Dr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJul 23, 2023

Y'all… no. The assumed, unexamined rectitude of the intersection of hegemony, militarism, white supremacy, Western Christianity, in the historical underpinnings of "AI" are PRECISELY where most of our present day problems with "AI" come from:

"‘Judeo-Christian’ roots will ensure U.S. military AI is used ethically, general says"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/22/air-force-general-ai-judeochristian/

‘Judeo-Christian’ roots will ensure U.S. military AI is used ethically, general says

A U.S. Air Force general said Thursday the Pentagon's artificial intelligence ethics are better than adversaries' because « our society is a Judeo-Christian society. »

The Washington Post
Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, MagusJul 23, 2023
No seriously, I've literally written hundreds (if not thousands) of pages on this:
https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/111528
Belief, Values, Bias, and Agency: Development of and Entanglement with "Artificial Intelligence"

Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Jul 23, 2023
@Wolven Oh this looks like it rules. Downloading for later.
Show threadDr. Damien P. Williams, Magus
@gaditb I hope you like it!
Jul 23, 2023 at 5:35pmWeb
Show threadGadfly (-booq-)Jul 25, 2023

@Wolven WAIT hold up I reacted just based on the context abd the title, I hadn't read the abstracts* and the table of contents and

(* aside: this is the first time I've encountered a "General Audience Abstract" and oh whoa everyone should do this)

hOLY FRICK THIS FREAKING RULES, LET'S GO LET'S FREAKING GO

(As an enthusiastic transhumanist, I look forward to the part about that of course, from the context I'm sure it'll give me a lot of great stuff to think about. And I also have Thoughts about "Computing Machinery And Intelligence" that are kinda off-the-path so I'm not expecting anything, but if you do hit on anything close to them I will fULLY FLIP.)

I've only just finished the forward to far but I am SO HYPED UP FOR THIS, LET'S GOOO