AI killjoy, prednisone hater, writing about voice analysis AI and the labor of technosolutionist listening in American mental healthcare
beth semel
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I am not being hyperbolic when I say (tech) capitalism is alienating (making strangers) of us at a staggering scale. Alienating us from ourselves, each other, touch, feeling, thoughts…from the intimacy and care of touch, bedtime stories, prayers, poems, drawings, community, love
“The feature uses a combination of bedtime stories, relaxing sounds, and guided meditations along with scheduling and customization options accessible only to adults.”
Dr. Thrasher is in residence at BAM, come say hi
Amazon wants to make bedtime less of a struggle.www.theverge.com
Bombshell reporting by Josh Eidelson, showing that Amazon is very much THE direct employer of Amazon delivery drivers, and that it uses its Delivery Service Partners as a liability shield to prevent unionizing, even though Amazon directs so much of drivers' daily activity.
someone do a Ratatouille one next
I'm looking for a new PhD student to come join me at UAlberta & Amii to study trans perspectives on AI policy & the future of AI as part of my new lab. The position is fully funded and offers access to a range of supports - more details in the poster below!
This validates nearly everything that Adrienne Williams wrote about in our report, "Driven Down: How Workplace Technology Enables Amazon to Steal Wages, Hide Labor, Intensify Poor Working Conditions, and Evade Responsibility."
dair-institute.org/projects/dri...
the letter describing princeton reversal of its 2021 divestment pledge is a long way of saying, 'we refuse to do anything that might, in any way, negatively affect our investment returns' & shows what happens when hedge funds & stock portfolios run universities rather than the other way around
Apparently you now cannot even mention Palestine.
beth semel
Alex Hanna
"The very leaders who are complicit in this decision are the same ones who consistently remind us about the University’s values and the perpetual importance of adhering to them"
@princeton.edu shame on you!
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Join the Keller Center at @princeton.edu & keep #tech #design centered in societal responsibility!
#academicsky
blair
Alex Hanna
Nathan K. Hensley
As the world burns, Princeton will continue to be confronted with the eternal question: Which side are you on? With this decision, the University demonstrates that it remains squarely on the side of t...
New Businessweek feature: A landmark case was unearthing new revelations about Amazon's intimate, intensive regulation of drivers it claims aren't its employees. Then Trump put Amazon's former lawyer in charge www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Based on 1000s of pages of records and 50+ interviews
www.bloomberg.com
The feds were pushing a landmark case about Amazon’s control of its contract drivers. Then the president put Amazon’s former lawyer in charge.
