The evolution of xAI Grok (1-4) is impressive yet empty. Although it can "translate", it remains chained to English. What about longer prompts? It stalls, treating them as puzzles. Will Grok 5 break free of its current constraints? #AI #xAI #Grok #Grok5 #Colossus2 #CriticalTech

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🚨 5 days left!
Digital IDEAS applications close Feb. 1.

Please share with students, scholars, artists & technologists in your networks who are thinking critically about the digital AFTER.

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Why We Need Better Language for AI (Even When the Models Won’t Tell Us What They Are) | Ian O'Byrne

How can we study the impact of AI if we refuse to name the system? 🤖📝

If we want ethical and humane engagement with these systems, we must start with a shared vocabulary.

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#AI #DigitalLiteracy #CriticalTech

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The 6th Annual Digital IDEAS Summer Institute returns May 31–June 5, 2026! 💡💻✨This year’s theme: AFTER — exploring aftermaths, afterlives, afterworlds & the hereafter.
Details + apply: myumi.ch/rAP6M
#DigitalStudies #DigitalIDEAS2026 #CriticalTech

AI Isn’t a Magical Genius or a Friendly Sidekick — It’s a Supercharged Autocomplete | HackerNoon Learn how to use AI as a productivity tool, write efficient prompts, manage context, and avoid common misconceptions — without expecting it to be sentient.

Today’s “AI” is neither actually AI nor "friend"—it is a probabilistic text calculator, a glorified autocomplete wrapped in marketing. Digital tools needs sentient users, not believers. #AI #CriticalTech

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Technoviolence: Confronting Systematic Injustice

📅 Sept 19–21 · Berlin

📍 Kunstquartier Bethanien

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Technoviolence: Confronting Systematic Injustice

📅 Sept 19–21 · Berlin

📍 Kunstquartier Bethanien

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#Technoviolence #SurveillanceState #CriticalTech #BerlinEvents #DigitalJustice

Here’s why the public needs to challenge the ‘good AI’ myth pushed by tech companies
#Tech #AI #GoodAI #AIMyth #TechEthics #DataBias #PrivacyRights #SurveillanceCapitalism #AlgorithmicBias #ResistAI #CriticalTech #EthicalAI #DigitalRights #TechJustice
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Fed up with milquetoast engagement from #bluesky on #moderation and the #algorithm? Tell them to do better, tell them to hire #trans people who actually understand this stuff at an algorithmic level. Real AI ethicists.

#AIEthics
#AlgorithmicBias
#AIAccountability
#PlatformTransparency
#CriticalTech

Chapter 1 My oldest started secondary school a year ago. She’s enjoying it, mostly. When she first started, it was for her easier because a few of her primary school friends joined too. They use laptop…

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CCC | CCC fordert digitale Brandmauer Der Chaos Computer Club ist eine galaktische Gemeinschaft von Lebewesen für Informationsfreiheit und Technikfolgenabschätzung.

CCC fordert digitale Brandmauer
CCC demands digital firewall against the right-wing
Twelve demands aim to remind the incoming federal government that fundamental rights and democracy in the digital space need to be strengthened and protected against abuse.
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If tech shapes the world, shouldn’t justice-minded folks be in the conversation?

Let’s connect. #AIforGood #AI #CriticalTech #Accessibility