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AI provides a refection of humanity back at us, through a screen, darkly.  But that glass can provide different visions, depending on the viewpoint of the observer.  Are the generative tools that we call AI a tool for advancement and emancipation, or will they be used to further a dystopic control society?   Several current news stories give us the opportunity to see the potential path before us leading down both these routes.  Join us for a personal reflection on AI's role as an assistive technology on this episode of the Implausipod.

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Deleuze, G. (1992). Postscript on the Societies of Control. October, 59, 3–7.

Eubanks, V. (2018). Automating Inequality. Macmillan.

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Quan-Haase, A. (2015). Technology and Society: Social Networks, Power, and Inequality. Oxford University Press.

Russell, S. (2019). Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking.

Links:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/microsoft-ai-suggests-food-bank-as-a-cannot-miss-tourist-spot-in-canada/

https://tomglobal.org/about

https://www.makersmakingchange.com/s/

 https://sfba.social/@brennansv/110911923848423204

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/ai-stroke-speech-neuroscience.html

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06443-4

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/ai-powered-brain-implants-help-paralyzed-patients-communicate-faster-than-ever/

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2023/temporarily-abled/

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-removes-embarrassing-offensive-ai-assisted-travel-articles-2023-8

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