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Two hands exploring a pile of paperwork on a desk. The image has been highly stylized to appear toxic.

Toxic Tech #5: Generative AI: Sustainability, Equity, and Living Our Values (or not)

ByBrenna Reading Time: 7 minutes

What Is Generative AI, Anyway? In my last post, I went on at some length about what Generative AI is and its limitations. Rather than rehash it all here, I’ll refer you back to that section, but here’s what I think is the most salient point: It’s a prediction machine. And its predictions are often…

Amazing Stories Cover, 1927. Here a writer looks on at an animated robot of a woman. He wears headphones and it is not clear who is controlling who.

Losing the Plot: From the Dream of AI to Performative Equity

ByBrenna Reading Time: 8 minutes

A question I have been thinking a lot about this week is whether there is any equitable use of artificial intelligence, given all we talked about in last week’s post about algorithmic bias. Is there any way to imagine ourselves into a future where artificial intelligences really can do the work of decision making more…