People really, REALLY need to develop a powerful critique of AI and its extremely serious consequences. I even know people in international solidarity NGOs who naively believe that AI can be “responsible”—yet another oxymoron of the capitalist system.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/27/john-oliver-ai-chatbots
#ai #capitalism #technoSolutionism #humanobsolescence #chatbots #aichatbots
Book review: Technocolonialism by Mirca Madianou
Mirca Madianou’s Technocolonialism shows how six logics of digital humanitarianism – humanitarian accountability, audit, capitalism, technosolutionism, securitization and resistance – together combine to reproduce colonial practices of extraction, paternalisation, marginalisation and disempowerment through digital solutions.
Using examples from fieldwork in multiple geographies, Madianou first provides a brief history lesson on the logics of colonialism, demonstrating its far-reaching […]
https://blog.kathyreid.id.au/2025/06/25/book-review-technocolonialism-by-mirca-madianou/
"Acclaimed journalist and '#EmpireOfAI' author #KarenHao sat down with award-winning writer #NaomiKlein for a conversation on the precarious #AI moment we find ourselves in."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1B__Efqacc
#artificialIntelligence #AGI #SamAltman #tech #BigTech #OpenAI #SiliconValley #surveillance #techFutures #technosolutionism #techWorkers #labour #books @bookstodon
The Techno-optimist Dream of Abundance is as Old as Technological Change Itself.
John Mulrow responds to the romanticized vision of the future promoted in the book Abundance (by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson).
Folks, our very own @gerrymcgovern has his new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, coming out next Monday.
https://gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-day/
“99th Day is essential reading for anyone who cares about our planet. Prepare to be disturbed, enlightened and inspired.” – Justine McCarthy, The Irish Times
And, if you’re in Ireland, Gerry has a book tour in February. If I’m in the country, I’ll be at the Dublin event on the 9th. Hope to see some of you there :)
https://gerrymcgovern.com/tour/
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#99thDay #books #environment #climateChange #capitalism #technology #BigTech #technoSolutionism #fascism #ireland
I wake up to more emails advertising university jobs, but not lecturers (or senior lecturers). No, these grade 6/7 salaries are for 'study advisors' or god forbid 'success partners'. As if Capita replaced Faculty, unis can now can look forward to being success managed, student to staff to redundancy. And its all decided with the big data imaginary.
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Paria sans portefeuille
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Gaian Way
Aral Balkan
#BruceSterling
Open Risk
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