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Dr Kobotic

@kobotic.bsky.social

Doing AI management and governance for a long time (way before it was cool), container ships, democracy and dachshunds. Sometimes sailing. www.kobileins.com

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Dr Kobotic@kobotic.bsky.social · 8mo ago

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Are We Automating the Banality and Radicality of Evil?

Current iterations of AI are increasingly able to encourage subservience to a non-human master, telling potentially systematic untruths with emphatic confidence.

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Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8mo ago

“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.” @washingtonpost.com www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Kathy Reid (she/her)@kathyreid.au · last yr.

If you loved @kobotic.bsky.social in conversation recently with Emily M. Bender, you'll also love her in conversation with @karenhao.bsky.social, who'll be speaking to her book #EmpireOfAI which traces the rise of OpenAI and Sam Altman, and their power. #AI #STS www.readings.com.au/events/karen...

Karen Hao talks AI

Join us for a riveting conversation between esteemed journalist Karen Hao and Dr Kobi Leins.   Meticulously researched, carefully curated, and not pulling any punches, Karen Hao’s book is urgently ne...

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Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 12mo ago

In early July, I had the opporunity to discuss The AI Con with @kobotic.bsky.social at RMIT. ABC is presenting part of that conversation in their programme "Big Ideas" on Tuesday Sept 2: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The AI Con — unpacking the artificial intelligence hype machine - ABC listen

Is the world really in the midst of an AI revolution, or is it all just clever marketing, powered by immense amounts of money, capital and hype? This episode arms you to spot AI hype in all its guises...

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Kathy Reid (she/her)@kathyreid.au · last yr.

In #Melbourne? Fan of @emilymbender.bsky.social? In conversation with Dr @kobotic.bsky.social Tues 1st July, Kaleide Theatre, #RMIT, discussing her book written with Dr @alexhanna.bsky.social #TheAICon. Learn how to cut through the #AI hype www.readings.com.au/events/emily...

Emily M. Bender and Kobi Leins discuss AI

Supported by RMIT Join us for a riveting conversation between Dr Kobi Leins and Professor Emily M. Bender. Packed with real-world examples, pithy arguments and expert insights, Professor Emily M. Be...

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Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee.bsky.social · last yr.

"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...

Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility

In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?

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Randahl Fink@randahl.bsky.social · last yr.

Denmark has donated 19 of the F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and now Trump has ordered an end to US support for their onboard jamming equipment, thereby helping Putin destroy this USD 291,000,000 donation. This US administration is an enemy of Europe. news.online.ua/en/the-us-is...

The US is ending support for Ukrainian F-16s, but there is a way out — online.ua

US President Donald Trump's team has ordered the termination of vital support for F-16 fighter jet jamming equipment that Ukraine has. What is important to understand is that this could deprive the Uk...

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Dan McQuillan@danmcquillan.bsky.social · last yr.

"For fascist ideologues who glorify violence, AI’s tendencies towards epistemic, structural & administrative violence are not flaws but features. The disruptive potential of AI will become entangled with the more savage disruptions of a fascistic social vision." Resisting AI, p97

Nancy Levine Stearns@nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · last yr.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD

ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired.@wolven.blacksky.app · 2y ago

It just hit me that it is entirely likely that at some point, possibly real soon, some NPR podcast is going to do a deepdive explainer into these interconnections, and a lot of people are going to learn the terms "Irreality," "Key23," and "Key64" for the very first time.

Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired.@wolven.blacksky.app · 2y ago

Lots of us have been trying to get to folx to pay attention to the nexus of white supremacy, edgelord techbros, & occultist beliefs that have been simmering in the internet culture since the 90's, really kicked off strong in the 2000's, & kinda pervade all of Silicon Valley. Like… It runs deep y'all