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w0bb1t, 10 days ago to random

An ideological, economic, techn. & ecological analysis of how blockchain is used to cross borders & extract benefits from those most in need, includng land, labor, data, privacy & other resources .. @Escuderoandaluz

👉🏻 https://escuderoandaluz.com/2024/04/10/an-atlas-to-track-blockchain-colonialism/

w0bb1t, 17 days ago to Columbia

Absolutely insane footage of the #NYPD entering #Columbia University ..

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w0bb1t, 24 days ago to random

The Algorithmic Sabotage Research Group calls for participation in the co-editing of the 2nd ed. of th Manifesto on “Algorithmic Sabotage” · Please share widely! @asrg

Based on horizontal cooperation, ths initiative serves as a means to unite spaces of technical, activist & cultural concern & collective action ..

👉🏻 https://tldr.nettime.org/@asrg/112315335478392026

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

#berlinluddites · This list is used to announce meetings in Berlin around the topic of luddism .. The goal is to form local community .. @tante

👉🏻 https://lists.riseup.net/www/info/berlinluddites

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

Horrid report on an AI syst called Lavender & "Where's Daddy?" used by the IDF. Has a 10% error rate, & acceptable "collateral" frm 15 to 100 civilians per target ..

👉🏻 https://www.972mag.com/lavender-ai-israeli-army-gaza/

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

A message to the young ..

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w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

Essay from @Mer__edith outlining the great danger of conceding and concentrating more power to an increasingly authoritarian United States ..

👉🏻 https://lpeproject.org/blog/social-media-authoritarianism-and-the-world-as-it-is/

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

Investigation into LAION-5B .. Deep dive into how the dataset was made, and where the images come from ..

👉🏻 https://knowingmachines.org/models-all-the-way

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

Julian Assange is granted limited right to appeal his extradition to the United States .. PDF summary of decision below .. #FreeAssangeNOW

👉🏻 https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Assange-Press-Summary.pdf

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

DECISION TOMORROW · 10.30am · Royal Courts of Justice .. #FreeAssangeNOW

w0bb1t, 1 month ago to random

Data Centers Use Massive Amounts of Water ... Global AI demand could result in as much as 6.6 bil. cubic meters, or 8.6 bil. cubic yards, of water withdrawal by 2027..

👉🏻 https://www.newsweek.com/why-ai-so-thirsty-data-centers-use-massive-amounts-water-1882374

w0bb1t, 2 months ago to random

An Elemental Ethics for Artificial Intelligence: Water as Resistance Within AI’s Value Chain ..

👉🏻 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4756794

w0bb1t, 2 months ago to random

The staggering ecological impacts of computation and the cloud · 'The #Cloud now has a greater carbon footprint than the airline industry.'

👉🏻 https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/the-staggering-ecological-impacts-of-computation-and-the-cloud/

w0bb1t, 2 months ago to random

DATABASES, CRIMINALITY & POLICING · A conversation on datafication, policing & the construction of the criminal across borders .. @Mer__edith ..

👉🏻 https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_H8EwroU2TGeLPfm3VZanZw#/registration

w0bb1t, 2 months ago to tumblr

#Tumblr and #Wordpress are preparing to sell user data to Midjourney and OpenAI according to internal doc. .. @404mediaco

An initial scrape of data for #Midjourney and #OpenAI included private and deleted posts, things Tumblr doesn't have rights to ..

👉🏻 https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

Simon Weckert uses "The Republic of Null" Island to imagine physical voids & show how they connect to the realities created by the data that manifests there ..

👉🏻 https://aksioma.org/unrealdata/exhibitions/the-republic-of-null-island/

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

With One Star Review Tour, @jazoza, @gordo, & @mediengruppe_bitnik look at how rating systems shape the perception & experience of a place .. @aksioma

👉🏻 https://aksioma.org/unrealdata/exhibitions/one-star-review-tour/

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

Self-cannibalising AI · A spam account posts AI-generated "description" of an image without the image ..

Below the post are swarms of AI-generated replies, with imaginary human reactions complimenting the non-existent image ..

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

WWWALKMAN reimagining how we share content on th Internet, bypassing the use of URLs, which can be tracked, paywalled, & modified at any time ..

👉🏻 https://ericrabinowitz.com/work/wwwalkman

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w0bb1t, 3 months ago to Palestine

The 'Anti-#Colonial Tech' panel at #transmediale was cancelled due to McCarthyist policies that suppress freedom of expression in solidarity with #Palestine ..

.. "we opt for building the future from the present, in all of the ways we can." Read & share their joint statement .. @titipi, @pipas

👉🏻 https://pad.riseup.net/p/r.5e8fb6bd54cdce773db487845244e55d

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

Marshall McLuhan Lecture 24 · Seizing the means of computation: a better internet is run by and for the people who use it .. @pluralistic / @transmediale

👉🏻 https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/#ich-bin-ein-bratapfel

w0bb1t, 3 months ago to random

To be honest, billions of people doing clickwork for AI sounds more dystopian than most of the "AI traps" scenarios that have come to the fore ..

w0bb1t, 4 months ago to solar

A guide on building autonomous, off-grid, #encrypted and #solar-powered commns infrastructure that lets you send txt messages without any cellular or power infra. ..

👉🏻 https://anarchosolarpunk.substack.com/p/encryptedcomms

w0bb1t, 4 months ago to Energy

#Energy Consumption of #Datacenters · With the #AI hype, this demand for energy, cooling & water has increased dramatically .. @thomasfricke #37C3

👉🏻 https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-11796-energy_consumption_of_datacenters#t=1615

w0bb1t, 4 months ago to random

#Opencoil · PART II: disrupting disruption · OPENCOIL & the fine art of appropriating micro-mobility services for fun & debate .. @antonlinus #37C3

👉🏻 https://media.ccc.de/v/37c3-12169-opencoil#t=2958