{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Computer Says Maybe","title":"After the FAccT: Materiality and Militarisation","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3860,"description":"Georgia, Soizic, and Hanna from The Maybe team just went to FAccT. Georgia and Soizic interviewed a bunch of amazing researchers, practitioners, and artists to give you a taste of what the conference was like if you didn’t get to go. Alix missed it too — you’ll learn along with her!\nIn part one we explore the depth of AI’s hidden material impacts, including its use in military applications and to aid genocide. One of our interviewees talked about why they spoke up at the town hall — questioning why FAccT, the biggest AI ethics conference there is, accepts sponsorship from those same military contractors.\nWho we interviewed for Part One:\nCharis Papaevangelou who co-organised a CRAFT session called The Hidden Costs of Digital Sovereignty. Greece is trying to position itself as a central digital hub by building data centres and participating in the ‘fourth industrial revolution’ — but what does this actually mean for the people and infrastructure of Greece?\nGeorgia Panagiotidou ran a session on The Tools and Tactics for Supporting Agency in AI Environmental Action — offering some ideas on how the community can get together and meaningfully resist extractive practices.\nDavid Widder discussed his workshop on Silicon Valley and The Pentagon, and his research on the recent history of the DoD funding academic papers — is it ever worth taking military money, even for basic research?\nTania Duarte offered something very different: a demonstration of two workshops she runs for marginalised groups, to better explain the true materiality of AI, and build knowledge that gives people more agency over the dominant narratives and framings in the industry.\nFurther reading & resources:\nRecording of Charis’s CRAFT session: The Hidden Cost of Digital Sovereignty\nCloud hiding undersea: Cables & Data Centers in the Mediterranean crossroads by Theodora Kostaka\nBasic Research, Lethal Effects: Military AI Research Funding as Enlistment and Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed and why...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/PAOdL_M5QWOyjzFOZU9ULYY2O6u4IqytQJB3zKAY9fo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMmQ1/MmQ3YzNiMDQ0MjA1/ZjYyZGM0YTRlMWZi/N2MxZS5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}