The only people doing real "responsible AI" work are those doing this.
"On Monday, Microsoft reportedly terminated the roles of two software engineers, Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal, who protested the company’s reported dealings with the Israeli military during Microsoft’s Copilot and 50th anniversary event last week."
We are now two months from release! But you can pre-order now :)
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Carl Sagan warned us. Listen to the full episode here: https://loom.ly/piJTxw0
America joined Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Israel, led by indicted corrupt criminal and Putin pal Netanyahu, wanted for war crimes, to vote against Ukraine’s United Nations resolution calling for peace and an end to Russia’s genocidal invasion. In this week’s Gaslit Nation, Andrea and Terrell Starr, of the Black Diplomats Podcast and Substack, joining from Kyiv, explain how we got here and what to do about it. Fascism helped build America, and global resistance to fascism will help us overcome the threats we face in this dangerous crossroads for America, and the world. People are waking up from their shock and fighting back. Over $250,000 was raised on GoFundMe for Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl, the woman roughly dragged out of a town hall. The sheriff who threatened her with arrest from the stage is under investigation, along with his three unidentified rent-a-cops. Protests continue at Tesla dealerships, as well as Republican town halls across the country. Tesla owners face vandalism threats and pay to remove the logo, as the company’s stock plummets. Twenty-one civil servants of the United States Digital Service, taken over by DOGE, resigned, writing in their letter: “We swore to serve the American people and uphold our oath to the Constitution across presidential administrations. However, it has become clear that we can no longer honor those commitments.” France’s President Emmanuel Macron fact checked Trump at the White House and helped a banned AP reporter ask a question, and promised to strengthen security across Europe, including for Ukraine. At the Governors Ball in the White House, before Trump, the Army Choir sang the resistance anthem against tyranny, from Les Miserables, "Do You Hear the People Sing?" To help us lift up our hearts and minds for the work ahead, this week’s bonus show, for our Patreon members at the Truth-teller level and higher, is our recorded first ever Gaslit Nation book club, looking at Albert Camus’ and Viktor Frankl’s , to see what wisdom they hold for us today, and how these two works “talk to each other.” Thank you to everyone who supports the show–we could not make Gaslit Nation without you! Want to enjoy Gaslit Nation ad-free? Join our community of listeners for bonus shows, ad-free episodes, exclusive Q&A sessions, our group chat, invites to live events like our Monday political salons at 4pm ET over Zoom, and more! Sign up at ! Show Notes: Want ideas on how to resist? Friday February 28 – U.S. Economic Blackout: No corporate spending, shop small, plan ahead. Tuesday March 4 – 50501 Protest. Tuesday March 4 – Protect Our Kids Protest by the American Federation of Teachers, to protest the destruction of the Department of Education. and Friday March 7 – Stand Up for Science Protest. Tesla Takedown Protests – ongoing. Friday March 14 – NOW March in Washington, DC. : https://itsgoingdown.org/dont-just-do-nothing-20-things-you-can-do-to-counter-fascism/ Protect democracy by protecting yourself: Bookmark! Two days after a woman was dragged from a Coeur d’Alene town hall, Sheriff Bob Norris and other parties will face investigation into conduct Justice for Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl: Fight for the First https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-dr-borrenpohl-fight-for-the-first/cl/s?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp13_t1-amp14_c&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link Hegseth Defends Trump’s Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview on Sunday that Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. was “not the right man for the moment” and praised President Trump’s handling of the war in Ukraine. Trump and Hegseth’s Pentagon purge undermines the armed forces How to damage military morale and recruiting? Trump and Hegseth seem to be trying to find out, alas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/23/trump-hegseth-pentagon-generals/ New FBI director Kash Patel plans to relocate up to 1,500 employees https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/new-fbi-director-kash-patel-plans-relocate-1500-119064886 Mike Galsworthy on BlueSky: “Just America & Israel voting with Russia, Iran, North Korea... ...against Ukraine.” French prosecutor seeks 5-year jail sentence and ban from office for far-right leader TikTokers Are ‘Hunting’ Tesla Cybertrucks to Project Anti-Musk Messages on the Tailgate https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tiktokers-hunting-tesla-cybertrucks-project-174834791.html
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New from @meg -- a rights-based framework for considering regulation around "AI" technologies:
https://www.techpolicy.press/the-pillars-of-a-rightsbased-approach-to-ai-development/
"We do not have to be reactive to the results of technology. By centering peoples' rights – an approach that government is uniquely qualified for – and focusing on methods for rigorous foresight of the outcomes of technology, we can be proactive"
Yes! Thank you Meg!
This was an interesting conversation and I think it came out well---brace yourself though for the opening audio, which includes a lot of odious clips of the kinds of people the podcast is working to oppose.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emily-m-bender-on-ai-hype/id1529396490?i=1000628671078
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