New Paper Alert (plus a fun talk involving youth + AI) (opens in new tab)

The Project of AI is a world-building endeavor, wherein those who fund and develop AI systems both operate through and seek to sustain networks of power and wealth. Janet Vertesi, Alex Taylor, Ben Shestakofsky, and I teamed up to try to disentangle the technical systems we call “AI” from the political-economic project that is sustaining this effort. Today, at FAccT, Janet presented our new paper: “Reckoning with the Political Economy of AI: Avoiding Decoys in Pursuit of Accountability.” (also...