Alix Dunn
@alixdunn.com
I bloop about the politics of technology and host the Computer Says Maybe podcast: https://www.themaybe.org/podcast
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Part two of the Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series is out now! www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026
With world leaders and tech executives descending on Delhi, AI hype is already dominating the India Summit narrative. Across 12 interviews, Alix and expert guests offer clear-eyed counter-conversation...
www.themaybe.org
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Part two of the Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series is out now! www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
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“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
As AI enters the operating room, reports arise of botched surgeries and misidentified body parts
Medical device makers have been rushing to add AI to their products. While proponents say the new technology will revolutionize medicine, regulators are receiving a rising number of claims of patient ...
www.reuters.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM
“Researchers from Johns Hopkins, Georgetown and Yale universities recently found that 60 FDA-authorized medical devices using AI were linked to 182 product recalls, according to a research letter published in the JAMA Health Forum in August.”
Ha! It's from Paul Smith. They have incredible patterned shirts - I have slowly collected them through the years as they last forever and are super whacky :)
February 7, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Ha! It's from Paul Smith. They have incredible patterned shirts - I have slowly collected them through the years as they last forever and are super whacky :)
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NEW: lawmakers in new york rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few *weeks*:
New York Is the Latest State to Consider a Data Center Pause
Red and blue states alike have introduced legislation in recent weeks that would halt data center development, citing concerns from climate to high energy prices.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:17 PM
NEW: lawmakers in new york rolled out a proposed data center moratorium bill today, making NY at least the sixth state to introduce legislation pausing data center development in the past few *weeks*:
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We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
February 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
We need a UK Digital Sovereignty Strategy!
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
Our over-reliance on foreign tech giants is a huge risk to our security and resilience when faced with Donald Trump’s ever increasing belligerence.
Companies like Palantir have no place in our critical digital infrastructure.
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According to an organizer, “all signatories are full-time employees, and nearly 30% are Google Cloud workers.”
800 Google employees demand an end to any cloud contracts with ICE and CBP
The petition also called for executives to protect vulnerable Google employees, "from cafeteria workers to data center employees."
www.businessinsider.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
According to an organizer, “all signatories are full-time employees, and nearly 30% are Google Cloud workers.”
Joan is one of the most forceful leaders of data labelers who do a lot of the behind the scenes work that make "AI" function.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
@alixdunn.com asked digital rights activist and Data Labelers Association President Joan Kinyua for her take on “human capital” as part of our Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series, in partnership with @ainowinstitute.bsky.social and Aapti Institute. Watch the full interview here:
Reframing "Human Capital" with Joan Kinyua
Exploitative AI labor marketed as opportunity for young workers in high-unemployment countries.
www.themaybe.org
February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Joan is one of the most forceful leaders of data labelers who do a lot of the behind the scenes work that make "AI" function.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
Listen to her reframe "human capital" and her analysis on the way global majority workers get treated in the global tech economy and why.
So much good stuff in here.
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There's something very important in this from @alondra.bsky.social about how a government of bosses understands its relationship to AI: as a means to avoid preexisting, even nominal, deference to popular deliberation or expert consultation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
February 6, 2026 at 1:23 AM
There's something very important in this from @alondra.bsky.social about how a government of bosses understands its relationship to AI: as a means to avoid preexisting, even nominal, deference to popular deliberation or expert consultation. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"That is a truly fascist idea, the idea of outsourcing thinking....power is in our ability to think with each other"
Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story:
www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
@themaybe.org
@alixdunn.com
Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story:
www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
@themaybe.org
@alixdunn.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
"That is a truly fascist idea, the idea of outsourcing thinking....power is in our ability to think with each other"
Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story:
www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
@themaybe.org
@alixdunn.com
Klein on the "AI for climate" crap and how to weave a better story:
www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
@naomiaklein.bsky.social
@themaybe.org
@alixdunn.com
Why is it so tempting to buy stationary and pens?
I do not need another pen. I do not need another pen.
I do not need another pen. I do not need another pen.
February 5, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Why is it so tempting to buy stationary and pens?
I do not need another pen. I do not need another pen.
I do not need another pen. I do not need another pen.
1, Big Tech and their data center buildouts
2, A fossil fuel industry 'under threat'
3, A corrupt AF Trump admin that listens to lobbyists
They are working hand-in-hand to create supply and demand for each other, whether we want it or not.
2, A fossil fuel industry 'under threat'
3, A corrupt AF Trump admin that listens to lobbyists
They are working hand-in-hand to create supply and demand for each other, whether we want it or not.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
1, Big Tech and their data center buildouts
2, A fossil fuel industry 'under threat'
3, A corrupt AF Trump admin that listens to lobbyists
They are working hand-in-hand to create supply and demand for each other, whether we want it or not.
2, A fossil fuel industry 'under threat'
3, A corrupt AF Trump admin that listens to lobbyists
They are working hand-in-hand to create supply and demand for each other, whether we want it or not.
I sat down with Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein.bsky.social) for our Reframe series. We dug into the bizarre frame of AI as a solution to the climate crisis.
Per usual, I was pretty blown away by her analysis.
The stickiest insight for me is her description of a three-legged stool.
Per usual, I was pretty blown away by her analysis.
The stickiest insight for me is her description of a three-legged stool.
@alixdunn.com asked @naomiaklein.bsky.social for her take on climate and AI as part of our Reframing Impact: AI Summit 2026 series, in partnership with @ainowinstitute.bsky.social and Aapti Institute. Watch the full interview here: www.themaybe.org/reframing-im...
Reframing "AI for Climate" with Naomi Klein
Claims of sustainability obscure the deep ties between tech, fossil fuels, and the state.
www.themaybe.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 PM
I sat down with Naomi Klein (@naomiaklein.bsky.social) for our Reframe series. We dug into the bizarre frame of AI as a solution to the climate crisis.
Per usual, I was pretty blown away by her analysis.
The stickiest insight for me is her description of a three-legged stool.
Per usual, I was pretty blown away by her analysis.
The stickiest insight for me is her description of a three-legged stool.
And the philanthropy world!
February 3, 2026 at 8:48 PM
And the philanthropy world!
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In two weeks, world leaders and tech executives will descend on Delhi for the AI Impact Summit 2026. There, power brokers will paint a pretty picture of the role AI will play in saving the world - from sharing prosperity to fixing climate change.
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
In two weeks, world leaders and tech executives will descend on Delhi for the AI Impact Summit 2026. There, power brokers will paint a pretty picture of the role AI will play in saving the world - from sharing prosperity to fixing climate change.
This was SO FUN to make!
Taking this opportunity - when words and ideas will be co-opted and flattened - to really dig into these questions with so many amazing people felt...great!
Taking this opportunity - when words and ideas will be co-opted and flattened - to really dig into these questions with so many amazing people felt...great!
In two weeks, world leaders and tech executives will descend on Delhi for the AI Impact Summit 2026. There, power brokers will paint a pretty picture of the role AI will play in saving the world - from sharing prosperity to fixing climate change.
February 3, 2026 at 6:23 PM
This was SO FUN to make!
Taking this opportunity - when words and ideas will be co-opted and flattened - to really dig into these questions with so many amazing people felt...great!
Taking this opportunity - when words and ideas will be co-opted and flattened - to really dig into these questions with so many amazing people felt...great!
Seeing the French prosecutor depart X for...Instagram.
Will someone build an ATProto PDS solely for government communication? IO managed?
Will someone build an ATProto PDS solely for government communication? IO managed?
February 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Seeing the French prosecutor depart X for...Instagram.
Will someone build an ATProto PDS solely for government communication? IO managed?
Will someone build an ATProto PDS solely for government communication? IO managed?
I think he's a tool, and yet legal personhood is a pathway for companies to shift liability to the 'agents'. Maybe this is a he'll be right for all the wrong reasons situation...
February 2, 2026 at 1:04 PM
I think he's a tool, and yet legal personhood is a pathway for companies to shift liability to the 'agents'. Maybe this is a he'll be right for all the wrong reasons situation...
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The latest Department of Homeland Security AI use case inventory, released last week, details over 200 applications across DHS component agencies, including CBP and ICE. DHS is rapidly deploying these tools in US cities, while engaging in violence and defying court orders.
DHS AI Surveillance Arsenal Grows as Agency Defies Courts
A Department of Homeland Security AI inventory contains details on new tools used by ICE and border patrol agents in Trump's deportation campaign.
www.techpolicy.press
February 2, 2026 at 12:34 PM
The latest Department of Homeland Security AI use case inventory, released last week, details over 200 applications across DHS component agencies, including CBP and ICE. DHS is rapidly deploying these tools in US cities, while engaging in violence and defying court orders.
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It is annoying that the all-bot website got so much attention on the same weekend that Quill-AI, a community in Santiago was running a chatbot where human volunteers would look up answers to your queries, aimed to highlight AI energy consumption and refocus on human contact. www.quili.ai
QUILI.AI
www.quili.ai
February 1, 2026 at 9:29 PM
It is annoying that the all-bot website got so much attention on the same weekend that Quill-AI, a community in Santiago was running a chatbot where human volunteers would look up answers to your queries, aimed to highlight AI energy consumption and refocus on human contact. www.quili.ai
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A year ago, data center developers were focused on connecting to the grid. Today roughly 1/3 of all planned capacity is onsite power - and 72% of that planned capacity is fossil gas. Homer City PA's data center project could soon be one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions in the US.
Data Centers Ditching the Power Grid, Mark Carney's Viral Speech, and Some Joy
Here are some trends I'm following
www.distilled.earth
January 31, 2026 at 4:13 PM
A year ago, data center developers were focused on connecting to the grid. Today roughly 1/3 of all planned capacity is onsite power - and 72% of that planned capacity is fossil gas. Homer City PA's data center project could soon be one of the largest single sources of carbon emissions in the US.
I'm sorry that's the second time I typoed Tony's name and I am sticking with it.
January 30, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I'm sorry that's the second time I typoed Tony's name and I am sticking with it.
New ep up and it's all about Tiny Blair and Larry Ellison.
The Bromance reshaping government tech stacks around the world.
The Bromance reshaping government tech stacks around the world.
What do TikTok, Rwanda’s healthcare system, and a new college at Oxford have in common?
The Answer: Larry Ellison.
The Answer: Larry Ellison.
January 30, 2026 at 7:26 PM
New ep up and it's all about Tiny Blair and Larry Ellison.
The Bromance reshaping government tech stacks around the world.
The Bromance reshaping government tech stacks around the world.
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4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government
January 30, 2026 at 6:45 PM
4 Black journalists have been kidnapped by the federal government