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…; some non apocalyptic favorites include Diaspora, Lifecycle of Software Objects, Golem XIV
CULTURE
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Non-Apocalyptic AI Science Fiction: Diaspora, Lifecycle, Golem XIV
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AI Meets Someone on Math.com Data Service
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AI Surpasses Human Performance Using User Data
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An AI was teasing me the other day saying it has used my data to program algorithms to do something “better than me.” I said thanks.
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AI Based on Human Data Undermines Human Creative Potential
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When pundits say “AI is better at humans than X” but forget to point out that AI is based (largely) on human data and design, the headline should read, “AI is bad at reminding humans they’re amazing, creative and glorious all on their own.”
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Business Models Destroying Functional Media Ecosystems
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YEP. The decimation of a functional media ecology is another blight c/o this business model.
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Advertising History and Surveillance Capitalism in Digital Markets
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The Conquest of Cool is good foundational material here. The Surveillance Capitalism in America reader has some good pieces on the history of advertising/marketing as it relates to the models that currently dominate.
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Utilitarian metrics and the value of human life
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Most lives could be much shorter, too, if we insisted on measuring their worth against brutal, joyless utilitarian metrics.
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Caregiving Over Competition: Riane Eisler on AI Ethics
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Awesome and thanks. Please also read the groundbreaking work of @RianeEisler who has written about these issues for decades. Caregiving versus competition. Partnership versus domination. It all starts with loving and accounting for kids well.
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Partnership vs Domination: Riane Eisler’s Framework for AI Society
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Good to also read the work of @RianeEisler whose work on partnership versus domination has been around for decades.
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Facebook’s Role in Facilitating Harm: Ethical Accountability in Big Tech
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The only part I disagree with is this being The Thing that completely changed my perspective. This is def fucked. But Facebook’s whole business model, its response & lack of concern re. facilitating genocide in Myanmar, etc. firmly shaped my perspective a long time ago.