"Nucleus gave us a report on which embryos were likely ...to grow into adults with above average cognitive abilities" . The dashboard allows you to deselect an embryo with alleged genome indicators including ADHD, OCD, osteoarthritis, male-pattern baldness & allergies #eugenics

"Skopje Pride participants demand ‘death to fascism, freedom to the people’"

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Skopje Pride participants demand ‘death to fascism, freedom to the people’

The Skopje Pride parade took place in the North Macedonian capital on June 21 under the slogan “We stand. We persist. Together!”

Just out: 'Resisting the Techno-Fascist Takeover: Are We Ready for Decomputing?'

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Because they are based on centralization and abstraction, our current sociopolitical structures are susceptible to being replaced by AI. This is no...

in which I diagnose DOGE as institutional cyberattack and argue that the way to stop it spreading is to revive an alternative technopolitics.

Saying 'people get things wrong too' is making a false category comparison between embodied, relational beings and an instrument of manipulation that's been tuned to fool people.

I've posted my seminar on 'The role of the university is to resist AI', which takes as its text Ivan Illich's 'Tools for Conviviality'.

The role of the University is to resist AI

Tomorrow, in-person and online: 'The role of the university is to resist AI'. Registration via https://gold-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/_i7utl7wRR2tlWMea4j6fQ#/registration

Call for Papers - The Politics of AI: Governance, Resistance, Alternatives

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We invite proposals for our symposium that offer critical perspectives on AI & environment, AI & society, and the political economy of AI. Please share widely!

Yes, I do find it weird that a journal titled 'critical AI' would choose to lead with an article by an Anthropic employee. (Even weirder, it's the same employee who posted about Claude snitching on you if try something 'egregiously immoral', although that was after publication)

Abstract for seminar at the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought (CPCT)