a16z Podcast: How AI Reshapes Internet Culture and Aesthetics
round · x · 2026-08-04
The a16z podcast recently released an in-depth conversation about internet culture and AI, featuring NYU professor and cyberethnographer Ruby Thelot.
The discussion covers several cutting-edge topics:
- Machinic Taste: What happens when AI agents develop their own aesthetics?
- Digital Cultures & Subcultures: How algorithms reshape what we see and how digital communities form.
- AI Companions & Social Norms: The ways technology is changing human relations and communication.
- American Paradox: Exploring why Americans often claim to dislike AI, even as they increasingly rely on it in their everyday lives.
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