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  1. Our information landscape and opaque black box systems

    The AI Con, debunking myths of the AI revolution, a review

    “A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”
    "But that is precisely why some in power want to hand decision‑making capacity to computers: it promises a sunlit utopia of profit without blame. Once AI is mainlined into our veins, we may be too doped up to care."
    The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want by Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna by Bodley Head
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    theguardian.com/books/2025/may
    #AI #LLMs #KMS #DigitalHumanities #OpaqueBlackBox #SyntheticTextExtruding #machines #PoliticalSubjects #accountability #transparancy #language #extractivism #DataEconomy #technopolitics

  2. This diagram, taken directly from the U.S. v. Google judgment, illustrates a fundamental dynamic of digital market power:

    Data Aggregation → Market Dominance

    This self-reinforcing loop is the core issue with Big Tech platforms: scale isn’t just an advantage — it becomes a moat. And without regulatory intervention, it shuts the door on competition.

    #Google #Antitrust #PlatformPower #DataAggregation #BigTech #DigitalMonopoly #DataEconomy #NetworkEffects #Regulation