#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #QuinnSlobodian & #BenTarnoff to talk about their book #Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.

'We see a mind that is profoundly troubled by any contagion spreading into seemingly closed systems—it can take the form of racial others, transpeople, “woke” populations, or most generally and dismissively, “Non-Player-Characters.” '

https://speakingoutofplace.buzzsprout.com/2084729/episodes/19188391-muskism-its-roots-nature-and-how-to-fight-it-a-conversation-with-quinn-slobodian-and-ben-tarnoff

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Fighting Fascism pod welcomes Sarah Myers West, "who lays out why #AI, as it's currently structured, is all about the consolidation of power among a handful of #oligarchs, but also how that's not how it needs to be."

https://www.redcircle.com/shows/de5dbe33-63b3-4d3e-a545-07791baa168c/ep/ff3fc067-f081-427b-82f7-9e635533c95d

(v. her co-authored piece, "The Great AI Grift": https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/ai-crony-capitalism-grift/)
#tech #artificialIntelligence #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #techOligarchs

Die aktuelle Schwemme an generativer #KI ist kein Fortschritt, sondern ein Rückschritt für das menschliche Schaffen. Sie lässt unsere Kreativität und Qualität regelrecht verkümmern.

Statt Werkzeuge zu bauen, die uns unterstützen, bauen wir Maschinen, die den menschlichen Aufwand entwerten, die Menschlichkeit hinter Algorithmen verstecken und die letztendlich nur wenigen Überreichen helfen.

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