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Huge AI infrastructure deals assume that algorithms will keep improving with scale. They may not.
The AI Industry's Scaling Obsession Is Headed for a Cliff
Huge AI infrastructure deals assume that algorithms will keep improving with scale. They may not.
wrd.cm
October 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Huge AI infrastructure deals assume that algorithms will keep improving with scale. They may not.
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“Perhaps his most fundamental heresy was the belief that the computer revolution, which Weizenbaum not only lived through but centrally participated in, was actually a counter-revolution. It strengthened repressive power structures instead of upending them.”
Worth a reread:
"As Weizenbaum wrestled with this complicity, he found that his colleagues, for the most part, didn’t care about the purposes to which their research might be put. If we don’t do it, they told him, somebody else will. Or: scientists don’t make policy, leave that to the politicians."
"As Weizenbaum wrestled with this complicity, he found that his colleagues, for the most part, didn’t care about the purposes to which their research might be put. If we don’t do it, they told him, somebody else will. Or: scientists don’t make policy, leave that to the politicians."
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Perhaps his most fundamental heresy was the belief that the computer revolution, which Weizenbaum not only lived through but centrally participated in, was actually a counter-revolution. It strengthened repressive power structures instead of upending them.”
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My book ms "The Inattention Economy: Seeing the Digital Labor of Women of Color” is in production at the University of Minnesota Press. So grateful to Anne Carter and Leah Pennywark at UMP. It's a book about how the work of digital infrastructure became women of colors' work and thus invisible
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
My book ms "The Inattention Economy: Seeing the Digital Labor of Women of Color” is in production at the University of Minnesota Press. So grateful to Anne Carter and Leah Pennywark at UMP. It's a book about how the work of digital infrastructure became women of colors' work and thus invisible
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Suggestion: stop talking about AI as “hype,” start talking about AI as a (very real) political and ideological instrument.
May 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Suggestion: stop talking about AI as “hype,” start talking about AI as a (very real) political and ideological instrument.
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I don’t think anyone in tech believed that “prompt engineer” was going to be a real job. Better prompts improve results at the margins, sure, but not so much that years out we need classes of people performing that function and not at scale that replaces anything.
www.wsj.com/articles/the...
www.wsj.com/articles/the...
The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete
Prompt engineering, a role aimed at crafting the perfect input to send to a large language model, was poised to become one of the hottest jobs in artificial intelligence. What happened?
www.wsj.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I don’t think anyone in tech believed that “prompt engineer” was going to be a real job. Better prompts improve results at the margins, sure, but not so much that years out we need classes of people performing that function and not at scale that replaces anything.
www.wsj.com/articles/the...
www.wsj.com/articles/the...
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"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
Returning to #DH spaces - meets - physically this April has reminded me of why I do what I do…. In multiple modes of text-il-ing …and multiple dataspaces and multiple visualizing spaces .
April 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Returning to #DH spaces - meets - physically this April has reminded me of why I do what I do…. In multiple modes of text-il-ing …and multiple dataspaces and multiple visualizing spaces .
Time to move on to other warp experimented …
April 13, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Time to move on to other warp experimented …
April 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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#DHmakes 🤩
For their fellowship, @claudiaeberger.bsky.social created a data quilt—dataviz made in fabric!—to explore the history of who the "public" Appalachian Trail was actually designed for; how its history of use intersects w/gender, race, & Indigenous land rights. A blogged peek into their design process:
April 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#DHmakes 🤩
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Between the printing presses, the sheep herding, the spinning, the knitting/crochet/weaving, #DHmakes is ready to survive, rebuild, and spread the word!
Me, waiting for the collapse of society & staring at my printing press like I imagine doomsday preppers stare at their stockpiles of canned beans:
"They said I was a fool, but soon they’ll see. They’ll ALL see!!!"
"They said I was a fool, but soon they’ll see. They’ll ALL see!!!"
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Between the printing presses, the sheep herding, the spinning, the knitting/crochet/weaving, #DHmakes is ready to survive, rebuild, and spread the word!
Shout out to @roopikarisam.bsky.social at the #msuglobaldh
April 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Shout out to @roopikarisam.bsky.social at the #msuglobaldh
In person sessions begin #msuglobaldh2025
April 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In person sessions begin #msuglobaldh2025
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SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
DOGE Is Planning a Hackathon at the IRS. It Wants Easier Access to Taxpayer Data
DOGE operatives have repeatedly referred to the software company Palantir as a possible partner in creating a “mega API” at the IRS, sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
SCOOP: DOGE is hosting a “hackathon” in DC next week with the goal of building one “mega API” for accessing all IRS data.
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Palantir has been brought up as a potential partner.
www.wired.com/story/doge-h...
Prepping for a keynote last minute as always….
April 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Prepping for a keynote last minute as always….
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A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
April 1, 2025 at 11:20 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker breaks the record for longest Senate speech, previously held by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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¡Oradora Principal highlight!
Estamos encantados de anunciar que la Dra. Radhika Gajjala @cyberdivalive.bsky.social regresa como oradora principal en el Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2025! 🎉 Presentará en persona el 8 de abril—¡no te lo pierdas! #MSUGlobalDH
Estamos encantados de anunciar que la Dra. Radhika Gajjala @cyberdivalive.bsky.social regresa como oradora principal en el Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2025! 🎉 Presentará en persona el 8 de abril—¡no te lo pierdas! #MSUGlobalDH
March 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
¡Oradora Principal highlight!
Estamos encantados de anunciar que la Dra. Radhika Gajjala @cyberdivalive.bsky.social regresa como oradora principal en el Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2025! 🎉 Presentará en persona el 8 de abril—¡no te lo pierdas! #MSUGlobalDH
Estamos encantados de anunciar que la Dra. Radhika Gajjala @cyberdivalive.bsky.social regresa como oradora principal en el Global Digital Humanities Symposium 2025! 🎉 Presentará en persona el 8 de abril—¡no te lo pierdas! #MSUGlobalDH
Nothing to see - just me prepping for tomorrow zoom with Leeds …
March 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Nothing to see - just me prepping for tomorrow zoom with Leeds …
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Thrilled to have organised this panel on Sexuality,Mobility,Belonging & to be in conversation with such brilliant, critical colleagues! The audience engagement was fantastic, with thoughtful questions on political blackness, queer joy, & activism in these challenging times @cyberdivalive.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thrilled to have organised this panel on Sexuality,Mobility,Belonging & to be in conversation with such brilliant, critical colleagues! The audience engagement was fantastic, with thoughtful questions on political blackness, queer joy, & activism in these challenging times @cyberdivalive.bsky.social
Was honored to be respondent to a fabulous panel at #aas convention in Columbus - panel put together by @rkdasgupta.bsky.social (with whom I’ve been in conversation for years but only just finally met in person).
March 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Was honored to be respondent to a fabulous panel at #aas convention in Columbus - panel put together by @rkdasgupta.bsky.social (with whom I’ve been in conversation for years but only just finally met in person).
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Heidelberg calls! Scholars of Queer South Asian Diaspora, please apply to this wonderful ECSAS panel featuring @churnjeet.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social Kiran Sunar and me!
Deadline 30 January! please spread the word
ecsas2025.com/panel/97-new...
Deadline 30 January! please spread the word
ecsas2025.com/panel/97-new...
97 – New Routes through Queer South Asian Diaspora Studies – ECSAS 2025
ecsas2025.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Heidelberg calls! Scholars of Queer South Asian Diaspora, please apply to this wonderful ECSAS panel featuring @churnjeet.bsky.social @rkdasgupta.bsky.social Kiran Sunar and me!
Deadline 30 January! please spread the word
ecsas2025.com/panel/97-new...
Deadline 30 January! please spread the word
ecsas2025.com/panel/97-new...