Is it possible to work on AI as a computer scientist and not reinforce the hype? Question for @Alex Hanna at a great event at the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](
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 ). She has “no good news”. Among other concerns, the hype is creating a monoculture in research that draws away resources for actually useful topics. Very much looking forward to reading “The AI Con” by her and fabulous @npub15xvq...0jms! Will use “synthetic content extrusion machine” from now on. image
I had the great pleasure of opening the @npub1n7wp...w6z5 with a keynote on digital sovereignty, linking it to nationalism and the role of open. This might be relevant if you are curious about: - competing approaches to digital sovereignty - what kind of approach the EU is pursuing - how current politics influences tech development - how AI is adding fascist ideology to nationalist agendas - what to do 👇 Some key points, follow-on thoughts and references in a 🧵 1/ #bbuzz
Only 30,000 (well, 29,690) signatures needed to crack the 1,000,000! Until tomorrow! Ban on conversion practices in the European Union https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home It feels like everybody here on Mastodon must have seen it by now, so make sure to pass it on to your friends and family chats.
„Und das [Problem] lag nicht hauptsächlich an dem Standort ihrer Mutterkonzerne, sondern an der teils monopolistischen Marktmacht und Dominanz.“ Das gilt für Tech-Konzerne wie für Machtkonzentration überall, von Lebensmitteln & Agrar über Energie hin zu Pharma & Gesundheit. Ich bin @npub1jdu5...yzh4 echt dankbar für den Artikel für [@netzpolitik_feed](
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 ) über die Wirrungen von #GoEuropean auf Reddit. Durfte ein klein wenig beitragen, lest mal rein.:) 👇
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BuyFromEU: Am Problem vorbei gekauft
Im Netz organisieren sich Menschen, um auf europäische Alternativen zu US-Produkten umzusteigen. Doch die bewusste Kaufentscheidung bleibt bei der...
It was a pleasure to speak with @npub157rh...8pny about ending dependence on Big Tech companies and how this is currently playing out in Europe. How is this linked to current debates about security and regulation (well, anti-regulation)? Who is most likely to benefit from a EU-nationalist understanding of sovereignty? And what would a more structurally different, i.e. internationalist response encompass? 👇
Spotify
Can Europe End Its Dependence on US Tech? w/ Aline Blankertz
Tech Won't Save Us · Episode
 or here for avoiding extractive tech made in EU:
Tech Won't Save Us
Tech Won’t Save Us
Very inspiring presentation by Cecilia Rikap at the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](
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 ) on digital sovereignty! „It’s a time of confrontation! […] This is not about appeasing the centre.“ Now discussing with @npub12wdn...aatc Adriana Groh and @npub1ecxz...dntp moderated by @npub13kzy...t8e2. How can we strengthen the public sector and protect it from a far-right takeover? Public procurement is a key lever, that’s agreed. But on a private or a public cloud? image
Berlin (at the [@Weizenbaum_Institut](
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 )) on 6 March at 6pm: Protecting Democracy through Digital Sovereignty! A discussion on resilient digital infrastructures with @npub1ecxz...dntp, Cecilia Rikap, @npub12wdn...aatc and Adriana Groh from the @npub1yng6...nhrk Hosted by [@bits_und_baeume](
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 ) and @npub1fjw5...k7cv Register now (places are limited):
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 I very much look forward to this! And to seeing you there? A longer description in the thread: image
Open source should be (more) different from proprietary options! @npub1j8vy...ld5q explains why Pixelfed is not “better“ if it successfully imitates Instagram.
Smashing Frames
The Open Source Torment Nexus
One of the most popular memes when it comes to talking about the tech sector is Alex Blechman’s tweet about the Torment Nexus: One can interp...
 Imho this also applies to “open-source” AI and things developed as “digital public good/infrastructure/…”. It gets more complicated when interoperability enters the picture, eg between Mastodon/Threads or WhatsApp/Signal - interop can push the “nicer” option to become more like the big player. (1/2)
Keine Brandmauer, sondern unsere vermeintliche Abgrenzung Faschismus brennt lichterloh. Das erst mal verdauen. Die Kampagne @npub16nz9...pw42, das Entnormalisieren der AfD in demokratischen Gremien (und #Antwortfreiheit), so vieles fühlt sich sinnlos an, wenn der Rechtsruck durch alle Parteien geht. Doch jedes Organisieren schafft Strukturen, die wir umso dringender brauchen. Jetzt, wenn es rauer wird. Lasst uns dagegen halten, Widerstand zeigen, die Schwächsten stärken. Jetzt erst recht.
@npub16wcy...ehf0 beautifully deconstructs the UK AI Action Plan in the @npub1ser0...ykq9 And I love his answer to the widespread "but what do we do if we don't do AI???? what is there to do at all in this world??": "What we urgently need, instead of a political leadership in thrall to AI's aura of total power, is a reassertion of context and agency by returning control to more local and directly democratic structures."
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Labour
Critical computing expert Dan McQuillan argues that, on top of the clear social and environmental harms associated with the technology, Labour
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