Our Conservative AI Overlords Want Everything to Stay the Same - BLARB

I've been a technology activist for decades now, and I've read innumerable profound and enduring critiques of technology. In recent years, though, artificial intelligence has come under more fire than most developing trends. The pronouncements, hype, and foolishness surrounding it have risen to heights that stand out even by the outlandish standards of tech absurdity. Like me, you've probably encountered some of the better, smarter critiques along with all the silliness and insanity. Some of the greats are Cathy O'Neil's outstanding 2016 book Weapons of Math Destruction, and the excellent research reports from the nonprofit AI Now institute, and also Patrick Ball's spectacular papers published through the essential and dreadfully under-resourced Human Rights Data Analysis Group.