mastodon 4.7.3Co-Founder @superrrnetwork & @prototypefund & @codeforde | @mozilla Fellow alumn | Feminism | Speculating about the future✨ Columnist for @techreview_de
Nach dem Attentat in Villach fordert der österr. Innenminister eine anlasslose Massenüberprüfung von Ausländern und Asylwerbern.
Um es ganz klar zu sagen: Menschen aufgrund ihrer Herkunft anlasslos zu überwachen ist rassistische Diskriminierung und damit verfassungswidrig.
„Das ist kein Job wie jeder andere. Niemand verlässt diese Arbeit so, wie er hineingegangen ist.“
Ich habe mit @heiseonline@flipboard.com über die Arbeitsbedingungen in der Content Moderations Industrie gesprochen: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Missing-Link-Clickworker-die-gequaelten-Seelen-der-Content-Industrie-9819500.html
"KI Made in Germany?" – ist auf dem Digitalgipfel in aller Munde. Im August war ich in Kenia und habe mit den Menschen gesprochen, durch deren Arbeit die "deutsche KI" erst möglich wird.
About today: Trifft sich die Berliner Digitalbubble beim Fernsehen in Mainz. Es ging um Open Source und die Zukunft digitaler öffentlicher Räume.
„Bis ich es nicht mehr ertragen konnte“ - im Spiegel schreiben zwei Content Moderatorinnen darüber, wie der Job sie und ihre Familien aus der Bahn warf https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/digitale-drecksarbeit-die-belastende-arbeit-der-content-moderatoren-in-afrika-a-7dd3f260-8bb3-40e3-95a3-adf4137eaad3
„Be a good enough ancestor“ – Audrey Tangs key takeaway from yesterday’s discussion on Plurality – The future of collaborative technology and democracy. I had the joy of co-hosting it.
Best congress #38c3 opening ever by Gabriela Bogk and Aline Blankertz introducing this years topic: Illegal Instructions. Go check it out: https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-opening-ceremony#t=179
Must read! Interview with the one and only @Mer__edith@mastodon.world talking about Signal, AI, surveillance and why we need to build alternative tools and tech infrastructures.
“Signal is a nonprofit because a for-profit structure leads to a scenario where one of my board members goes to Davos, talks to some guy, comes back excitedly telling me we need an AI strategy for profit.” https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/
Looking forward to this conference by Disruption Network Lab featuring @marwasf@beta.birdsite.live @milamiceli@dair-community.social and many others https://www.disruptionlab.org/hacking-alienation
Great discussion at Schloss Bellevue with @mer__edith and @mariaressa "AI is a 'surveillance derivative'. Ultimately, it's a way to profit more and grow more on the back of the surveillance business model.“ Here's the livestream: https://www.bundespraesident.de/EN/home/home_node.html
I learnt so much from these wonderful feminist labour organizers from Gorillas, Lieferando and Delivery Hero ✨ This is a photo from yesterdays event: “Carrying the load – Feminist activism in platform work”
Today is the launch of the amazing Data Workers' Inquiry by @milamiceli@dair-community.social @DAIR@dair-community.social and many community researchers.
I'm honoured to contribute the essay "Care Work and Endurance. Lessons from Feminist Activism in Platform Work" Read it here: https://data-workers.org/julia/
Surprise! “His campaign agreed to try out the technology. But it turned out that the only thing voters hated more than a robocall was an A.I.-backed one.” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/technology/ai-election-campaigns.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Berlin! For the spontaneous among you. Great event on feminist activism in platform work tonight: Carrying the Load – Feminist Activism in Platform Work
“The signatures represent some 5% of DeepMind’s overall headcount” The low amount of signatures is pretty depressing thb Not so easy to speak up against the military use of AI when your six figure salary is on the line … https://time.com/7013685/google-ai-deepmind-military-contracts-israel/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
