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The Ouroboros of Synthetic Data: On Undead Labor and Capitalist Surrealism
The Ouroboros of Synthetic Data: On Undead Labor and Capitalist Surrealism

David Bering-Porter

October 31, 2026

David Bering-Porter, author of the forthcoming book "Undead Labor," on synthetic data, model collapse, and AI as a system that eats its own tail once the living run dry.

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