Louis Barclay
Louis Barclay is an independent tech writer and activist. He is currently working on a blog, 12 Challenges, where he documents various projects to undermine Big Tech and give people more control over their digital lives. As part of this, he is writing a series on whether (and how) AI might pose a threat to the surveillance capitalism business model.
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