Permanently Moved

Jay Springett
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Permanently Moved is an audio-only podcast about digital culture, internet culture, and the changing shape of the web. Written, recorded, and edited by Jay Springett since 2018, this long-running podcast explores artificial intelligence, social media, world-running, online communities, and life lived online in the shadow of the stack. Episodes blend personal journal and cultural analysis; tracing the strange edges of technology, AI, media, games, and the internet as it evolves. They are accompanied by Start Select Reset, a physical essay zine sent by post to supporters, with limited copies also available for purchase.

  1. Episode 302: Monsters In The Mirror

    2 MAR

    Episode 302: Monsters In The Mirror

    What are large language models, really? A genuinely different frame for what AI is, where it came from, and what it means to live alongside it. This episode of Permanently Moved is an hour-long audio essay on artificial intelligence, agency, and the history of computing that made LLMs possible. The essay moves from the invention of the mirror to double-entry bookkeeping, the printing press, the Manhattan Project, the transistor, and the particular civilisational strangeness of ChatGPT and its successors. It argues that the question everyone is asking about AI "is it intelligent?" is a trap, and it tries to ask a better one.  START SELECT RESET Issue 15 of SSRZ, the print companion to this episode, is available to pre-order now until Monday 16th March. 36 pages, A5, containing the full transcript plus an introduction and afterword not in the audio. Membership (£5/month) shipping included: https://thejaymo.net/support/ Pre-order the zine (£18 + shipping): https://thejaymo.etsy.com/uk/listing/4465040020/monsters-in-the-mirror-start-select CHAPTERS (00:00:02) Introduction (00:00:34) Monsters In The Mirror (00:01:00) Part 1. The Mirror of Modernity (00:05:33) Part 2. The State's Gaze (00:11:28) Part 3. Paper Truths (00:17:27) Part 4. Crystal Fire (00:26:13) Part 5. The Silicon Mirror (00:31:54) Part 6. World(view) in the West (00:35:28) Part 7. Haunted Habitats (00:40:45) Part 8. Thinking Machines (00:49:28) Part 9. Abracadabra (00:54:26) Part 10. Monsters in the Mirror (00:59:03) Afterward (01:00:05) Support the Show (01:00:48) Credits Mentioned in this episode Tyson Yunkaporta — Sand Talk James C. Scott — Seeing Like a State Marion Fourcade & Kieran Healy — The Ordinal Society Marek Poliks & Roberto Alonso Trillo — Exocapitalism Marshall McLuhan — The Gutenberg Galaxy Walter Ong — Orality and Literacy Jean Baudrillard — Simulacra and Simulation Nick Land — Fanged Noumena Monica Gagliano — Thus Spoke the Plant Benedict Anderson — Imagined Communities Bayo Akomolafe Gordon White — Rune Soup Permanently Moved is a quarterly podcast written, recorded, and edited by Jay Springett.  --- SHOW NOTES https://thejaymo.net/2026/03/02/302-monsters-in-the-mirror-permanently-moved/ FIND EVERYTHING ELSE thejaymo.net: https://thejaymo.net/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    1h 3m
  2. Pre-Flight: The New Container

    2 MAR · BONUS

    Pre-Flight: The New Container

    Permanently Moved is back! Six months of silence, time in a chrysalis, and now a changed format. This is the wake-up episode. Before Episode 302 drops in your feed, Jay explains what happened after finishing the biggest creative project of his life — and what the show looks like from here. Permanently Moved is now quarterly. Four audio essays a year, longer and more considered. Less treadmill, more terrain. And for the first time, each episode comes with a print companion: a physical zine, posted to you as part of your membership. Episode 302 - Monsters in the Mirror - is next up in the feed. THE ZINE Each episode of Permanently Moved now comes with an accompanying issue of Start Select Reset. Issue #15 is a 36-page A5 zine - properly printed, thick covers - containing the full transcript of Monsters in the Mirror plus an introduction and afterword that aren't in the audio. Pre-orders are open for two weeks. After that it goes to print. Membership (£5/month) shipping included: https://thejaymo.net/support/ One-off pre-order (£18 + shipping): https://thejaymo.etsy.com/uk/listing/4465040020/monsters-in-the-mirror-start-select --- FIND EVERYTHING ELSE thejaymo.net: https://thejaymo.net/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    7 min
  3. Episode 301

    26/07/2025

    Episode 301

    8 years, 15 seasons; 301 episodes; over 25 hours of audio and roughly 290,000 words of script. 301 Permanently Moved was begun at age 32 and completed today, the day after I turned 40. One fifth of a lifetime, distilled into a body of work. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/07/26/2520-episode-301/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    5 min
  4. Landing Sequence

    19/07/2025

    Landing Sequence

    As a nearly complete project, this show represents an enormous amount of effort and discipline. It's been a serious creative commitment. Sustaining any single format for eight years is achievement enough for me. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/07/19/2519-landing-sequence/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    5 min
  5. King of Mind

    12/07/2025

    King of Mind

    The glowing screen does not possess you. You merely have rehearsed the reflex of the infinite scroll. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/07/12/2518-king-of-mind/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    5 min
  6. It's Beginning to Feel a Bit Like The Future

    05/07/2025

    It's Beginning to Feel a Bit Like The Future

    We must attempt to reclaim some proximity to the future. We have to stop strip-mining yesterday and act as though the future is already here. Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/07/05/2517-its-beginning-to-feel-a-bit-like-the-future/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    5 min
  7. Tales Untold

    28/06/2025

    Tales Untold

    It is the graft that reveals the craft.  Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/06/28/2516-tales-untold/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/

    5 min
  8. No-Go London

    21/06/2025

    No-Go London

    If life already feels precarious on your own high street, then a city like London must be ten times worse?  Full Show Notes: https://thejaymo.net/2025/06/21/2515-no-go-london/ Experience.Computer: https://experience.computer/ Worldrunning.guide: https://worldrunning.guide/ Subscriber Zine support the show! https://startselectreset.com/ Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo Subscribe to the Podcast: https://permanentlymoved.online/

    5 min
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Permanently Moved is an audio-only podcast about digital culture, internet culture, and the changing shape of the web. Written, recorded, and edited by Jay Springett since 2018, this long-running podcast explores artificial intelligence, social media, world-running, online communities, and life lived online in the shadow of the stack. Episodes blend personal journal and cultural analysis; tracing the strange edges of technology, AI, media, games, and the internet as it evolves. They are accompanied by Start Select Reset, a physical essay zine sent by post to supporters, with limited copies also available for purchase.

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  • Creator
    Jay Springett
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    307
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Permanently Moved

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