#leechware

[kammartinez]

…the haptic experience of making and acquiring objects, fundamental to being human for thousands of years, was being wiped out by monolithic companies like Amazon.

-- from Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age, by Vauhini Vara

[kamreadsandrecs]

Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books

[kamreadsandrecs]

Here’s the Memo Approving Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot for Use in the Senate

Copilot “can help with routine Senate work, including drafting and editing documents, summarizing information, preparing talking points and

[kamreadsandrecs]

Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit

A conversation with Graham Granger, whose combination of protest and performance art spread beyond campus. “AI chews up and spits out art ma

[kamreadsandrecs]

Around 10k authors protest AI commercial research exception with publication of empty book

Around 10,000 authors have come together to publish Don’t Steal This Book, an empty book protesting the government’s proposed "commercial re

[kammartinez]

Nevada brothel workers are unionizing to protect their digital rights 

Management's new contract demands “everything”—and could hand their likenesses over to AI porn and sex bots.

[kamreadsandrecs]

A Lo-Fi Rebellion Against A.I.

As slick, machine-generated visuals become ubiquitous, artists and designers are embracing a style of handmade imperfection.

Access here.

[kamreadsandrecs]

Harlequin France is firing its human translators and replacing them with—welp, you guessed it.

Harlequin France, which is owned by HarperCollins, has just confirmed that they’re shifting away from human translators with an eye to robot