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=== Week 11: The AI Hellscape ===
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=== Week 11: Responsible data and intellectual freedom policies, and vendor issues===
 
* Real time May 1st, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern
 
* Real time May 1st, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern
 
* Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
 
* Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
* Slides: TBD
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* Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-XrM8XXdm1vKAKWlJrkiF4NJyI8r9Z5a6lYbn3KYaN4/edit?usp=sharing
  
 
===== Readings =====  
 
===== Readings =====  
Lots of readings for this week, so please don't feel anxious about getting to them all. Here they are categorically to help you best manage your time:
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* No readings this week! You may want to use the space to skip ahead to the week 12 readings. There are a lot of them so pace yourself and focus on which topics draw in you.
 
 
LLMs and misinformation, "hallucinations", relationship to human thinking and language:
 
* ChatGPT is bullshit: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-024-09775-5
 
* The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake: https://archive.is/FM4y8
 
 
 
How people think about AI:
 
* Pew study on Americans views of AI: https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2025/09/17/how-americans-view-ai-and-its-impact-on-people-and-society/
 
 
 
AI and climate issues:
 
* https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
 
 
 
AI and labor
 
* The automation charade: https://logicmag.io/failure/the-automation-charade/ (not strictly about AI, but related)
 
* How we won AI protections in our contract: https://www.workersdecide.tech/2025-11-26-contract/
 
 
 
AI and disability
 
* Disability, technoethics, and power https://journals.library.unt.edu/index.php/unbound/article/view/367/276
 
 
 
AI and local protections/power
 
* Examples of local demands and advocacy around data centers from Open Gorge's Public Benefit Lab: https://www.opengorge.org/public-benefit-lab
 
 
 
===== Guest lecturer =====
 
* Dr. Alex Hanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Hanna_(research_scientist)
 
  
 
===== Tasks =====
 
===== Tasks =====
* Discord discussion prompts
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* Discussion TBD

Latest revision as of 22:24, 27 April 2026

Week 11: Responsible data and intellectual freedom policies, and vendor issues[edit]

Readings[edit]
  • No readings this week! You may want to use the space to skip ahead to the week 12 readings. There are a lot of them so pace yourself and focus on which topics draw in you.
Tasks[edit]
  • Discussion TBD