Pluralistic: Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms (27 Feb 2024)

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Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation.
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Pluralistic: Autoenshittification (24 July 2023)

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Autoenshittification: How the computer killed capitalism.
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Pluralistic: 23 Apr 2021

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Laundering torturers' reputations with copyfraud: Eliminalia, where "we erase your past and help you build your future."
Foxconn's Wisconsin death-rattle: Imagine losing your family home for a GOP media op.
John Deere's dismal infosec: Paternalistic security works well, fails badly.
This day in history: 2020
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