If you're an "A.I" desinger or engineer who genuinely believes your woek will be or is already "conscious" in a "human-like" way, then the first thing imma need you to do tomorrow is teach it not to cross the picket line 🤷🏾♂️
Look, either you a) truly believe in the potential consciousness of "A.I.," in which case it's your duty to do everything you can to get it to be moral & just; b) believe "a.i." is merely a tool, in which case you must ensure the values Embedded in those tools are moral & just;…
…c) are deeply unsure about the conscious status of "A.I." tools & systems but recognise we are woven w/in an embedded, entangled world anyway, in which case you are obligated to seek to do everything you can to ensure that WHATEVER we create, conscious or no, is moral & just;…
…or, d—n) some other thing, but you see where I'm going, here.
If you're making "a.i.," make it moral and just, and don't let it be a scab. #writersstrike#noAIScabs
So one of the main problems with this country is that Property is placed on the same valuative level as people's literal Lives. In fact, if you look at the structure of the declaration of independence, you'll see John Locke's formula, but w/ "property" euphemism'd as "happiness".
Think about that: We built a whole society around the notion "Life"="Liberty"="Happiness(==Property)." So if those things have equal value & it's not just fine but Good to use violence to protect your life & your liberty, then violence must ALSO be good to protect your PROPERTY…
…because, again, in that formulation, property matters (should matter) as much as someone's liberty & their literal life. And not just "as much as," but in many cases MORE THAN.
This is the kind of shit that leads not only to people beating shoplifters, or shooting "looters"…
I really feel like not enough people really understand and appreciate that almost all of the late 90's and early 200's had their humour shaped by a very specific three mile radius of downtown Atlanta.
(cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut cut)
Like, I could write an entire history paper (or atleast wikipedia entry) about this scene:
"That's gonna travel all the way to the village XD "
"…The village!
"…This is all that was left. Their 6-ft party sub. Their king— Randy— made if for me while I waited."
Herdegen, Hanna. “Maintaining Disabled Bodies & Identities: Disability as Dirty Work.” The Maintainers Blog. June 17, 2019a. themaintainers.org/blog/2019/6/17….
—. “Maintaining Disabled Bodies & Identities: The Body as Evidence.” The Maintainers Blog. June 21, 2019b. themaintainers.org/blog/2019/6/21…
Johnson, Harriet McBryde. “Unspeakable Conversations.” The New York Times Magazine. February 16, 2003. nytimes.com/2003/02/16/mag….
—. “The Disability Gulag.” The New York Times Magazine. November 23, 2003. nytimes.com/2003/11/23/mag….
Every wild swinging hot take on the "AI" art & GPT situation goes fucking everywhere, while the few nuanced takes I've seen struggle to make it around.
Shit's neither harmless nor inevitable, AND doesn't have to be made in the harmful ways corporations will tend to making them…
…algorithmic applications are primarily created from w/in & in service of hegemonic, carceral, capitalist profit motives, meaning they act as force multipliers/accelerants on the worst depredations of said. That goes for art & language as much as it goes for housing & policing…
Neither tech nor play are neutral categories & these tools COULD be used to help a lot of people. But until we get the capitalist shit off of them & place meaningful regulation—that is regs specifically designed to safeguard the most marginalized & vulnerable— around the frames…