Emerging technologies can obscure important social responsibilities.

Evidence

But there are things that we can do, both individually and collectively, to resist AI hype—in this hype cycle and the next, no matter what the technology happens to be, nor how it’s marketed. We can burst the bubble, through pointed questions and pointier ridicule. We can build up information literacy, both through our individual practices, and through supporting and learning from other informational institutions—namely libraries. We can collectively shape innovation towards benefiting people at large rather than enriching the few, through enforcing existing regulation and crafting new. … And we can and must resist narratives of inevitability through collective labor action and strategic refusal. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 431

Categorization

• XREF: This connects to the need for critical engagement with technology and its implications. — connects to: AI lacks the ability to address deep-rooted social issues effectively. — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 269; AI infrastructure has significant environmental consequences. — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 436; The future ideology deflects attention from present conflicts over wealth and technology. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 691 (+10 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 431

Broader Connections

• Technology increases rather than eliminates the need for trust #expands (0.85) — Niklas Luhmann, Trust and Power, 130
• AI lacks the ability to address deep-rooted social issues effectively. #expands (0.75) — Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, The AI Con- How to Fight Big Tech’s…, 269
• Communication technology serves group monopolies of knowledge, not community #expands (0.75) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 599
• Legal-technized power shifts doubt from will to information #expands (0.75)
• AI infrastructure has significant environmental consequences. #exemplifies (0.65) — Joanna Stern, I Am Not a Robot- My Year Using AI to…, 436
• Rule-based machine ethics produce unintended emergent consequences #expands (0.55) — , The Braided Reading EPUB, 1591
• Technology-based surveillance sorts people socially rather than reducing bias. #exemplifies (0.50) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 221