Philosopher Kings or New-Age Militarists?
Silicon Valley and the Rush Toward Automated Warfare.
Stanford University Team Issues Apology Over Allegations of Copying Chinese Project for AI Model
Undergraduate developers admit a project developed by Tsinghua University and ModelBest is “very similar.”
Why Wall Street Wants You to Fear AI
By Les Leopold / Substack Goldman Sachs, the infamous Wall Street “vampire squid” (aptly so dubbed by Matt Taibbi), wants to scare the hell out of us. It reports that…
Congress Should Just Say No to NO FAKES
By Corynne McSherry / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) There is a lot of anxiety around the use of generative artificial intelligence, some of it justified. But it seems like Congress…
IDF Allowed 100 Civilian Deaths for Every Hamas Official Targeted by Error-Prone AI System
"The IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option," an Israeli intelligence officer said. "It's much easier to bomb a family's home. The system is built to…
Whitney Webb: Manufacturing Consent — The Border Fiasco and the “Smart Wall”
The political response to the crisis at the southern border continues to advance the bipartisan “smart wall,” having been backed by Trump and Biden alike. This bipartisan consensus reaches far…
‘Emergent’ AI Behavior and Human Destiny
What Happens When Killer Robots Start Communicating with Each Other?
Will AI Warfare Usher in a Massive Expansion of the Surveillance State? (w/ Stavroula Pabst)
By Diego Ramos and Max Jones / ScheerPost Staff Writers The use of AI weaponry has become increasingly common and normalized, with its use in conflicts such as Gaza and…
To Best Serve Students, Schools Shouldn’t Try to Block Generative AI, or Use Faulty AI Detection Tools
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Generative AI gained widespread attention earlier this year, but one group has had to reckon with it more quickly than most: educators.…
Technology, Power and Truth
From the Invention of Writing to AI.
How Peter Thiel-Linked Tech is Fueling the Ukraine War
As war in Ukraine continues, controversial defense contractors and adjacent companies like Palantir, Anduril, and Clearview AI are taking advantage to develop and level-up controversial AI-driven weapons systems and surveillance…
AI Goes to War
Will the Pentagon's Techno-Fantasies Pave the Way for War with China?
The AI Conundrum: The Peace Movement’s Next Big Challenge
By Tom Valovic / Mass Peace Action It’s hard to watch or read the news these days without bumping into the latest breathless glorification of artificial intelligence. For those of…
Labor Economist: AI May Bring a Boom in Horrible Jobs
Losing jobs isn’t the only thing workers have to worry about. AI may make many jobs worse.
AI Versus AI
And Human Extinction as Collateral Damage