Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk  ·  activity timestamp 6 hours ago
By blaming the technology, discussions around AI-induced human extinction divert attention from scrutinizing the organizations deciding what AI is developed, how it is produced and for what purposes. The same applies to arguments claiming that AI is progressing too quickly to be halted. Certainly, AI is advancing rapidly, leaving many behind, but someone is stepping on the accelerator. Framing technology as the source of danger serves not only to mislead the public but also to fulfil an internal purpose. When AI is portrayed as an autonomous, self-determining force, it allows scientists and engineers within Big Tech’s innovation systems to feel less accountable for their own decisions. If the technology itself is deemed responsible, these developers can continue modelling and coding without considering their ethical responsibilities, especially when AI is presented as the key to solving all the world’s problems. But AI is not an independent entity. Like all technologies, AI is a product of human labour and decision-making. Technologies are not autonomous; in capitalism, they are shaped by labour, investments, alliances, corporate interests and the personal ambitions of CEOs, executives and chief scientists, among others.
By blaming the technology, discussions around AI-induced human extinction divert attention from scrutinizing the organizations deciding what AI is developed, how it is produced and for what purposes. The same applies to arguments claiming that AI is progressing too quickly to be halted. Certainly, AI is advancing rapidly, leaving many behind, but someone is stepping on the accelerator. Framing technology as the source of danger serves not only to mislead the public but also to fulfil an internal purpose. When AI is portrayed as an autonomous, self-determining force, it allows scientists and engineers within Big Tech’s innovation systems to feel less accountable for their own decisions. If the technology itself is deemed responsible, these developers can continue modelling and coding without considering their ethical responsibilities, especially when AI is presented as the key to solving all the world’s problems. But AI is not an independent entity. Like all technologies, AI is a product of human labour and decision-making. Technologies are not autonomous; in capitalism, they are shaped by labour, investments, alliances, corporate interests and the personal ambitions of CEOs, executives and chief scientists, among others.
By blaming the technology, discussions around AI-induced human extinction divert attention from scrutinizing the organizations deciding what AI is developed, how it is produced and for what purposes. The same applies to arguments claiming that AI is progressing too quickly to be halted. Certainly, AI is advancing rapidly, leaving many behind, but someone is stepping on the accelerator. Framing technology as the source of danger serves not only to mislead the public but also to fulfil an internal purpose. When AI is portrayed as an autonomous, self-determining force, it allows scientists and engineers within Big Tech’s innovation systems to feel less accountable for their own decisions. If the technology itself is deemed responsible, these developers can continue modelling and coding without considering their ethical responsibilities, especially when AI is presented as the key to solving all the world’s problems. But AI is not an independent entity. Like all technologies, AI is a product of human labour and decision-making. Technologies are not autonomous; in capitalism, they are shaped by labour, investments, alliances, corporate interests and the personal ambitions of CEOs, executives and chief scientists, among others.
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Emeritus Prof. Christopher May
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Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
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Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
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Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
Text from article: This also came as the Department of Justice dismissed its case against David Hearn, who had been falsely accused of damaging the Reflecting Pool. In court filings, Jeanine Pirro acknowledged there was no evidence supporting the government’s theory and that the damage resulted from construction failures rather than vandalism. The filing also exposed serious problems involving the Department of the Interior’s handling of the project. Frankly, none of this surprised us. We all knew the Reflecting Pool wasn’t damaged because of some elaborate act of vandalism. We knew the contractor had done a poor job, and now the government’s own court filing confirms it. What’s remarkable is how differently this administration behaves depending on whether it’s inside a courtroom or on social media. That’s the story of this regime. It also makes me think about how the same people who lied to the public about the Reflecting Pool continue to lie to the public about the Epstein files, the economy, the deficit, and virtually everything else. While they make grand claims about money supposedly pouring into America, our debt continues to climb, Treasury yields remain elevated, mortgage rates continue squeezing families, and millions of Americans are struggling to make ends meet. The lies never stop.
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Heading and text from article: More War Crimes The New York Times has now confirmed through visual investigation what we have been reporting. The U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb, one of the largest in its arsenal, on a home on Qeshm Island, killing a husband, his wife, and their two-year-old son. The Times found no military site anywhere near that house. Not anywhere close. This is a war crime, plain and simple, and Iranian officials are already vowing retaliation, describing it as a continuation of what they call American atrocities in other Iranian towns. From the bombing of a girls’ school to this, the U.S. keeps killing innocent civilians throughout this war. Was AI used for targeting during this strike too? Are they using the same AI bots that they used for their map of Africa which mislabeled every single country and put them in a random order with no relation to reality? That’s why I don’t laugh off these “mistakes,” like when the U.S. mislabels a map because they used AI. Because they are using these systems to make decisions of life and death.
Heading and text from article: More War Crimes The New York Times has now confirmed through visual investigation what we have been reporting. The U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb, one of the largest in its arsenal, on a home on Qeshm Island, killing a husband, his wife, and their two-year-old son. The Times found no military site anywhere near that house. Not anywhere close. This is a war crime, plain and simple, and Iranian officials are already vowing retaliation, describing it as a continuation of what they call American atrocities in other Iranian towns. From the bombing of a girls’ school to this, the U.S. keeps killing innocent civilians throughout this war. Was AI used for targeting during this strike too? Are they using the same AI bots that they used for their map of Africa which mislabeled every single country and put them in a random order with no relation to reality? That’s why I don’t laugh off these “mistakes,” like when the U.S. mislabels a map because they used AI. Because they are using these systems to make decisions of life and death.
Heading and text from article: More War Crimes The New York Times has now confirmed through visual investigation what we have been reporting. The U.S. dropped a 2,000-pound bomb, one of the largest in its arsenal, on a home on Qeshm Island, killing a husband, his wife, and their two-year-old son. The Times found no military site anywhere near that house. Not anywhere close. This is a war crime, plain and simple, and Iranian officials are already vowing retaliation, describing it as a continuation of what they call American atrocities in other Iranian towns. From the bombing of a girls’ school to this, the U.S. keeps killing innocent civilians throughout this war. Was AI used for targeting during this strike too? Are they using the same AI bots that they used for their map of Africa which mislabeled every single country and put them in a random order with no relation to reality? That’s why I don’t laugh off these “mistakes,” like when the U.S. mislabels a map because they used AI. Because they are using these systems to make decisions of life and death.
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Heading and text from article: Suspected Iranian Hackers Hit Water Systems In Seven States, Trump Blames Minnesota We covered this a bit yesterday, but I want to make sure you have all the latest info. Officials told the Wall Street Journal that suspected Iranian cyberattacks have now struck water infrastructure in at least seven states. The FBI issued a warning after roughly 30 water treatment plants in Minnesota were hit, forcing some utilities into manual operation and prompting boil-water notices. A memo obtained by WIRED ties the Minnesota attacks directly to Tehran. Trump decided to take Iran’s side in all of this, and blamed Minnesota for being, in his words, grossly incompetent, insisting Iran has bigger problems to worry about. Governor Tim Walz shot back that Trump knows exactly who’s responsible and knows other states were hit too, calling it exactly what modern warfare looks like. Given that Iran has been targeting U.S. water and energy infrastructure for years now, across at least seven states, it would be nice if the president at least pretended to care about protecting U.S. citizens.
Heading and text from article: Suspected Iranian Hackers Hit Water Systems In Seven States, Trump Blames Minnesota We covered this a bit yesterday, but I want to make sure you have all the latest info. Officials told the Wall Street Journal that suspected Iranian cyberattacks have now struck water infrastructure in at least seven states. The FBI issued a warning after roughly 30 water treatment plants in Minnesota were hit, forcing some utilities into manual operation and prompting boil-water notices. A memo obtained by WIRED ties the Minnesota attacks directly to Tehran. Trump decided to take Iran’s side in all of this, and blamed Minnesota for being, in his words, grossly incompetent, insisting Iran has bigger problems to worry about. Governor Tim Walz shot back that Trump knows exactly who’s responsible and knows other states were hit too, calling it exactly what modern warfare looks like. Given that Iran has been targeting U.S. water and energy infrastructure for years now, across at least seven states, it would be nice if the president at least pretended to care about protecting U.S. citizens.
Heading and text from article: Suspected Iranian Hackers Hit Water Systems In Seven States, Trump Blames Minnesota We covered this a bit yesterday, but I want to make sure you have all the latest info. Officials told the Wall Street Journal that suspected Iranian cyberattacks have now struck water infrastructure in at least seven states. The FBI issued a warning after roughly 30 water treatment plants in Minnesota were hit, forcing some utilities into manual operation and prompting boil-water notices. A memo obtained by WIRED ties the Minnesota attacks directly to Tehran. Trump decided to take Iran’s side in all of this, and blamed Minnesota for being, in his words, grossly incompetent, insisting Iran has bigger problems to worry about. Governor Tim Walz shot back that Trump knows exactly who’s responsible and knows other states were hit too, calling it exactly what modern warfare looks like. Given that Iran has been targeting U.S. water and energy infrastructure for years now, across at least seven states, it would be nice if the president at least pretended to care about protecting U.S. citizens.
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