futile? As Gen-Z goes in for analog photography, and as opposition to energy- and memory-hungry data centers grows across the country, humans seem to be trying in whatever ways possible to sidestep the march toward a future that seems less human-centered. Futurism recently noted that a new San Francisco restaurant incurred the ire of hangry locals for using outlandish AI-generated images of its food and found itself defaced by graffiti. Meanwhile, the New York Post noted that eyewear brands are pushing new "anti-facial recognition" glasses that foil surveillance cameras. Ironically, one tech company, Nvidia, has gotten into the resistance game with a new tool that detects AI-created video.

  September 1, Book Launch, 6-8pm:Willy Bo Richardsaon, Music to Drive To at Clamp Music to Drive To presents more than twenty-five years of sustained studio painting practice by longtime subscriber Willy Bo Richardson @notstripes. The monograph brings together 70 paintings alongside a conversation with Max Protetch and essays by Stephanie Buhmann and Katy Crocker. One of the guiding principles behind Music to Drive To was to make the book in a way that reflected the ...