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Ditto Nation video 4: Artificial Intimacy

Episode 4 of Ditto Nation is ~finally~ here.

"Artificial intimacy" takes a deep look at the future of artificial intelligence companionship and relationships with non-biological entities.

This episode has been over 6 months in the making, as the more we investigated, the more nuanced the episode became. We conducted our own experiments and research and spoke to a range of AI chatbot users who offered a profound insight in to a future that...

!!UPDATE!!

Hello beloved patrons. I have been very busy working on the next episode of Ditto Nation: "Artificial Intimacy". It looks at AI companions and makes some sober predictions about where this technology is going, and why. I have spoken to a lot of people and conducted a few experiments with my colleagues, we can't wait to share the new episode with you soon. 

My original intention was to put out an episode a month, and this may happen but the last couple have taken a bit longer than e...

Ditto Nation video 3: Diagnosis Culture

Are you an ‘ADHDer’? Have you ever suffered from clinical depression? Have you diagnosed yourself through an online quiz?

The third episode of Ditto Nation examines contemporary mental health culture by challenging the discourse and assumptions that many have taken for granted for decades. It looks at how algorithms, techno-capitalism, as well as pharmaceutical and insurance companies have conspired to shape the way we think about the mind and how it works, often against our best in...

COMING SOON: Episode 3 "Diagnosis Culture"

We have been beavering away and are about to unleash Episode 3 of Ditto Nation: "Diagnosis Culture". In this episode we meet the professor who killed the notion that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance. We explore the reasons why the pharmaceutical industry pushed this notion, and speak to a whistleblower about how insurance and pharmaceutical corporations are building pipelines across the internet which weaponise algorithms and metrics to sell drugs and harvest data.

This epis...

DITTO NATION AUDIO #1: JAKE HANRAHAN

Exclusive for Ditto Nation Patreon subscribers, the full interview with Jake Hanrahan from Popular Front where we discuss the cultural impact of his work with JStark and 3D printed firearms

UPDATE

“Printed Freedom” is out now on YouTube, please share it with anyone who might be interested:

https://youtu.be/xMUV4L7ha-I

We are hard at work on episode three, which is about diagnosis culture, dropping in March…

In the meantime, we will be releasing 4 x extended audio versions of interviews from Printed Freedom, including Print Shoot Repeat, Ivan the Troll, and Jake Hanrahan

And we are worki...

DITTO NATION VIDEO #2: PRINTED FREEDOM

Episode 2 of Ditto Nation explores the culture and community surrounding 3D printed firearms. Focusing on the US ideology that birthed the movement, we speak to influential figures including Print Shoot Repeat, Ivan the Troll, Jake Hanrahan and many more. 

Members of Ben Ditto's Discord server and Telegram channel contributed heavily to the episode, which examines the technologies that enable the production of 3D printed guns, from printing hardware to digital communicat...

DITTO NATION LIVE #2: AI ART ETHICS

This week we talk about the ethics of datasets trained on existing artworks being used for generative AI projects like Dall-E, Midjourney and so forth, and legal cases being bought against Stability AI by artists and Getty Images. We also talk about some more general AI / ethics topics. 

DITTO NATION LIVE #1: EUTHANASIA

The first of our (pretty much) weekly live-streams. Recorded on Instagram Live, the topic is announced in advance and then we all talk about it for an hour. This week: Euthanasia, MAID, state-assisted death and monopoly on violence 

DITTO NATION VIDEO #1: EXTREMELY SELFISH

The inaugural episode of Ditto Nation takes the form of a chat-show, with Ben Ditto in conversation with writer, editor and curator Shumon Basar. This show sets the scene for this new monthly documentary series, by examining "the self" within a contemporary technological environment. 

Future episodes will focus on how contemporary subcultures are formed by technology, environment, conflict and other factors. The monthly shows will be supplemented with podcasts and other adjacent co...

COMING SOON

Ditto Nation launches in January 2023; a monthly documentary series by Ben Ditto with additional podcasts, live streams and other exclusive content.