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"... if you have political values that don't align with those that are gaining power using one media ecosystem, you need to start thinking about; how do you build a similar kind of information environment for the support of the kinds of values that you have, and the stories that you want to tell about the world ... I hope that those are anchored in reality, but ..."
#KateStarbird, University of Washington, 2024
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"... if you have political values that don't align with those that are gaining power using one media ecosystem, you need to start thinking about; how do you build a similar kind of information environment for the support of the kinds of values that you have, and the stories that you want to tell about the world ... I hope that those are anchored in reality, but ..."
#KateStarbird, University of Washington, 2024
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I'm really enjoying the interviews I've heard so far on the Sunday Show, the podcast of Tech Policy Press;
It's refreshing to be reminded that there is a wide range of people doing deep thinking about the information environment. Researching it, sharing their insights and findings, and talking about radical solutions.
"... Data Workers Inquiry ... is a really important example of bringing attention to what's going on in the work that is hidden behind the facade of artificial intelligence because it's being marketed so heavily is fully automated when it's always people and so the various initiatives to make that visible are hugely meaningful even if they are small compared to the onslaught."
#EmilyMBender, author of The AI Con, 2025
"... a community-based research project in which data workers join us as community researchers to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The community researchers guide the direction of the research, such that it is oriented towards their needs and goals of building workplace power but supported by formally trained qualitative researchers."
https://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/data.workers.inquiry/videos
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