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Cory Doctorow critiques grim AI use cases in new book

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Cory Doctorow's latest work, "The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI," critiques the current applications of artificial intelligence. The book highlights how existing AI technologies are being used for ethically questionable purposes, including military operations, labor exploitation, biased policing, and consumer fraud. Doctorow argues that these present-day uses of AI are fundamentally grim. AI

IMPACT Critiques current AI applications, suggesting a need for ethical reevaluation of its deployment.

RANK_REASON The item is a recommendation and critique of a book discussing AI, not a primary AI development.

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    “That's the thing about actual, existing Al: the lucrative present-day use cases, from drone warfare to wage theft, from empiricism-washing, racist policing to

    “That's the thing about actual, existing Al: the lucrative present-day use cases, from drone warfare to wage theft, from empiricism-washing, racist policing to ripping off shoppers, are pretty ghastly.” From Cory Doctorow’s: The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI 👍👍👍 Recomm…

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