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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
@emilymbender@dair-community.social  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Not just back to the 1956 Dartmouth workshop (and excellent historical footage of McCarthy and Shannon) but also to the connections between the founding of statistics and eugenics.

The film is of this moment because it situates the narrative being pushed by the AI bros in its both its historical (see upthread) and present context -- the latter being coverage of environmental damage and the exploitative labor practices behind "AI".

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grrl_aex
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@kitkat_blue@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 11 minutes ago

@emilymbender

"A must-watch as soon as you get the chance."

ok. Sooo....Sundance? A "special experience" indeed!

But sadly, as a member of the 'great unwashed' i'm afraid i'll have to content myself with slightly more errr.... accessible anti-AI media. Thankfully there is a plentiful supply.

I am glad, tho, that the intelligentsia and red-carpet crowd got a tasty anti-AI snack to munch on. As well as a chance to contribute to the gdp of the hellscape that calls itself the state of Utah.

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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
@emilymbender@dair-community.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

Not just back to the 1956 Dartmouth workshop (and excellent historical footage of McCarthy and Shannon) but also to the connections between the founding of statistics and eugenics.

The film is of this moment because it situates the narrative being pushed by the AI bros in its both its historical (see upthread) and present context -- the latter being coverage of environmental damage and the exploitative labor practices behind "AI".

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Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)
@emilymbender@dair-community.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 5 hours ago

The people who complain that it is "out of date" because it doesn't speak to this week's buzzwords or this week's specific hype are frantically trying to stay within the narrative that the tech companies want to restrict us to.

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Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק
Aaron Brick — אהרן בריק
@aarbrk@mstdn.mx replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 hours ago

@emilymbender Thank you for keeping us up to date on this debate!

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