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The 90+ organizations supporting a People's AI Action Plan all have concrete, actionable ideas for an AI agenda that furthers the interests of everyday people and challenges the tech billionaire agenda we’ll see from the White House. Learn more about them: peoplesaiaction.com
More summer reading! ASA member Alex Hanna @DAIRInstitute explores the pitfalls of AI & the importance of recognizing how AI hype covers for a small set of power-hungry actors in her book The AI Con @HarperCollins written with Emily M. Bender @UW. bit.ly/4khKo76
Dicen que “la IA no destruye empleos; sólo los transforma”. Lo que no dicen es que esa “mágica transformación” de la que hablan es lisa y llanamente más precarización. Detrás de los algoritmos hay legiones de trabajadores precarizados e invisibilizados: los trabajadores de datos.
"A pesar de que trabajamos para estas grandes empresas, somos la mano de obra barata y descartable para ellos" - Oskarina Fuentes y @MilagrosMiceli en el Parlamento Europeo el pasado 21 de noviembre hablando sobre la extrema precariedad de los #dataworkers x.com/nia_soler/stat…
The hidden labor that makes AI work restofworld.org/2025/the-ai-co… @restofworld @alexhanna @DAIRInstitute @emilymbender
Next Monday (June 30), @alexhanna (@DAIRInstitute) will be @JWI_Berlin to present her new book “THE AI CON: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want,” co-authored with @emilymbender. If you would like to attend, hurry to register here: weizenbaum-institut.de/news/detail/th…
I had the pleasure of talking to Anika Collier Navaroli about building tech that honors our elders, in the spirit of executing on our ideas of the tech we want rather than constantly being put in the position of fighting the broligarchy's dumpster fires. techpolicy.press/through-to-thr…
Next: @EmilyMBender, linguistics prof @ @UW, who coined the “stochastic parrots” label, & @AlexHanna, Dir. of R&D @ @DAIRInstitute. They just released "The AI Con." We'll talk about cycles & effects of hype, “Slow Science”, more. Link here Mon 10 AM PDT aiandyou.net
Hard to believe it’s only been a year since this journey began, Mila, it feels like a lifetime ago. I’m so proud of what we’ve built together through the DWI, and grateful for that one Zoom call that sparked it all. Honoured to be doing this work with you! You're the best
One year ago, on #LaborDay, we launched Data Workers' Inquiry. The process was messy and uncertain, but driven by the need to do research differently. I wrote a reflection on what this first year taught us data-workers.org/about/how-to-d… Thanks for reading and for supporting this work.
One year ago, on #LaborDay, we launched Data Workers' Inquiry. The process was messy and uncertain, but driven by the need to do research differently. I wrote a reflection on what this first year taught us data-workers.org/about/how-to-d… Thanks for reading and for supporting this work.
@HackingButLegal
In Scientific American, @asmelashteka & I ask: "In the age of unbridled AI hype, with the likes of Elon Musk claiming to build a “maximally truth-seeking AI,” how did we come to have less reliable speech recognition systems than we did before?" 🧵 scientificamerican.com/article/replac…
The @DAIRInstitute is urging social media companies to curb warmongering online to help prevent a new war between Eritrea & Ethiopia. After studying social media's role in the 2020–2022 Tigray war, researchers warn that history may be repeating itself. buff.ly/zoCJMpE
🔇🔇🔇Announcing new work from DAIR which is very close to my heart, 3 years in the making. When #TigrayGenocide, the deadliest genocide of the 21st century thus far, started in November 2020, it was 1 month before I got fired from Google. 🧵 english.elpais.com/international/…
In Scientific American, @asmelashteka & I ask: "In the age of unbridled AI hype, with the likes of Elon Musk claiming to build a “maximally truth-seeking AI,” how did we come to have less reliable speech recognition systems than we did before?" 🧵 scientificamerican.com/article/replac…
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📢📢📢We're organizing a hopeful virtual event to get us to think our possible technological futures, and have a creative workshop. ➡️You can register at eventbrite.com/e/dair-present… ⏰Friday April 11 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
AI research institute warns of “unchecked” warmongering on social media fueling #Ethiopia-#Eritrea tensions The Distributed AI Research Institute (#DAIR), led by Dr. Timnit Gebru, warned that “social media platforms are spreading violent warmongering content encouraging all-out…
This is tomorrow Friday April 11 ⏰9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT We'll have 2 panels & a creative workshop. Register on eventbrite.com/e/dair-present… so we can have an accurate count to ensure our workshop will work with that many people.
📢📢📢We're organizing a hopeful virtual event to get us to think our possible technological futures, and have a creative workshop. ➡️You can register at eventbrite.com/e/dair-present… ⏰Friday April 11 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT
AI research institute warns of “unchecked” warmongering on social media fueling Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions Via @timnitGebru #Justice4TigrayGenocide @UN @UN_HRC addisstandard.com/ai-research-in…