Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025And then you have to go and put that thing out into the world. 12068
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025AI is not "a neutral technology" because every single one of these three dimensions skews its impact towards far right goals: - the underlying tech reproduces bias - the form factor of it sidelines expertise - the way it's productized breaks down critical thinking and labor powerDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave@wolven.blacksky.appAuthoritarians love "Gen AI" because it - Sounds confident even when factually wrong - Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf - Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases - Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise… 5426122
dudedoeslife.bsky.social @dudedoeslife.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Don't forget the environmental impact.news.mit.eduExplained: Generative AI’s environmental impactMIT News explores the environmental and sustainability implications of generative AI technologies and applications. 020
puttin’onthefritz @tylerbranston.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This thread is 👌👌 and exactly what I wrote a book on, but how the technology of AI only arises because of Christian-Platonic asceticism and the idea of human inferiority. It’s a technology overflowing with bias and dangerous assumptions about humanity. www.amazon.ca/Artificial-G...amazon.caAmazon.ca 000
Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2025"Tech is neutral" is really just the "guns don't kill people, people kill people" argument reused. Sure, guns don't have agency. But they have what's called affordance - they are designed to make killing as easy as possible, which makes murder a viable* solution for a greater range of problems. 643094
Golda Velez @goldavelez.org · 29/04/2025hey its a weapon and i am definitely not about to unilaterally disarm 100
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