20 years ago alarmists were saying if we don't do anything, there will eventually be ecological catastrophes that will set off chaos, war, unrest, millions of refugees will flee; rich countries will turn fascist & create walls to keep them out... People: it's already happening.

Amazing how Police rush out instant justifications/smears, mould narratives that years later turn out untrue- a young man tasered to the ground, with his mother leaning over him, kicked in the head & stamped on by one of Manchester’s finest Greater Manchester Police fortunately he did not die,

Both in my feed this morning. The plan 'to boost uptake of AI to increase productivity' might do just the opposite.

Companies are giving their employees a bunch of useless AI products, demanding productivity increases (on top of that they admit is an already dramatic increase in productivity in the last year). And when that doesn’t happen, maybe they can replace everyone with freelancers.

Should note: in lieu of Autonomy having the resource to get Left Palantir going, CADA is the best place to get involved on a bi-weekly basis. autonomy.work/cada/

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Those inciting the lynch mobs across England are not anonymous. They operate under their own names. Some are frequently invited on television or published in newspapers. This is an authoritarian solution entirely unrelated to the problem.

Victoria Park, London, 1978. 100,000 Skins, Punks, Jews, Blacks, Muslims, Mixed , English, Irish, Hindus, Sikhs, Scots, Welsh, Working Class, Middle Class, trade unionists, unified against racists and fascists. Gen Z, it's your turn.

As depicted in the workers turned into Equisapiens in Boots Riley's 2018 Sorry to Bother You

The fash are planning on showing up in Walthamstow on Wednesday 7th. To my followers in Walthamstow, please attend and show these racist scumbags they're not welcome.

Walthamstow said no to racism

Walthamstow this evening. As depressing as it has been to see fascist riots across the country, the massive numbers from all walks of life coming out in force to oppose them has been heartwarming. #NoPasaran

🚨HUGE divestment win 🚨 USS, Britain’s biggest private pension scheme, has dumped £80,000,000 of Israeli assets, including government bonds. We won’t stop here: we will continue pusshing for full divestment from Israel’s war machine & its genocide in Gaza ✊🇵🇸

Call me old fashioned, but I genuinely think the most important research question for AI policy right now is studying how effective / impactful AI systems are in the wild. We cannot determine what role AI can and should play in society without this research agenda.

The two greatest living authorities on genocide studies have now changed their minds to argue Israel is indeed committing genocide: Omer Bartov and Aryeh Neier

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Perhaps this reflects badly on me as someone working in/around AI for over a decade, but most of these people I have never heard of.