Why would you say that? Are you not heartened that some of the most powerful yet least accountable corporations in the world employ people willing to stand up to management on behalf of those harmed by the technologies they develop and profit from?
@mer__edith
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Geoff’s departure over weapons research rejection explained
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On Geoff moving due to rejection of weapons research (a mention, I'd love a more fulsome account if anyone knows one)
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MIT Research Strike Raises Questions About AI Ethics
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On the MIT research strike: https://
web.mit.edu/fnl/volume/314
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Google Workers Protest Nimbus AI Project Israel Gaza
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Read more here: https://
wired.com/story/google-n
o-tech-for-apartheid-project-nimbus-israel-gaza-protest/
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Tech Workers’ Historic Stand Against Weapons Development
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This is a historic tech action.
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 16 avril 2024
A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons. https://t.co/CiBi0SoDxkThis is a historic tech action. A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons.
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First Monday Issue on AI and Power Scholarship
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This whole issue looks SO INCREDIBLY GOOD! If you care about AI, power, AI and Power, good scholarship, etc. https://
firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/
fm/index
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Politics of AI Power: Precision Matters in Partisan Debates
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These powers *are* politics. Politics doesn't stop and end with partisan side-taking. And if we can't be precise then we can't win.
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Big Tech’s Ad-Surveillance Model and Media Centralization Problem
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It's the business model, the ad-surveillance driven incentives, and the centralization of our media ecosystem that need to be addressed. This does none of that, it simply gives a large co the ability to define "nuance" "evidence based reasoning" etc..
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Digital Surveillance and Reproductive Rights: Jessica Burgess Case
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No one should have these powers. But ofc there are real diffs that manifest materially for real people. Like Jessica Burgess who's living in prison rn for accessing reproductive care for her daughter in a state that criminalized it. Facebook messages provided key evidence.