Dr PenNov 10, 2024

BBC R4 Thinking Aloud: Tech Workers.

Great episode this morning. Available via most podcast feeds. Some good speakers, pointing out the tech emperor-oligarchs control over our lives.

"From content moderators to warehouse operators and software developers, the tech workers whose everyday lives are a million miles from the glitter and status of Silicon Valley."

#techworkers #middletech #techdeterminism #academicchatter #podcast #bbc

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024ngr

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Tech Workers

The hidden exploitation of workers at the heart of artificial intelligence.

BBC
CarolannieAug 10, 2024
As with"*AI*" , technology is often not the right answer:The big takeaway, as Marshall McLuhan once observed in a different context, is that “there is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is a willingness to contemplate what is happening”. The inevitability myth can – and always should – be challenged by citizens.
#TechDeterminism #HumanRights #CitizenPower
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/10/inevitability-myth-tech-determinists-google-wing-delivery-drone
What opposition to delivery drones shows about big tech’s disrespect for democracy

An abandoned Australian ‘experiment’ shows that the public can successfully object to what companies and politicians claim is inevitable progress

The Guardian