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The Smart Enough City is finally here! I’m thrilled to share this book on the dangers of “smart cities” -- and how cities can pursue an alternative path to be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity.
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Haven't seen the math on this but it's a wild figure: "One estimate suggests that if the iPhone were made in the United States, it would cost at least $30,000 per phone." https://www.thetricontinental.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/190928_Notebook-2_EN_Final_Web.pdf …
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Well Zuckerberg always keeps his promises so we shouldn't have any problems then.https://twitter.com/politico/status/1180150671850528768 …
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Ben Green Retweeted
Greater NYC area! A call to action by Trenae and Fabian to contest facial recognition in tenant housing: Monday 10/7 @ 10AM at City Hall. Pack the chambers!
#AINow2019 https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?ID=721969&GUID=055CC660-718B-46EC-875B-5DD8AF7548F3&Options=info&Search= …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
“Our fight is with the bosses, not the fellow workers. Unless we band together, we’re not going to win. - Bhairavi Desai of
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The pushback we’ve seen this yr against the vast infrastructure of AI (from algorithms to corporations) has been astounding. I mapped these events around key themes we identified through this process, and used trend data to visualize where these conversations might be happening.pic.twitter.com/vk6gR7s7jy
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Today is the day! Doing final prep for the
#AINow2019 Symposium. See you all later tonight in person at Skirball or over the livestream. Check out our website for more details: https://symposium.ainowinstitute.org pic.twitter.com/wB7eOtkZYsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
It's hard to imagine that this isn't influenced by all the player movement in the NBA. This is an interesting example of how one group of workers asserting their power can inspire other (more vulnerable) workers to recognize and assert their own power.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/can-josh-christopher-fix-what-ails-college-sports/599224/ …
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We're looking for social scientists! Are you currently in academia? Do you know how to design and analyze experiments? Want to make a positive difference in DC residents' lives? Submit an interest form and your CV by October 15! https://thelab.dc.gov/jobs.html?mc_cid=c9864fdd78&mc_eid=5e909ef565 …
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Exhibit A: if Warren tries to break up Facebook in the public interest, we're going to fight it Exhibit B: people need to know that Facebook has the public's best interests at heart Zuckerberg can't even keep his story straight in the same conversation. https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/1/20892354/mark-zuckerberg-full-transcript-leaked-facebook-meetings …pic.twitter.com/AnQ8uHxDRX
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Why does the
@TheOfficialACM of all places require that passwords be alphanumeric? The registration system won't allow the passwords that Safari auto-generates.pic.twitter.com/jhnhvn9plJThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
There's something refreshing about a tech CEO abandoning the rhetoric about serving society and admitting outright that his primary goal is power and profit.
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Critical tech scholars ... worked on exposing Facebook's true motives for years ... and ... he just ... he tweeted it out.https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1179006872243752960 …
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Ben Green Retweeted
Google tried to suppress organizing and restrict worker speech - very illegal. NLRB called them on it, made the company cancel its bad policies and inform all workers that: talking about workplace conditions to colleagues, to media, to whoever is OKhttps://www.wsj.com/articles/government-orders-google-let-employees-speak-out-11568284582?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/YxhU3S5dSM …
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The Smart Enough City by
@benzevgreen "The tendency to overlook deeper questions of values and trade-offs—in favor of a reductive, solutionist approach—is one of the blind spots of many technologists." Check out the open access version of the book:https://smartenoughcity.mitpress.mit.edu/Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Wow - just found out that my and Yiling’s paper received an
@ACM_CSCW Best Paper Award!! Can’t wait to share this work at the conference. Check out the paper and summary threadhttps://twitter.com/benzevgreen/status/1176523491257942016 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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registration is open for this free, public panel on algorithms in criminal law enforcement this Friday! feat.
@hannahsassaman of@mediamobilizing, Nyssa Taylor of@aclupa, Mark Bergstrom of the PA sentencing comm'n,@hllndr of@philadao, & Mark Houldin (fmrly@PhillyDefenders)https://twitter.com/DrexelKline/status/1174329113571729409 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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This isn’t a job per se but the MA legislature is hearing a bill that would create a commission to study AI fairness issues. Hearing is Tuesday. Wanna come testify? Let me know (Ben and anyone else reading this): kcrockford@aclum.org
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I often talk to students looking for opportunities related to computer science, public policy, and the public interest, so figured I should start compiling resources on a website. Please share this page and let me know if you have suggested additions!https://www.benzevgreen.com/jobs/
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@benzevgreen: “The resistance to the Sidewalk Labs project is indicative of a larger trend of people being more skeptical of privatization, & ...handing over significant amounts of money or resources to private companies to ctrl governance of public life."#BlockSidewalk#TOPOlihttps://twitter.com/benzevgreen/status/1176859525699330048 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
“Part of the reason why the smart city projects are so dangerous and inequitable is because they are highly profitable.”https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/whats-behind-backlash-smart-cities/ …
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