What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next

What Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next

Published: May 20, 2026

Duration: 31:39

Silicon Valley wants to be the best tastemaker in town. Artificial intelligence is changing how we decide what to wear and read and how we interact with pop culture. The Times Opinion culture editor Nadja Spiegelman talks to the New Yorker writer Kyle Chayka and the journalist and critic Sophie Haigney about the rise of “taste slop” and what happens to culture if the internet collapses into just a few chatbots that serve us everything.

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This episode of “The Opinions” was produced by Vishkaha Darbha. It was edited by Kaari...