I know what you did last summit

Elaine went to a week of AI summits and events and found the best conversations were happening outside of the sanitised headline event in Dublin, which felt like a day-long ad with little space given to critical thinking on the topics and issues which abound in the AI sector. She reflects on the whole experience with Kelly, marvelling at a mixed-up Irish music medley and a round stage for static speakers, among what felt like doublespeak and gaslighting. *** Good things we recommend *** >> Check out the techbro parody in Visions at the Abbey Theatre, running up to 14 November >> Have a hopeful read of Mark Little’s book, The Last Good Day on the Internet >> Consider joining the Digital and Techworker Alliance (DATA) from the Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) *** More from us *** Kelly’s Substack: kellysrubbish.substack.com FTS blog: for-techs-sake.ghost.io FTS TikTok: fortechssakepod FTS Instagram: fortechssakepod FTS Bluesky: fortechssakepod.bsky.social FTS UpScrolled: fortechssakepod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.