In South Memphis, Tennessee, a neighborhood called Boxtown is paying the price for the AI revolution with every breath, writes Nasser Eledroos.
America's Digital Demand Threatens Black Communities with More Pollution
The collective costs of artificial intelligence and data centers are disproportionately harming Black households.
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
Can We Detect the Effects of Racial Violence on Patenting? Reanalyzing an Article by Lisa Cook · Econ Journal Watch : Reanalysis, replication, conflict, innovation
In 2014, Lisa Cook published an article in Journal of Economic Growth titled, “Violence and Economic Activity: Evidence from African American Pa…
Meet Thaura / Your Ethical AI Companion
Big Tech fuels oppression. We fuel resistance. A free AI for a free future.
In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?
Boycotts, sabotage and other types of civil disobedience have long served collective action against injustice.
In the face of rampant AI, is ‘data poisoning’ a new form of civil disobedience?
Boycotts, sabotage and other types of civil disobedience have long served collective action against injustice.
Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, 200 artists say AI poses existential threat to their livelihoods
Artists say AI will "set in motion a race to the bottom that will degrade the value of our work."
The Effective-Altruism Comeback
Out of the spotlight, the movement has been preparing for the soon-to-be AI rich to donate billions.
Beyond the blank slate: Why Black women’s trust is critical for equitable AI | Brookings
Zarah Guillemet and Raj Korpan discuss preliminary research on Black women's trust in AI and implications for policymakers.
AI Slopageddon and the OSS Maintainers
AI slop is ripping up the social contract between maintainers and contributors essential to open source development. Practitioners have been repeatedly assured that AI would supercharge their communities, but so far that hasn’t been the case. Just look at what happened last month. Mitchell Hashimoto’s Ghostty implemented a zero-tolerance policy where submitting bad AI-generated code
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How Elon Musk's AI Empire In Memphis Became A Cautionary Tale
I'll go on a little rant about this paper in @QJEHarvard if only for its treatment of the literature. As it's clearly not the first paper to analyze Black economic progress after slavery, we'll focus on the value-added over previous research. An important reference here is Sacerdote (ReStat 2005) "Slavery and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital". by @AndreasShrugged(Andreas Backhaus) | Twitter Thread Reader
I'll go on a little rant about this paper in @QJEHarvard if only for its treatment of the literature. As it's clearly not the first paper to analyze Black economic progress after slavery, we'll focus on the value-added over previous research. An important reference here is Sacerdote (ReStat 2005) "Slavery and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital".
Air Pollution and the Public Health Costs of AI
A new study by Caltech and UC Riverside uncovers the hidden toll that AI exacts on health throughout its lifecycle, from chip manufacturing to data center operation.
It’s not lost on me the impact of my latinidad and the team behind Blacksky being responsible for creating the Atmosphere’s first medical platform. People historically abused & underrepresented in medicine are responsible for building the foundation for its community here. Don’t forget that.
