“ #Metaphors have power, they structure the frames of #discourse, and they can subtly and insidiously encourage certain ways of understanding #technology and the social systems it is embedded in.” -
#EmilyMBender & #AlexHanna, #TheAICon: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the #Future We Want

“Today’s #SyntheticMediaExtrudingMachines are all based on #datatheft and #laborexploitation, and enable some of the worst, most perverse incentives in each of these attendant fields.” #EmilyMBender & #AlexHanna, #TheAICon: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the #FutureWeWant

EP 699, At the Library: #TerryPratchett is still essential, including #GoodOmens. #AI hype is out of control #TheAICon #EmilyMBender #AlexHanna. #LoveSexandtheAlienApocalypse #FirstContact #PeterCawdron, & publishing errors strike again. gog.show/699 #podcast