"Out of reading [The Dawn of Everything] a colleague and I, Federica Carugati who's a political scientist, started a project called Governance Archaeology. Where we started more systematically cataloguing diverse practices of self-government throughout history, around the world, and starting to develop partnerships with communities that are stewards of these practices."
"In all of [#AynRand's] books there are only 2 pages that mention children, that mention human reproduction. None of her uber-lord characters reproduce... What a sterile, lifeless world!
But she had to do that. Because if there are children, then she's cornered by the fact that these super-duper uber-lords will have brats that have not earned their place in the world but inherit everything, and all she's done is re create feudalism."
"It is corrosive and it is decadent, in the truest sense of the word. Decadent is not drinking champaign, right, or sushi, it's decay. It is decay of the values and morals on which a society depends."
1> be exploited like this
2> get shaken down [so] they have no other choice but to become #grifters themselves […]
3> have their ego and security ground down to the point that there’s no escape, no reason to step back and admit defeat, no reason to reflect
In the realm of Artificial Intelligence, the dawn of a new era in innovation beckons us to prioritize the essence of humanity over extremism. Let us, therefore, choose to embrace 'enough.'
As machine learning engineers, when crafting models, let our intent be the forging of a future that values boundaries, cherishes our shared humanity, and fosters a world where every individual flourishes together.
During @timnitGebru Gebru the founder of @DAIR 's keynote and fireside chat titled "#TeamHuman: Community Rooted AI Research" at the Deep Learning Indaba 2023, she underscored the vital importance for researchers to remain conscientious of the human utility when developing models.
"I just read Anand's new book The Persuaders [Anand Giridharadas: https://thepersuadersbook.com/]. He evinces or quotes a theory of messaging that says; you should start with an appeal to shared values, then identify a problem... then identify a villain."
"Even Google staff complain that they can't figure out how to turn off location tracking [in Android]. Now, in any kind of sane world, this would be a prohibited activity. Section Five of the Federal Trade Commission Act gives the agency broad latitude to intervene to prevent ‘unfair and deceptive’ practices... And yet governments have taken no action."
I would really, really love to hear Cory debate this with Douglas Rushkoff. Author of Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus, who popularized the idea that it's precisely about the business model. Sure enough, here's @Rushkoff interviewing @pluralistic about the Chokepoint Capitalism book on his #TeamHuman podcast: