Big Tech, political economy, AI hype, AI in War
trying to help computer ppl think more critically about computer, including me
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exCMU/NASA/MSR/IntelLabs.
davidwidder.me
Software bugs may seem obvious.
🚨But in a short piece, eminent bug expert @clegoues.bsky.social I seek to answer this seemingly simple question, and find that it is far from clear cut …
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
26/27 April, Rio de Janeiro
Confirmed speakers:
🔥 @davidthewid.bsky.social
🔥 Gisela Luján Andrade
🔥 @pjreddie.bsky.social
🔥 @timnitgebru.bsky.social
aiforpeaceworkshop.github.io/speakers/
26/27 April, Rio de Janeiro
Confirmed speakers:
🔥 @davidthewid.bsky.social
🔥 Gisela Luján Andrade
🔥 @pjreddie.bsky.social
🔥 @timnitgebru.bsky.social
aiforpeaceworkshop.github.io/speakers/
hey!!!
if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!
https//oddletters.com/tech-money/
hey!!!
if you are an academic of any rank in the critical tech studies space who cares about how money, finance, and business structures work in science and technology, i want to see your abstracts for a collected volume! they're due tomorrow!!!
https//oddletters.com/tech-money/
GenAI summaries perpetuate lazy research.
GenAI summaries perpetuate lazy research.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.
This is the military industrial complex on steroids.
Me & @seeshespeak.bsky.social in the Chronicle. Read it below ⬇️
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
Me & @seeshespeak.bsky.social in the Chronicle. Read it below ⬇️
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
It’s happening anyway, because it satisfies administrative priorities and flatters the CMU “brand”—not because it’s needed or wanted, and not because it guarantees better job outcomes for program graduates.
Computers can do many things, but they are incapable of critique. Replacing human critics-in-training with computers keeps institutions safe from criticism
Computers can do many things, but they are incapable of critique. Replacing human critics-in-training with computers keeps institutions safe from criticism
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
That has profound ramifications for, students, faculty, and program alums like myself.
I wrote it about it (w/ Catherine Evans, a current PhD student).
www.chronicle.com/article/a-co...
www.semafor.com/article/12/1...
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
“The essay not only fails to meet basic college requirements — such as citing its primary source, the Bible — but fundamentally missed the assignment’s objective,” Tranquill said.
I would actually pay a subscription for that.
It's always a glitter revolution. Every. Damn. Time.
medium.com/@dnafus/spar...
I would actually pay a subscription for that.
Excellent xmas satire from @dawnnafus.bsky.social :)
It's always a glitter revolution. Every. Damn. Time.
medium.com/@dnafus/spar...
Excellent xmas satire from @dawnnafus.bsky.social :)
It's always a glitter revolution. Every. Damn. Time.
medium.com/@dnafus/spar...
It's always a glitter revolution. Every. Damn. Time.
medium.com/@dnafus/spar...
“Long before President Trump adopted the allegation of antisemitism as the central tool in his crusade against higher education, university administrators…have elevated even the flimsiest reports of harm to Jewish students as justification to tamp down on pro-Palestine activism.”
“Long before President Trump adopted the allegation of antisemitism as the central tool in his crusade against higher education, university administrators…have elevated even the flimsiest reports of harm to Jewish students as justification to tamp down on pro-Palestine activism.”
@aviya.bsky.social: "but I am all weeds :("
me: "HAHAHAHA honestly same"
@aviya.bsky.social: "but I am all weeds :("
me: "HAHAHAHA honestly same"
realscientistsde.blogspot.com/2025/11/spra...
Facility hardware specifications: Dell, Intel, Nvidia
Facility hardware specifications: Dell, Intel, Nvidia