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An incredibly important essay on how the loss of faith in the future accelerates cognitive surrender to the machines. I often feel this way about learning Portuguese. Why should I bother when this government makes it clear I'm not welcome here? I can just save myself the trouble & use DeepL.
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.socialThe biggest AI risk isn't rogue machines—it's "cognitive surrender,” writes Evan Liu. As part of a series of student essays produced in collaboration with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, Liu argues AI tempts us to outsource the struggle of learning itself.
As a former learning product designer who left the workforce in 2023, just after AI was released into the wild, I appreciate those still advocating for user-centered design. It's more of an uphill battle than ever.
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.socialAI didn't kill design—it exposed what design was always doing, argues Zach Deocadiz. He says AI makes more visible that the design process has long served company goals over users. Part of a student essay series with the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University.
The stripes below show how climate change has affected Portugal since 1850. Visualize your city/country at showyourstripes.info or www.climatecentral.org/climate-matt... #ShowYourStripes to communicate the climate challenge!
THIS. Banning kids from platforms that are harmful to everyone is pure political theater. Politicians perform doing something while actually doing nothing meaningful to solve the actual problems because they are too incompetent, cowardly, or corrupt to stand up to Big Tech.
Paul Murphy TD@paulmurphy.pbp.ieWe need to stop this issue at its source, not say 'you can't be here' to u16s who can easily get around a 'ban' (as shown in Australia). We need to ban these toxic algorithms. We need to take on the big tech companies who design these algorithms to push harmful content. #TurnOffTheToxicAlgorithms
I'm reading @micaiahjohnson.bsky.social's sequel, "Those Beyond the Wall," right now and it's even better! I'm rooting for this thrilling queer sci-fi about class struggle seeded with righteous rage to get made into an animated series. It would be so good! I can't recommend these books enough!
"...fascist movements appear secondary to authoritarian dynamics that originate within the State itself... even if there are links to militias or far-right movements [in the U.S.], the main impetus and momentum often come from the State apparatus itself."
Alberto Toscano@alfatau.bsky.social“Just as the immense violence of the American imperial State can be understood both as a function and as a symptom of its decline, the extraordinary concentration of capital and repressive power is also haunted by its own sense of precariousness.” communispress.com/vectors-of-f...
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Eb@ebthen.bsky.socialSo okay no first of all, if a non-human monkey (you can't evolve out of a clade) hoarded food resources and didn't share them with other monkeys who starved, the humans observing this would not assume something was "wrong" with the monkey. Because that's not how studying animal behavior works.
Stop accepting terms and conditions set by the asset dragon class. Let's write our own narratives, together.
Governments that contracted with billionaire (& now trillionaire)-led companies like SpaceX & Palantir welcomed Trojan horses into our nation states. Once inside, they dismantle democratic governance (however imperfect it was) from within, seizing control of territory & resources (including humans).
I am begging lawmakers & watchdogs to care about protecting adults as much as they care about protecting children. "...44 state AGs sent a letter to [multiple AI companies], asking them to protect children from being exposed to inappropriate and potentially harmful chatbot interactions."
And more good news!
Tech Policy Press@techpolicypress.bsky.socialIf AI systems derive value from news, the organizations that invest in reporting, fact-finding, and accountability journalism must have leverage in determining the terms of that relationship. The UK CMA’s binding conduct requirement on Google is a first step toward that, writes Courtney C. Radsch.
Hell yeah! Great news! "The ruling holds that when an AI generates new statements that do not appear directly in its original sources, the company that designs, trains, operates, and manages the system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by those statements."
