Post AafStfbHES2lPkBi0e by emenel@post.lurk.org
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(DIR) Post #AafN0ZLgH3eYKMnd2G by emenel@post.lurk.org
2023-10-11T16:35:43Z
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I'm all for critical studies/academic/critical theory about emerging so-called 'ai' ... but it feels like we could easily end up where we are with so many other issues facing humanity--a deep and correct body of literature that does nothing to actually change the impact of these technologies on people and the environment. We need to study, we need to write and talk, we need to build theory and critique. But this isn't enough and isn't the same as action. I have the same sinking feeling that I have when reading Fisher or Bennett or Illich or Weizenbaum or Berlant or Klein or (...) ... They are amazing at describing the systemic problems we face in our current culture/era/place, but it didn't stop things from continuing to get worse--more abusive, more oppressive, and more embedded.
(DIR) Post #AafN0aN8T8PXVAUIwS by entreprecariat@post.lurk.org
2023-10-11T16:39:16Z
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@emenel can you make a counterexample, that is, of an author whose work contributed to stop things from continuing to get worse?
(DIR) Post #AafScM24jPKNnqSwfg by emenel@post.lurk.org
2023-10-11T17:42:07Z
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@entreprecariat of an author? no, not really. which is sort of my point. writing and thinking and talking are crucial. but not enough.
(DIR) Post #AafStfbHES2lPkBi0e by emenel@post.lurk.org
2023-10-11T17:45:16Z
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@entreprecariat of an author? no, not really. which is sort of my point. writing and thinking and talking are crucial. but not enough. the writing and critiquing can (and does) inform action, but isn't necessarily direct action in itself. which is why it is so important but not enough to stop there, or to see the proliferation of critical writing as a indication of action. we need both.