Well done to
@TheGuardian_uk for placing Shane MacGowan's death tribute above the one for the unrepentant war criminal who also died today.
2023 in a single headline.
There is a lot of pent-up rage in this country.
If you use AMT labour in your research, I urge you consider the exploitation risks of doing so. (Source, Mozilla Internet Health Report, 2022)
Today, Amazon workers in Coventry go on strike and they need your support. Please consider contributing to the strike fund being collected by the activist law firm Foxglove:
https://www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/amazonstrikefund/#main
Support the striking Amazon workers in Coventry
On Wednesday, 25 January, workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse will go on strike. Foxglove is collecting money for the workers’ strike fund, which is run by the GMB Trade Union. You can show solidarity, by chipping in here.
The only take on ChatGPT you’ll need today.
I had the pleasure of reading a preprint of
@pluralistic’s forthcoming novel and I unreservedly recommend it!
There is so much reporting on ChatGPT as the ultimate "dark pattern" right now that it kind of makes you wonder what AI developers thought they were making and for whom...but then, that is always the question.
It is the fundamental nature of AI to be used as a tool of power. Often missing from the debate is that the already-powerful are the primary buyers and therefore the reason for most AI to exist. This product for landlords claims to use ML to predict the perfect rental amount that some renter is willing to pay, thereby optimising profit while likely disenfranchising many renters. Too bad there is no business model to flip the script and optimise odds for the renter...
https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/06/proptech-doorstead-closes-on-21-5m-toTechCrunch is part of the Yahoo family of brands
Currently reading Yarden Katz's fascinating work.
