bias in algorithms / ai

• The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent
• Artificially intelligent robot perpetuates racist and sexist prejudice
• The Reason This "Racist Soap Dispenser" Doesn't Work on Black Skin
• Twitter says its image-cropping algorithm was biased, so it's ditching it
• Predictive policing algorithms are racist. They need to be dismantled.
• Are we automating racism?
• The unseen Black faces of AI algorithms
• The AI startup erasing call center worker accents: is it fighting bias – or perpetuating it?
• Facebook to axe ‘discriminatory’ algorithm in US government settlement
• Crime Prediction Keeps Society Stuck in the Past
• On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?

sexism in computer science / online

• These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI
• Women built the tech industry. Then they were pushed out.
• The only guide to Gamergate you will ever need to read
• Surveillance company harassed female employees using its own facial recognition technology
• Silencing the haters
• Dozens of Women in Gaming Speak Out About Sexism and Harassment

computer's role in enforcing the status quo

• Nebraska cops used Facebook messages to investigate an alleged illegal abortion
• Weizenbaum examines computers and society
• High-tech redlining: AI is quietly upgrading institutional racism
• How We Misremember the Internet’s Origins
• The Internet Isn’t Meant To Be So Small
• Coding Is for Everyone—as Long as You Speak English
• Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo
• The Secrets of an Abandoned Microwave Tower in Kansas
• Effortless Slippage

embodied energy, environmental impact of computer hardware

• The Energy In Things

• The monster footprint of digital technology

• Examining the Carbon Footprint of Devices

• iPhone 12 Product Environmental Report

• A Rare and Toxic Age

• Light Industry: Toxic Waste and Pastoral Capitalism

• The Global Cost of Electronic Waste

• E-waste: An Emerging Health Risk

exploitive practices

• This Motorcycle Airbag Vest Will Stop Working If You Miss a Payment
• thread by AI Researcher Timnit Gebru on data used to train generative AIs
• AI Creating 'Art' Is An Ethical And Copyright Nightmare

carbon footprint of the cloud

• The Enviromental Toll of a Netflix Binge
• How Sustainable is a Solar Powered Website?
• Your website is killing the planet
• The environmental impact of data storage is more than you think — and it’s only getting worse

surveillance capitalism

• A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
• Companies Can Track Your Phone's Movements to Target Ads
• A Catholic newsletter promised investigative journalism. Then it outed a priest using Grindr data.
• Billions of license plate scans are part of a private surveillance database
• Doorbell-camera firm Ring has partnered with 400 police forces, extending surveillance concerns
• Facebook Gave Nebraska Cops A Teen’s DMs. They Used Them To Prosecute Her For Having An Abortion.
• Kids Are Back in Classrooms and Laptops Are Still Spying on Them
• Documents Show DHS Tracks Smartphones Across the Country
• Today I learned Amazon has a form so police can get my data without permission or a warrant

enviromental or social costs of cryptocurrency / nfts

• The Real-World Costs of the Digital Race for Bitcoin
• The co-creator of dogecoin explains why he doesn’t plan to return to crypto: It’s ‘controlled by a powerful cartel of wealthy figures’
• There's No Good Reason to Trust Blockchain Technology
• Bitcoin Is Ridiculous. Blockchain Is Dangerous
• Bitcoin: The Cryptopolitics of Cryptocurrencies
• HERE IS THE ARTICLE YOU CAN SEND TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SAY "BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH CRYPTOART WILL BE SOLVED SOON, RIGHT?"

labor practices in technology

• AI Art Sucks Ass And You Should Say It’s Bad
• Glaze, a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry.
• ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
• “If It Sounds Like Sci-Fi, It Probably Is”
• Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letter
• AI Is a Lot of Work
• “Knowledge workers” could be the most impacted by future automation
• Rihanna singing or an A.I.-generated fake? The music industry is threatened by the latest buzzy technology

generative / general ai

• AI Art Sucks Ass And You Should Say It’s Bad

• Glaze, a system designed to protect human artists by disrupting style mimicry.

• ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

• “If It Sounds Like Sci-Fi, It Probably Is”

• Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letter

• AI Is a Lot of Work

• “Knowledge workers” could be the most impacted by future automation

• Rihanna singing or an A.I.-generated fake? The music industry is threatened by the latest buzzy technology

more directions

• 'Frightening' online transphobia has real-life consequences, advocates say
• Facebook, Fearing Public Outcry, Shelved Earlier Report on Popular Posts
• Who Gets to Live in Silicon Valley?
• EXAM ANXIETY: HOW REMOTE TEST-PROCTORING IS CREEPING STUDENTS OUT
• Is Online Test-Monitoring Here to Stay?
• The Year That Changed the Internet
• The Grim Conclusions of the Largest-Ever Study of Fake News
• The Era of Fake Video Begins
• The anatomy of a ransomware attack
• THE PANDEMIC REVEALED THE HEALTH RISKS OF HOSPITAL RANSOMWARE ATTACKS