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I'm a researcher focusing on participating in collective experiments in prefiguring better futures while also supporting the resistance efforts needed to survive the present.

I post occasionally, mostly to share resources; I boost more frequently.

Header image is a screenshot of text that reads: "It wasn't always this, and it won't always be this... How can I find the most liberated position in the current reality?" (adrianne maree brown, Possibilities Podcast S3E5, 2019)

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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) · 7w
So what is the best way out of that uncomfortable, untenable space? I think one key step is disaggregating the (non-coherent) set of technologies sold as "AI". If you don't call the stuff you work wit...
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@nprofile1q...

Thanks for this thread. I'm particularly interested in your examples of why AI it is not a useful technical term (and we should be referring to specific tools instead) especially within the context of critiques of AI as a marketing term (and the broader interest in making more intentional, informed, and values-aligned decisions about which tools are appropriate for what uses).

I'm collecting resources on this topic (for folk not on Mastodon). Anything you'd recommend?
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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her) · 4w
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This new #CommonsLibrary resource-set for communities organising around resistance to data centres incudes toolkits, videos, research, and reports. It will also be updated as more tools are shared.

https://commonslibrary.org/how-to-stop-a-data-centre-tools-for-community-resistance/

"Data center site fights are engaging communities and demographics across the nation that are hard to reach on other issues."

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