Post AlAwSsHAaLwhuoVwPY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AlApplCwKcRcyVV9Ye by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-20T23:39:15Z
       
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       "One thing we've seen over many years now is the way universities in Australia have been essentially overrun by military industries, and by defence force funding."#JeremyRose, 2024https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2e90-walz-into-darkness#podcasts #1Of200 #Australia #universities #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
       
 (DIR) Post #AlAr8N2oUi4JURCdfc by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-20T23:53:51Z
       
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       Three thoughts come out of this for me.One is that a university's legally mandated role as "critic and conscience" of society is totally undermined by any dependence on corporations for funding. Particular those in the weapons and surveillance industries. For reasons Major General Smedley Butler laid out in 1935 in War is a Racket;https://www.heritage-history.com/site/hclass/secret_societies/ebooks/pdf/butler_racket.pdfTwo, the way we've been primed to refer to these industries as the "defence industry" is a masterclass in reputation laundering.(1/?)
       
 (DIR) Post #AlArk4fxEkyxWaUOdU by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-21T00:00:41Z
       
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       Three, I've been seeing this distortion of uniersities in Aotearoa for years, particularly at Victoria. Where friends of mine have studied international relations, and come out parroting neoconservative talking points. Things they would have scoffed at beforehand, and end up scoffing at again after a few years of distance from the IR department.We do *not* need more of this kind of thing in our universities.(2/2)
       
 (DIR) Post #AlAufCeqQqlQhAL51M by harmonygritz@mastodon.social
       2024-08-21T00:33:22Z
       
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       @strypey Not unrelated, I was appalled yesterday by US researchers (Georgia Institute of Technology) partnering with police:https://www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-innovation/artificial-intelligence/2024/08/19/universities-partner-police-ai-research
       
 (DIR) Post #AlAwSsHAaLwhuoVwPY by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-21T00:53:39Z
       
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       "I think the AI really just functions as a kind of justifying machine, rather than actually dictating what happens."#JeremyRose, 2024https://www.1of200.nz/podcast/1200-s2e90-walz-into-darknessNailed it.#MOLE #AI #MilitaryIndustrialComplex
       
 (DIR) Post #AlQLYJyiQbrVVPyWtU by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-28T11:15:24Z
       
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       @harmonygritz> I was appalled yesterday by US researchers (Georgia Institute of Technology) partnering with policeOn an "AI" cargo cult project too. This is why it's so hard to write satire now. These days, it's live farce, die young : P
       
 (DIR) Post #AlQLcuFtUcLpAwCG6C by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2024-08-28T11:15:36Z
       
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       @harmonygritz> I was appalled yesterday by US researchers (Georgia Institute of Technology) partnering with policeOn an "AI" cargo cult project too. This is why it's so hard to write satire now. These days, it's live farce, die young : P