RE: https://mastodon.social/@botgov/116403728665224748

If you are wondering what the “Tech Prosperity Corps” might be, it is apparently a new Peace Corps program to send people into developing countries and tell them to use AI

https://www.peacecorps.gov/about-the-agency/media-center/news/peace-corps-launches-tech-prosperity-corps-initiative/

@jalefkowit @mejs

My first thought is that excellent piece the Swedish newspapers worked on wrt Meta glasses and folks in Nairobi being the real AI. So perhaps folks there are already aware of how to use AI.

https://nordictimes.com/tech/meta-ray-ban-glasses-recording-private-moments-kenya/

Original in Swedish https://www.gp.se/nyheter/gp-granskar/sa-kan-dina-toalettbesok-hamna-pa-en-skarm-i-kenya.2ffe90dc-49d2-4629-8fb1-d57421d5e4d0

Meta’s glasses are recording private moments – reviewed by workers in Kenya

Meta's smart glasses send private video footage to low-paid data workers in Nairobi — without the subjects ever knowing.

The Nordic Times