Mastodawn

“Instead of engaging in journalism (fact checking, what?) Roher just lets himself get buffeted by the imaginations of some of the most unhinged people in this space, and platforms their nonsense.”

From @deccamuldowney’s and @emilymbender’s review of ‘The AI Doc: How I Became an Apocaloptimist’

https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/a-tale-of-two-ai-documentaries/

A tale of two "AI" documentaries

By: Decca Muldowney and Emily M. Bender Emily was interviewed for two documentaries which premiered at Sundance this year: The AI Doc: How I Became an...

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…Decca and Emily also review ‘Ghost in the Machine’ which sounds like a much better watch:

“Valerie Veatch’s film is of this moment because it situates the narrative being pushed by the AI bros in both its historical and present context—the latter being coverage of environmental damage and the exploitative labor practices behind ‘AI’.”