LFI 2026/Week 11

Week 11: The AI Hellscape

• Real time May 1st, 11-1 pacific/12-2 mountain/1-3 central/2-4 pm eastern
• Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/9129428892
• Slides: TBD

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:

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

• Discord discussion prompts