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It is undead.

Texas Is Letting Parents Dictate What All Students Read progressive.org/public-schoo...

Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams When Meta embedded AI bots in its apps, even students in the most remote corners of Colombia gained access. But rather than boosting learning, it’s getting in the way.

the enshittification of education is underway

restofworld.org/2025/colombi...

Webinar graphic for our upcoming webinar "Our Tech Future," which is centered on top in bold green text. Under it reads: "A community response webinar to Trump's AI Action Plan." with Trump crossed out stylistically. In the lower lefthand corner of the graphic is a greyed out Trump with the white Chat GPT logo on each eye. A red stylistic element is behind him. On the right is the date of our webinar in the same bold green color: "July 30, 6PM ET." Photo credit of Trump is Getty Images.

Our webinar speaker graphic is on top of our pinkish bold background. On the top is our title: Our Tech Future Webinar." Below in bold black letters is "Hosted by." Below this is a picture of our Sr. Movement Building Director, Myaisha Hayes, and our Executive Director, Steven Renderos." Below their titles in the same bold black letters is "Speakers." A headshot follows, with the name and title of Sarah Myers West, Co-Executive Director of AI Now Institute. Finally, below that is "And more..." In the background, there is a picture of community resistance against a data center in Memphis TN.

The final graphic for our webinar states in the center. "Join the call to find out who is behind Trump's AI Action Plan?" Trump is stylistically crossed out. In the lower righthand corner shows two composed images of protestors against Elon Musk. Toward the left is the date and final details of our webinar: "July 30, 6PM ET. Register for free." Finally our bit.ly link is below: "bit.ly/our-techfuture"

Trump's new #AIActionPlan threatens to expand the surveillance and criminalization of our people under the guise of “innovation.”

We’re breaking down what this means and how we can resist next WEDS, 7/30 at 6PM ET | 3PM PT,
bit.ly/our-techfuture

One wonders if these "snowflake" critics would have thrown shade on those who refused to read Der Stürmer....

Mark Zuckerberg just shared his vision for 'personal superintelligence.' Read his letter. Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a letter that smart glasses and other personal devices will become "our primary computing devices" in the future.

All they have to sell at this point is surveillance and magical thinking.

We're so glad that you enjoyed Fredrikzon's "Rethinking Error." We'd love it if pdfs were available as well - but they aren't. You can of course paste into a doc or you can use Zotero which will make a pdf.

Stop Using AI to Raise Prices and Exploit Customers! Delta has announced plans to use AI to price airline tickets for up to 20% of its domestic flights by the end of the year. This isn't about efficiency or fairness—it’s about maximizing profits by sque...

sign.moveon.org/petitions/de... MOVE ON's petition against Delta's plans to use algorithmic pricing! Congress had been considering legislation to stop this predatory and surveillant scheme which already harms renters and is just the tip of the iceberg.

Opinion | ‘1984’ Hasn’t Changed, but America Has

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o... Granted, that the US in 2025 shocks daily.

But Iowa is banning Orwell's 1984? 🤯😱WTF?

"Conservatives" used to think Orwell wrote 1984 for THEM (as a criticism of an authoritarian Left).

Curious what @dorianlynskey.bsky.social thinks of this horrifying turn.

Sure, write to us if you'd like to contribute to our blog or even better the AI Hype Wall of Shame!

America’s AI watchdog is losing its bite “There will be fewer, if any, enforcement actions about how companies are deploying AI,” says former FTC attorney Leah Frazier.

No surprise but... www.technologyreview.com/2025/07/24/1...

The Weekly Read is "Generative AI, Everyday Aesthetic Production, and the Imperial Mode of Living" by Jakko Kemper. The article, freely available through September 6, is in the most recent issue of @criticalai-journal.bsky.social (3:1). Read it here: buff.ly/ROdfibJ

Learn more: buff.ly/6qSjjVx

Ah just stumbled on this thread only a year later about my talk during the Design Justice AI summer institute at the University of Pretoria.

Having now developed social media anxiety, I don't have the nerve to read the thread in full though...

Sigh. Sigh

Tell Your Senators: We Can't Wait 10 Years for AI Safety Congress is on the verge of passing a dangerous proposal: a 10-year ban on protecting families from AI harms. Help us protect our kids and stop this nightmarish proposal by acting now.

p2a.co/ngolXgc Tell your senators and representatives: this is NOT what democracy looks like.

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Tell Your Senators: Our Kids Can’t Wait 10 Years for AI Safety Families need protection from AI now, not in 2035: tell U.S. Senators to remove the 10-year ban on state AI protections from the budget bill. Add your name to the petition now.

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"Beyond Chatbot-K: On Large Language Models, Generative AI, and the Rise of Chatbots," the second of a two-part special issue of @criticalai-journal.bsky.social, is now available: buff.ly/nHL9uxw

Learn more and subscribe: buff.ly/qCjBzI3

#AI #carbonfootprint. It's not pretty. From @technologyreview.com

From @bcmerchant.bsky.social's Substack.

there’s been no more effective force at normalizing mass surveillance than US tech companies

#NYT wavers b/w useful reporting & #AIhype. Here straightforward evidence for #Hinton's mistaken claims for AI radiology are spun as if it's a complex debate. NYT links to #Roose's nonsensical #AGI puffery; #Metz et al's report about persistent confabulations would have been a much better source.

An excellent keynote!

Join #CriticalAI's DESIGN JUSTICE AI post-institute, a hybrid event featuring work by @vukosi.bsky.social, #HappyBuzaaba, #WesTaylor, #NourArafat, #DalakiLivingston, @designjustice.bsky.social, #MatthewStone, #LaurenGoodlad, #WebbKeane and others. Register here criticalai.org/2025/04/23/n...

#CriticalAI editor #LaurenGoodlad joins #Rutgers student #RayzelFine in their article for @local802.bsky.social's #Allegro magazine. Read "Defining the Magic," a tribute to poetry, music, and solidarity. mailchi.mp/local802afm/...

News! DESIGN JUSTICE AI: DISCOTECH EVENT Imagine a high-tech science fair but with music, art, community-building, and plenty of time for your questions and comments. Kids are welcome!

criticalai.org/2025/04/24/n...
Join us F 5/9 @zimmerliartmuseum.bsky.social for a public DESIGN JUSTICE AI DiscoTech featuring @designjustice.bsky.social
@mollycrabapple.bsky.social
celebrating #Rutgers DESIGN JUSTICE undergrad researchers
H/T
@nehgov.bsky.social, #RutgersSAS, #RutgersChancellor

Teaching Critical AI Literacies: living document Teaching Critical AI Literacies: “Explainer” and Resources for the New Semester (Last updated October 20, 2024) This germ of this document was prepared by Lauren M. E. Goodlad and Sharon Stoerger in...

For all the educators grappling with generative AI, here's an excellent, comprehensive resource -- a living document maintained by the Critical AI group at Rutgers. docs.google.com/document/d/1... (s/o @criticalai-journal.bsky.social )

Sounds like a worthy event!

english.rutgers.edu/about-us/dep...

Check out #RutgersEnglishDepartment Statement on AI. We think its a model for how to set up foundations for #criticalAIliteracies

10 rules for dealing with Trump’s demands for capitulation Whether it’s universities, law firms, or entire countries, here are 10 basic rules for hitting back

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