“For Pressly, real privacy would mean not simply enabling people to participate in such decisions but mandating that far less data be made in the first place. … His proposal evokes a kind of digital degrowth.”
Need to pick up this book. Read @bentarnoff review:
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-is-privacy-for
We’re in moment of AI hype, but if you followed the commentary, you might think criticism of the technology is entirely new. The truth is that it has a very long history.
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @bentarnoff about Joseph Weizenbaum’s creation of the first chatbot in the 1960s and how it turned him into a critic of AI and computation for the rest of his life. We can learn a lot from his perspective.
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/13451613-ai-criticism-has-a-decades-long-history-w-ben-tarnoff
Paris Marx is joined by Ben Tarnoff to discuss the ELIZA chatbot created by Joseph Weizenbaum in the 1960s and how it led him to develop a critical perspective on AI and computing that deserves more attention during this wave of AI hype. Ben ...
A couple days ago, I keynoted a conference at Penn’s Annenberg School organized by David Elliot Berman, Victor Pickard, and Briar Smith. It was called “Democratizing the Internet: Platforms, Pipes, Possibilities,” and it brought together a wonderful collection of people, who shared their work on the political economy of the internet and offered their thoughts on what should be done to improve things.
Great to see @bentarnoff talk about his wonderful new book, “Internet for the People” at @BiennaleTech here in Turin.
Definitely a book to pick up if you’re looking for the possibilities of a future internet based on its own past.
Paris Marx
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