Link to an article by Wolfgang Messner:
“Is AI Sparking a Cognitive Revolution That Will Lead to Mediocrity and Conformity?”
Bonus link: “You Are Having Fun”
Tag: Technology
Hamish van der Ven – AI is Bad for the Environment, and the Problem is Bigger Than Energy Consumption
Link to an article by Hamish van der Ven:
“AI is Bad for the Environment, and the Problem is Bigger Than Energy Consumption”
Bonus links: “What DeepSeek Says About Nuland’s Role in Ukraine War” and “Inescapable AI” and “The High-Tech Poorhouse” and Mathwashing
Ann Garrison – Social Media Beyond Corporate Control
Link to an interview of Tracy Rosenberg conducted by Ann Garrison:
“Social Media Beyond Corporate Control”
Bonus link: Some Critiques of Silicon Valley Exploitation
Prabhat Patnaik – AI and Employment
Link to an article by Prabhat Patnaik:
Bonus links: “Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits” and “AI Chatbots: Hype Meets Reality” and Revolution at the Gates
Martin Hart-Landsberg – AI Chatbots: Hype Meets Reality
Link to an article by Martin Hart-Landsberg:
“AI Chatbots: Hype Meets Reality”
Bonus links: “AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are” and “The Hidden Costs of the AI Boom” and “AI is Bad for the Environment, and the Problem is Bigger Than Energy Consumption”
Prabir Purkayastha – Intellectual Property, Knowledge Monopoly and the Rent Economy
Link to an except from the book Knowledge as Commons: Towards Inclusive Science and Technology by Prabir Purkayastha:
“Intellectual Property, Knowledge Monopoly and the Rent Economy”
Bonus links: Mertonian Norms and “In Final Declaration, G77 Rejects ‘Digital Monopolies’ and Calls for ‘Reform’ of the Financial System”
Sonali Kolhatkar – Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits
Link to an article by Sonali Kolhatkar:
“Replacing the Capitalist Dream of AI-Driven Profits”
(isn’t interest in A.I. primarily that of a fantasy of legal slavery?)
Bonus link: “The Dystopian AI Future Some Fear Is the Present-Day Reality Others Live”
Naomi Klein – AI Machines Aren’t ‘Hallucinating’. But Their Makers Are
Link to an article by Naomi Klein:
Internet for the People with Ben Tarnoff
Link to an interview of Ben Tarnoff conducted by Scott Ferguson and William Saas:
“Internet for the People with Ben Tarnoff”
Bonus links: The People’s Platform and “The Massive Monopolies of Google, Facebook and Amazon”
Matthew Crain – How Capitalism—Not a Few Bad Actors—Destroyed the Internet
Link to an article by Matthew Crain:
“How Capitalism—Not a Few Bad Actors—Destroyed the Internet”
Bonus link: “Adorno, Lazarsfeld and the Birth of Public Broadcasting with Josh Shepperd”