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?
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
Ralph Nader: The Frankenstein Chatbots Are Erupting
Will the People Counter with Ethical and Enforceable Legal Frameworks?
Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
"We trusted the government not to screw us," said Edward Snowden. "But they did. We trusted the tech companies not to take advantage of us. But they did. That is…
Border Industry Peddles Robot Dogs and AI Surveillance Amid End of Title 42
Blocks from a migrant camp in El Paso, execs at the Border Security Expo hawked dystopian tech designed to repress them.
Geoffrey Hinton, AI, and Google’s Ethics Problem
By Binoy Kampmark / Countercurrents.org Talk about the dangers of artificial intelligence, actual or imagined, has become feverish, much of it induced by the growing world of generative chat bots.…
Whose Planet Are We On?
What happens when LTAI (Less Than Artificial Intelligence) gives way to AI?
Bipartisan US Bill Aims to Prevent AI From Launching Nuclear Weapons
"As we live in an increasingly digital age, we need to ensure that humans hold the power alone to command, control, and launch nuclear weapons—not robots," said co-sponsor Sen. Ed…
AI and ChatGPT: Yet Another Assault on Democratic Governance?
We must understand that democracy is morphing with more technocratic systems of governance that lack full oversight and a clear understanding of their social and political impacts.
ChatGPT: Boon for the Lazy Learner
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch Inside the beating heart of many students and a large number of learners lies an inner cheat. To get passing grades, every effort will be…
The Terrifying Future of Military A.I.
Due to the pandemic, the Pentagon is now rushing the future deployment of robot generals as a matter of national urgency.
Plague Journal #9: Follow the Money, Discover the Stench
There is talk – just talk so far – about cancelling some of the massive, totally unnecessary death culture abundance. But just how much we even spend on it is…