At the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance [15] in Geneva, Nobel Peace Prize laureate [16] Maria Ressa warned [17] that artificial intelligence poses the threat of an "information Armageddon." Scholars of critical theory preceive that online culture reproduces [18] a "cycle of epistemic injustice" by fostering "organized stupidity" that fuels extremism and authoritarism. And the same technology now implements the grim material application of this degraded intellectual climate, with a UN Human Rights Council study especially accusing Palantir [19] of being part of an "economy of genocide [20]" through its enabling [21] of AI-enhanced targeting [22] in Gaza. And the pollution generated by the data centers that power AI is now "almost incomprehensible [23]." Despite all this, UNESCO in Geneva called for [24] a "safe and inclusive AI that benefits all," and an openly boosteristic "AI for Good [25]" confab was held alongside the Global Dialogue. The "anti-tech rebellion [26]" against screens in school classrooms is a significant sign of hope bu the end of reading [27] and death of literacy [28] are alrady upon us. Moves toward greater regulation [29] of AI are most significant as a catalyst for the conversation that needs to be had: how to launch an effective movement for abolition [30]. In Episode 336 of the CounterVortex [31] podcast, Bill Weinberg continues to make the case.
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