Kyle Chayka
@chaykak
staff writer @newyorker; second book, FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture, coming @doubleday January 2024; newsletter: http://kylechayka.substack.com
My upcoming book FILTERWORLD: How Algorithms Flattened Culture got its first review! A star from @KirkusReviews: "Chayka's timely investigation shows how we can reject the algorithms of the digital era and reclaim our humanity." kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/k…
Today's vintage photograph: A young female tourist looks at a marble medallion of likely the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius at the Sanctuary of Eleusis, Greece-ca. 1925 autochrome photo by Maynard O. Williams.
why is silicon valley wasting time automating email writing when it could be making pokemon real??
Our @TheAtlantic literary travel series, The Writer's Way, continues today with another beautifully written piece: Honor Jones finds the heart of le Carré's nearly perfect novel, "A Perfect Spy," where you'd least expect to find it—Corfu: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
Deep within the Andes, a rough drive from Popayán, lies one of the pre-Colombian Americas’ most fascinating and least known sites - the hypogea of Tierradentro. Here mysterious chambers are scattered through a remote valley, only properly excavated in the 1930s… /1
"the media theory that post-internet artists would discuss in the early 20teens, laid the foundation for the radical online politics that would soon flourish on social media." Josh Citarella is exactly correct joshuacitarella.substack.com/p/who-tf-is-jo…
the best media business model is loudly quitting your staid institution (taking a buyout helps too)
scoop: @davejorgenson, one of the breakout stars of the Marty Baron era of The Post, is leaving to start his own company with two Post alums nytimes.com/2025/07/22/bus…
i am starting a very modest newsletter concern. it's free and will be no great chore to consume. just a playlist culled from my listening and a quotation culled from my reading, every Friday. first edition arrives tomorrow. link below and in my bio. INDULGE
they are the llamas on the loose
Haven’t seen something as white-hot viral as that video of the CEO cheating on his wife at a Coldplay concert in a while. Very unfortunate for them, but kind of nice for us? Almost reminiscent of pre-whateverthefuckthisis internet. Unless they launch a podcast.
criticism isn't dead, soon criticism will be the only thing left
for my new column, here's a deep look into how AI has turned the Japanese genre city pop into a Möbius strip of city slop, with hourslong robo-mixes and imaginary women thumbnails—featuring the prompt secrets of AI producers and the fears of longtime fans pitchfork.com/thepitch/the-b…
Zohran is using the privilege of having well-off parents the wrong way, going into politics & trying to help those who aren't as fortunate. You're supposed to have your parents secretly pay for your apt in Brooklyn while you blog for The Cut or are a junior editor at a small mag
“Grok styling itself as a genocidal dictator is the kind of flaw that should make the entire A.I. industry take pause.” In today’s daily newsletter, @chaykak writes about what Elon Musk’s rogue chatbot tells us about the dangers of A.I.: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/23N0CU