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“ Humanity has a choice: Either we decide that our children can all be killed whenever a superior force alleges that “terrorists” are among us, or we decide that under no circumstances will we allow these superior forces to lay waste to our world any longer.”

This kind of thing is common enough that it has a name, the Shirky principle: “institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution”. effectiviology.com/shirky-princip…

The British are best at insults.

We are excited to announce the opening event of Indaba𝕏 South Africa, the AI Fest, and we would love for your organisations & research labs to be a part of it!

Reserve a booth for R2500 which helps cover logistics. We recommend 2 people per booth.
RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/1a2fqy…

I am withdrawing from the ACM FAccT Program Committee due to the conference’s failure to adequately address what is happening in Palestine

We are officially 2/3rds of the way there!! We have raised $10k out of $15k.

$5k more and we will reach our goal.

You can donate here: tiphub.co/urgent-call-to…

Reminder: I am matching $15k of your donations.

Please stop saying that this tech will put translators out of business. They will do no such thing, and they will punish those in precarious situations--refugees and asylum-seekers--who encounter governments who use them.

theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

In her op-ed for Newsweek DAIR fellow Adrienne Williams writes:

'A new type of 'Zombie Trainer' has emerged. These are people who work as data labelers, content moderators, or image data collectors without their knowledge.'

newsweek.com/zombie-trainer…

Do US politicians know that college students can vote?

15 data workers from 4 continents developing and delving into distinct research questions alongside their co-workers.
That is the **Data Workers' Inquiry**, and I'm excited for you all to meet our co-researchers, hear their stories, and support their demands on June 20!

What I really don't get is the voluntary data collections/corrections. 'Cause once this stuff is good enough in our languages, food, culture.. they will sell it right back to us. At exorbitant prices, because that's what they've always done.

It was a pleasure working with سوريا ما انحكت | SyriaUntold and contributing to this dossier.
My article, “I hope this isn't for weapons,” is available here: untoldmag.org/i-hope-this-is…

In sum, students have always been at the forefront of movements, but moreover, cross-campus solidarity matters. What’s heartening is the way that they are reinvigorating pro-Palestine action, learning from each other's struggles, and exposing common concerns across campuses.

It's stunning to me that this administration in particular, the US gov in general, 'the West' by extension, doesn't seem to understand that the credibility they've torched cannot be regained.

Horrid new report from +972 Magazine on an 'AI' system called Lavender and 'Where's Daddy?' used by the IDF. Has a 10% error rate, and acceptable 'collateral' from 15 to 100 civilians per target.

This is sick and the future of AI warfare for US Empire.

972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…