Kit 🔻Palestinian Digital Activism Forum happening today & tomorrow pdaf
Theme: The battle over the Palestinian Digital Narrative in the Information Age
Conversation between Dr. Ruha Benjamin & Naim Aburaddi:
Phoenix of Gaza: From Freedom Dreams to Falasteen Futures
as part of the palestinian digital activism form
From Benjamin & Aburaddi's presentation
There is a reason after all
That some people wish to colonize the moon
And others dance before it as an ancient friend.
- James Baldwin
The moon 🫶 Palestine
From now on, refuse to bow for the Artificial Intelligentsia (Dr. Benjamin's term) 😄
Naim Aburaddi has created Phoenix of Gaza, and immersive experience that allows you to walk around a Gaza as it was before the most recent waves of destruction
How might chatbots reinforce stereotypical narratives about Palestine?
Next panel in Palestinian Digital Activism Forum with:
- Dr. Timnit Gebru ( Founder and executive director of DAIR)
- MEP Brando Benifei (Member of the European Parliament)
- Dr. Anwar Mahajneh (Associate Professor of Political Science at Stonehill College)
- Dr. Dima Saber (Executive Director at Meedan)
"AI is a marketing term, it gets to mean what people want it to mean", says Dr Gebru
Companies use reference to 'AI' to abdicate responsibility.
'AI' doesn't have it's own agency, don't be deluding into thinking it has, says Dr. Gebru
'AI' didn't do the automated killing. A company or government official did the automated killing, using a tool
"When you're using chatbots as a source of information, you're not even taking the step of assessing 'Where does this information come from?'," says Dr Gebru
"There's no shame, no effort to hide that 'AI' is used for military purposes and mass killing of Palestinian people," says Dr. Anwar Mahajneh
