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Hi y’all! 👋🏽 This week, we dig into the sloppy AI news and why artificial intelligence will never be supportive for our movements. The latest news out of Big Tech and AI keep showing us who they are and what we do about it.

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This Week, Seedling Members get a deeper conversation about GOP messaging and why Democrats are flailing right now. I show off some of the GOP flyers from the 2024 election and what they mean for us responding to MAGA messaging today. Read on for more...

Timestamps

• 00:00 - Back to the Future on AI's Climate Impacts
• 02:40 - GOP & Big Tech's Deregulation Game
• 04:05 - OpenAI's Deals & Tech Captures Media
• 07:10 - AI's Economic Bubble
• 09:10 - OpenAI Extorts Samsung Electronics
• 11:50 - Tech Making Enemies of Us
• 12:50 - AI Friends Won't Solve the Loneliness Epidemic
• 16:00 - What is AI, Really? Zine
• 19:00 - What. are AI Hallucinations?
• 19:45 - AI's Ties to Authoritarianism
• 22:00 - Should We Use AI in Movements?
• 25:00 - GOP Messaging & Story of the 2024 Election

Tech News

• 10 Gigawatts & $100 billion deal between Nvidia and Open AI
• Duestche Bank Confirms AI Bubble
• OpenAI Extorts Samsung Electronics
• 37% trust Big Business
• Meta Uses School Girls to Attract Men to Reels

References / Resources

• What is AI, Really?! Zine
• The Power of Labor: Building Solidarity
• 🌍 Supreme Court Gone Wild! The Steady Coup
• Reaglandland (2020)
• Algorithmic Justice Leage - TSA Fly Report

AI Deep Dive

• 1. 🌱 The Coded Gaze | AI's Social Impacts
• 2. 🌱 The Bros Club™ | Maintaining Tech Power At All Costs
• 3. 🌱 AI's Power Shades Lead to Wealth Hoarding
• 4. 🌱 Hope for AI | Climate & Regulation

Persuasion & Changing Minds

• 🌱 Building a Big Tent with Motivational Interviewing
• 🎙 Creating Change One Voter Conversation At a Time
• 🌱 Can We Actually Persuade?| Deep Canvassing for Change
• 🌱 Friends Help Friends Vote | Relational Organizing

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