I spoke with Chris Gilliard - aka @hypervisible - about the Ring commercial, and the problems of spreading big tech surveillance & AI, on Techtonic this week.
https://techtonic.fm/episodes/2026-02-16-chris-gilliard-on-amazons-admission-that-ring-spies-on-us/

Make note of that image below with the blue circles, as it will come up in the next post.

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Meta and Google want to free you from screens — by putting one in front of your eyes at all times.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with @hypervisible to discuss the anti-social world they’re trying to create through mass adoption of smart glasses.

Listen to the full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/298_smart_glasses_are_ushering_in_an_anti_social_world_w_chris_gilliard

#tech #smartglasses #meta #google #androidxr #metaverse

Video Dispatch: A Use Case is a Trojan Horse

A use case is a solution to a problem they wish you had

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3JdvqGafAk

Such a pleasure to speak with
@hypervisible on Techtonic yesterday. We covered luxury surveillance and Facebook's spy glasses, which reportedly will soon have facial recognition.

Stream the show by clicking "pop-up player" on the episode page:
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/152175

We need to encourage better ethics in tech. New from me: "How it's going in tech – without ethics," referencing my conversations w/ @carissaveliz and @sundogplanets

https://creativegood.com/blog/24/how-its-going-without-ethics.html

(thumbnail via @ftrain )

You very definitely should read this piece on the social implications of "AI" and statistics by @FractalEcho over at the Goethe Institute:

"On Being an Outlier"
https://www.goethe.de/prj/geg/en/thm/tru/25453339.html

This from @hypervisible is really excellent on the multiple problems emerging from image confection: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/02/google-gemini-diverse-nazis/677575/

It’s not free, and I try not to forward paywalls but for @hypervisible and this writing, an exception.

Bonus mention of @jalcine.