The Maybe
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The Maybe is a media studio, collective, and consultancy challenging the power and politics of tech.
Home to the Computer Says Maybe podcast.
Home to the Computer Says Maybe podcast.
Can't wait to see you tomorrow!
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Can't wait to see you tomorrow!
Join us in person in Barcelona 5:15-6:15pm CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/223
Mozilla Festival Schedule
For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. From November 7th to 9th, we’re bringing that energy back to Barcelona, and ...
schedule.mozillafestival.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Join us in person in Barcelona 5:15-6:15pm CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/223
Our founder Alix Dunn will sit down with @paulbiggar.com, lead at @techforpalestine.org; Mozilla Fellows @sarrahannachi.bsky.social tech activist, researcher, and @nadakabbary.bsky.social, tech justice researcher, organizer; and Tawana Petty, data justice organizer and ED of Petty Propolis, Inc.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our founder Alix Dunn will sit down with @paulbiggar.com, lead at @techforpalestine.org; Mozilla Fellows @sarrahannachi.bsky.social tech activist, researcher, and @nadakabbary.bsky.social, tech justice researcher, organizer; and Tawana Petty, data justice organizer and ED of Petty Propolis, Inc.
Tomorrow, we’re confronting the role of AI in modern warfare and its devastating human, political, and ecological consequences.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Tomorrow, we’re confronting the role of AI in modern warfare and its devastating human, political, and ecological consequences.
Third, AI in war.
From drone strikes and autonomous weapons systems to predictive policing and biometric surveillance, governments are using AI to strip war of its human dimensions, enabling mass violence and state oppression from afar.
From drone strikes and autonomous weapons systems to predictive policing and biometric surveillance, governments are using AI to strip war of its human dimensions, enabling mass violence and state oppression from afar.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Third, AI in war.
From drone strikes and autonomous weapons systems to predictive policing and biometric surveillance, governments are using AI to strip war of its human dimensions, enabling mass violence and state oppression from afar.
From drone strikes and autonomous weapons systems to predictive policing and biometric surveillance, governments are using AI to strip war of its human dimensions, enabling mass violence and state oppression from afar.
Join us in person in Barcelona 2:45-3:45pm CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/235
Mozilla Festival Schedule
For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. From November 7th to 9th, we’re bringing that energy back to Barcelona, and ...
schedule.mozillafestival.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Join us in person in Barcelona 2:45-3:45pm CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/235
Tomorrow, we’re unlearning the inevitability of “scale” as the measure of success in tech. @alixdunn.com will chat with Jess Rimington, co-author of “Beloved Economies” and founder of Possible Futures; and @catherinebracy.com, author of “World Eaters” and CEO of @techequity.bsky.social.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Tomorrow, we’re unlearning the inevitability of “scale” as the measure of success in tech. @alixdunn.com will chat with Jess Rimington, co-author of “Beloved Economies” and founder of Possible Futures; and @catherinebracy.com, author of “World Eaters” and CEO of @techequity.bsky.social.
Second, scale.
Today, big tech companies are everywhere; making decisions for people, businesses, and, increasingly, public services. Their original promise—to foster value creation and societal advancement—has been overshadowed by a relentless focus on extracting value at mass scale.
Today, big tech companies are everywhere; making decisions for people, businesses, and, increasingly, public services. Their original promise—to foster value creation and societal advancement—has been overshadowed by a relentless focus on extracting value at mass scale.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Second, scale.
Today, big tech companies are everywhere; making decisions for people, businesses, and, increasingly, public services. Their original promise—to foster value creation and societal advancement—has been overshadowed by a relentless focus on extracting value at mass scale.
Today, big tech companies are everywhere; making decisions for people, businesses, and, increasingly, public services. Their original promise—to foster value creation and societal advancement—has been overshadowed by a relentless focus on extracting value at mass scale.
Join us in person in Barcelona 10:15-11:15am CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/237
Mozilla Festival Schedule
For 15 years, Mozilla Festival has been the home for big ideas, bold conversations, and the movement for a better internet. From November 7th to 9th, we’re bringing that energy back to Barcelona, and ...
schedule.mozillafestival.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Join us in person in Barcelona 10:15-11:15am CET, or tune into the livestream - link will be here when live: schedule.mozillafestival.org/session/237
Our founder @alixdunn.com is co-hosting this session on data centers with @justinhendrix.bsky.social CEO + Editor of @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Together we’ll hear from Paz Peña, Mozilla Fellow; @pjarandia.bsky.social, Pulitzer Fellow; and @tpang.bsky.social, Impact Editor at Lighthouse Reports.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Our founder @alixdunn.com is co-hosting this session on data centers with @justinhendrix.bsky.social CEO + Editor of @techpolicypress.bsky.social. Together we’ll hear from Paz Peña, Mozilla Fellow; @pjarandia.bsky.social, Pulitzer Fellow; and @tpang.bsky.social, Impact Editor at Lighthouse Reports.
This Friday at the @mozilla.org Festival, we’re bringing together journalists, researchers, and advocates who are uncovering the hidden realities of data center expansion and moving to collective action.
November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This Friday at the @mozilla.org Festival, we’re bringing together journalists, researchers, and advocates who are uncovering the hidden realities of data center expansion and moving to collective action.
First, data centers.
As the AI boom accelerates, data centers, aka the “factories of the cloud”, eat up energy, water, and land. People most affected by these projects often have the least visibility into their true costs — and the fewest opportunities to shape their outcomes.
As the AI boom accelerates, data centers, aka the “factories of the cloud”, eat up energy, water, and land. People most affected by these projects often have the least visibility into their true costs — and the fewest opportunities to shape their outcomes.
Where Cloud Meets Cement
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November 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
First, data centers.
As the AI boom accelerates, data centers, aka the “factories of the cloud”, eat up energy, water, and land. People most affected by these projects often have the least visibility into their true costs — and the fewest opportunities to shape their outcomes.
As the AI boom accelerates, data centers, aka the “factories of the cloud”, eat up energy, water, and land. People most affected by these projects often have the least visibility into their true costs — and the fewest opportunities to shape their outcomes.
If you can’t make it in person, join us in the livestreams - links will be in the individual session pages. Hope to see you there! lnkd.in/engHkfQY
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you can’t make it in person, join us in the livestreams - links will be in the individual session pages. Hope to see you there! lnkd.in/engHkfQY
The interview is live on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nY...
And on our podcast feed here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/unle...
#Mozilla #TechPolicy #Leadership #NonProfit #PublicInterestTech #OpenSource
And on our podcast feed here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/unle...
#Mozilla #TechPolicy #Leadership #NonProfit #PublicInterestTech #OpenSource
The Maybe
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October 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
The interview is live on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0nY...
And on our podcast feed here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/unle...
#Mozilla #TechPolicy #Leadership #NonProfit #PublicInterestTech #OpenSource
And on our podcast feed here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/unle...
#Mozilla #TechPolicy #Leadership #NonProfit #PublicInterestTech #OpenSource
In an era full of hard questions around the future of tech and the role of private philanthropy in technology politics, this isn’t one to miss. Hear directly from one of the leaders driving strategy at one of the key institutions working to answer those questions.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In an era full of hard questions around the future of tech and the role of private philanthropy in technology politics, this isn’t one to miss. Hear directly from one of the leaders driving strategy at one of the key institutions working to answer those questions.
Under her leadership, the Foundation has recently undergone a round of layoffs, a brand overhaul, and introduced a number of new programs at the intersection of AI, creativity, joy, and safety.
They’re also hosting the first big in-person MozFest in years, theming it ‘Unlearning’.
They’re also hosting the first big in-person MozFest in years, theming it ‘Unlearning’.
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Under her leadership, the Foundation has recently undergone a round of layoffs, a brand overhaul, and introduced a number of new programs at the intersection of AI, creativity, joy, and safety.
They’re also hosting the first big in-person MozFest in years, theming it ‘Unlearning’.
They’re also hosting the first big in-person MozFest in years, theming it ‘Unlearning’.
We just posted an in-studio interview with @nabiha.bsky.social, where she reflects on her 1st year as Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation and shares her vision for Mozilla as a powerful force, not only in consumer tech, but also in how communities engage in the making and breaking of tech.
October 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We just posted an in-studio interview with @nabiha.bsky.social, where she reflects on her 1st year as Executive Director of Mozilla Foundation and shares her vision for Mozilla as a powerful force, not only in consumer tech, but also in how communities engage in the making and breaking of tech.
What they found not only challenges the role of AI products in replacing human-to-human interactions, but also makes us wonder if we’re even asking the right questions to begin with.
Listen to the episode and read more here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/you-...
Listen to the episode and read more here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/you-...
The Maybe
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October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
What they found not only challenges the role of AI products in replacing human-to-human interactions, but also makes us wonder if we’re even asking the right questions to begin with.
Listen to the episode and read more here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/you-...
Listen to the episode and read more here: www.themaybe.org/podcast/you-...
An expert in AI and mental health, Stevie worked in an interdisciplinary ‘dream team’ of computer scientists, psychiatrists, and AI safety specialists to study chatbot behaviors in therapeutic settings.
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
An expert in AI and mental health, Stevie worked in an interdisciplinary ‘dream team’ of computer scientists, psychiatrists, and AI safety specialists to study chatbot behaviors in therapeutic settings.
But is something that can feel helpful, actually helpful? And how should we measure that?
This week on the pod, @alixdunn.com sat down with @schancellor.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, to break down the contentious debate around AI chatbots in therapy.
This week on the pod, @alixdunn.com sat down with @schancellor.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, to break down the contentious debate around AI chatbots in therapy.
October 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
But is something that can feel helpful, actually helpful? And how should we measure that?
This week on the pod, @alixdunn.com sat down with @schancellor.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, to break down the contentious debate around AI chatbots in therapy.
This week on the pod, @alixdunn.com sat down with @schancellor.bsky.social, Assistant Professor at University of Minnesota, to break down the contentious debate around AI chatbots in therapy.
It makes sense that users might flock to an LLM service that claims to have the skills to help them. Especially one with supposed 'PhD-level intelligence', available for free right now, and telling you how great you are.
October 28, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It makes sense that users might flock to an LLM service that claims to have the skills to help them. Especially one with supposed 'PhD-level intelligence', available for free right now, and telling you how great you are.