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Aug 31, 2026
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Jul 13, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 31, 2026 · Dr Surya Kiran

    The Synthesiser Alibi: What Dr Dre’s Drum Machine Leaves Out | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    Speaking to the New York Times alongside his longtime collaborator Jimmy Iovine in August, Dr Dre confirmed that he now uses AI in his production work and dismissed the people who object to it. “I think the only people that see it as a threat are the people who have trouble creating,” he said. Critics of the technology, he added, “sound like the person that would have been against the drum machine when it came out. Or synthesizers, right? It’s a new tool for creativity.” The comparison is doing

  2. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Dr Surya Kiran

    ‘Raste Gundi Gamana’ and the Disappearance of Governance | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    On 13 June this year, a woman named Kantha was taking her daughter to college on a two-wheeler near Marathahalli. Negotiating a rain-filled pothole, she lost control, fell, and was run over by a school bus. Two months later, 32-year-old Medha Akarsh, riding pillion to her office in Electronic City, fell from a skidding two-wheeler on Ananthanagar Main Road and was crushed by a goods vehicle. Residents blamed the pothole-ridden road; the police replied that there were no potholes on that stretch.

  3. Article · Jul 13, 2026 · Dr Surya Kiran

    An Actor Without a Life: What Tilly Norwood’s Debut Really Tests | Countercurrents (opens the original)

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    On 6 July 2026, the UK studio Particle6 announced that its AI-generated performer, Tilly Norwood, will “take the lead” in a feature film called Misaligned. The self-referential plot features Norwood as an AI being. Although she lacks personal experience, she can access others’ childhoods and backstories. Her creator, former actor Eline van der Velden, promises that “art will most definitely be imitating life.” The industry has largely framed its response as a labour issue. SAG-AFTRA has refuses

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