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I vibe-coded a billionaire jet tracker to warn people about a possible apocalypse. Then the data started getting weird.
- McDonald built the Apocalypse Early Warning System to track private jet movements and flag emergencies.
- The system uses global radio receivers to monitor private jet data and compare it to yearly patterns.
- A level-five emergency is reached when jet activity exceeds the past year’s expectations.
- McDonald says the project probes who gets information and who trusts it in a post-truth era.
- The work blends art, coding, and surveillance techniques in a commercially funded format.
- McDonald notes prior projects used to reveal patterns in public safety and policing data.
- He says his practice includes art exhibitions in Europe and East Asia to supplement income.
- McDonald describes his coding approach as increasingly agentic and AI-assisted.
- The project has attracted attention and threats, underscoring tensions around surveillance and protest.
- McDonald emphasizes the work as a conceptual intervention that blends art and software as a service.
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