Paris Marx
If you don’t know about Cybersyn, it’s time to change that. Back in 2021, I interviewed @edenmedina to learn all about it. She was directly involved in putting the exhibition together that I visited today!
https://techwontsave.us/episode/61_project_cybersyn_shows_all_tech_is_political_w_eden_medina
Paris Marx
Effective accelerationism is the latest ideology to grip Silicon Valley. It divides tech between the accelerationists and the doomers — and presents very real threats to the rest of us.
I spoke to @xriskology about the ideological evolution of the Valley through the TESCREAL ideologies to the e/acc craze.
Full episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/198_how_effective_accelerationism_divides_silicon_valley_w_emile_torres
Paris Marx
Don’t mind me! I’m just overseeing the Chilean economy.
In all seriousness though, the Cybersyn exhibition at La Moneda Cultural Center in Santiago was so cool and I love that they rebuilt the operations room to get a feel for what could have been.
Paris Marx
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Paris Marx
BREAKING: Trump University about to get a run for its money
Paris Marx
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Paris Marx
Silicon Valley billionaires are drawing a line: you’re either a techno-optimist who won’t question them or an enemy they’re ready to fight.
In his new manifesto, Marc Andreessen embraces faith and fascism to distract from the harms the tech industry has caused and justify the power and wealth of the tech elite. It shows why a renewed Luddite movement is absolutely necessary.
https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-religion-of-techno-optimism
Paris Marx
The fallout is growing from Tesla’s continued refusal to sign a collective agreement with its Swedish mechanics.
On top of the solidarity strikes, one of Denmark’s largest pension funds is selling its $58 million stake in Tesla for refusing to respect the Nordic labor model.
Paris Marx
Bill Gates is lauded for his philanthropic work, but is the picture we get of him as the “good billionaire” really accurate?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @timschwab about the narrative we get about the Gates Foundation and how it uses charity to forward similar capitalist business models as Gates promoted at Microsoft.
https://techwontsave.us/episode/197_dont_praise_bill_gates_w_tim_schwab
Paris Marx
The folks over at the Ursula K. Le Guin Foundation are awesome. They made a new website and as a result, some content was removed. I sent an email to see if they could restore Le Guin’s “A Rant About ‘Technology’” — and they did!
Go read it: https://www.ursulakleguin.com/a-rant-about-technology
Paris Marx
As Marc Andreessen fights AI regulations and touts the amazing future it will create, his venture firm a16z is investing in a company that knowingly allows users to generate images that “could be categorized as child pornography.”
Paris Marx
“There are industry observers talking about the need for AIs to have a sense of ethics … I find these suggestions ironic given that we as a society have failed to teach corporations a sense of ethics.” — Ted Chiang in 2017
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tedchiang/the-real-danger-to-civilization-isnt-ai-its-runaway
Paris Marx
it’s always a bit intimidating when linkedin tells you how many people looked you up in the past week. not only do you not know why they’re looking at your profile, but linkedin wants you to pay just to see where all those people work 🫠
Paris Marx
Fascinating article about what it takes to keep Gaza online during the Israeli bombardment.
PalTel buries its cables 8m/26ft deep (standard is 60cm/2ft), uses generators, solar panels, and batteries for redundancy, and has 750 employees braving bombs to do fixes. Even still, Israel can cut them off at any time.
Paris Marx
Argentina has elected an extreme anarcho-capitalist as their next president. He’s fueled by far-right conspiracy theories and a hatred of the left. Plus, he seems to hear voices in his head.
No surprise, Elon Musk is thrilled.
Paris Marx
When we warn the real threat of AI is how it’s used against people in the present, not the fantasies that some day computers might think for themselves, this is exactly the kind of thing we’re talking about: health insurers using AI to deny care.
Paris Marx
Friday afternoon shocker: Sam Altman is out as CEO of OpenAI for deceiving the company board.
Is there a scandal about the drop that they’re trying to get ahead of?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/17/23965982/openai-ceo-sam-altman-fired
Paris Marx
It’s hard to watch the horrific scenes coming from Gaza and the escalating death toll, which includes such a high number of children.
I was happy to speak with @marwasf about the information war on social media, internet shutdowns enforced by Israel, and what people can do to support Palestinian rights in this moment.
Listen to the episode: https://techwontsave.us/episode/194_the_information_war_in_gaza_w_marwa_fatafta
Paris Marx
One out of every 200 people in Gaza have been killed by the Israeli army — and the bombing still hasn’t stopped.
Let that sink in for a moment, then remember how Israeli authorities are trying to make Western publics believe they aren’t targeting civilians. This is a massacre.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2023/gaza-rising-death-toll-civilians/
Paris Marx
Elon Musk is an evil and immoral man. He tells everyone to have a ton of kids, then treats their mothers like shit.
Grimes is suing him for custody because he’s keeping three-year-old X from her. Her lawyers have tried to serve him papers in 12 places.
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