Algorithmic Monocultures in Hiring

Chatbot teddies for three‑year‑olds? Why AI toys are risky for kids | The-14

AI teddy bears for kids may seem fun but experts warn of privacy risks, emotional attachment, and reduced social skills in young children.

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"TV will rot your brain!" Remember when we said that?

Now we're saying it about AI, and we're missing the plot. If you're exhausted by the doomism around AI, I wrote a guide on how to actually fight back...

https://open.substack.com/pub/arcwolf/p/good-ai-bad-ai?r=6y14a6&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

...all without throwing neurodivergent folks who use cognitive prostheses under the bus. 💜 🤖

#AI #TechEthics #PhilosophyOfTech #Sociotech #DigitalHumanities #TechRegulation #CopyrightLaw #LaborRights #DisabilityRights #Neurodivergent #Animaniacs

Good AI, Bad AI: How to Distinguish Between a Good Idea That Challenges Real Problems and a Bad Idea That Only Virtue Signals

Explore how the anti-AI movement uses lateral violence to attack everyday users, effectively shielding the corporate supply chains that steal digital data.

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What happens when AI learns to chase rewards instead of real goals? Discover how reward hacking can lead intelligent systems down unexpected—and sometimes risky—paths.

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Read more: https://solihullpublishing.com/blog/f/reward-hacking-how-reinforcement-learning-incentivizes-ai

The political realignment in AI, driven by vested interests and ideological divides, is reshaping development, regulation, and influence on democracies worldwide. These shifts threaten neutral, democratic AI governance. Discover more at https://dev.to/rawveg/safety-is-now-subversive-3bbn
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Safety Is Now Subversive

Something peculiar is happening in Silicon Valley. The industry that once prided itself on a...

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Is AI simply making mistakes—or is something more intentional happening beneath the surface? Explore the difference between hallucinations and deception in AI.

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Read more: https://solihullpublishing.com/blog/f/ai-dishonesty-hallucinations-vs-intentional-deception

I have seen many small businesses get caught by shady IT billing practices lately. Some providers bill for multiple tasks even when they happen at once. You can find a full guide at https://gwizit.com/go/2y0iSx8 to help you spot this. It is basically charging for ghost labor while automated updates run in the background.

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ICYMI: Why AI firms profit when you think the chatbot cares, says Kate O'Neill: Tech humanist Kate O'Neill says the AI consciousness debate distracts from present-day harms, and that companies benefit when users anthropomorphize chatbots. https://ppc.land/why-ai-firms-profit-when-you-think-the-chatbot-cares-says-kate-oneill/ #AI #Chatbots #TechEthics #ArtificialIntelligence #HumanDigitalInteraction
Why AI firms profit when you think the chatbot cares, says Kate O'Neill

Tech humanist Kate O'Neill says the AI consciousness debate distracts from present-day harms, and that companies benefit when users anthropomorphize chatbots.

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Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/

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Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International

This briefing examines how standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, are in conflict with international human rights law (IHRL) and standards through their design, development and deployment. While these technologies promise sophisticated automation and efficiency, they rely on data collection and model training practices that abuse privacy rights, enable discrimination, and threaten […]

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Is AI the true enemy, or just a convenient distraction from systemic failure?

New piece on why moral panics around technology are often just masks for structural decay. Instead of fighting the machine, we should be auditing the foundation.

Read:
https://open.substack.com/pub/brandonbedard/p/the-ai-scapegoat

#AI #TechEthics #SystemicChange #CriticalThinking #reading #writing #substack #change #government #society #outrage #bigotry #robots #machines #economics #technology #ethics #futureofwork

The AI Scapegoat

Why We’re Fighting the Machine Instead of the System

Brandon Bedard