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Politechs · August 17 · 58 min

Redemption? - Dr. Chris Gilliard

Friend of the show Dr. Chris Gilliard returns to catch us up on what's been happening in the world of surveillance since last time we talked. From Ring-powered "pet finder" systems to Meta/Rayban-wearing Glassholes to Anthropic's performative handwringing over their Department of War contract, it's not very encouraging out there. You might be able to guess what Chris thinks about the question of whether any of this technology can be redeemed. Mentioned in this episode: On the Impossibility of Ethical Surveillance - essay by Torin Monahan Facial Recognition is the Plutonium of AI - paper by Luke Stark [PDF] Cute videos, but little evidence: Police say Amazon Ring isn't much of a crime fighter - article by Cyrus Farivar [permalink] Careless People - book by Sarah Wynne-Williams The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence - paper by Timnit Gebru and Emile P. Torres [permalink] See the transcript footnotes for more! We'd love to hear from you if you disagree with something we've said. Please read our rules of engagement for good faith discussions, and then send an email to podcast@politechs.dev or hit us up on socials. To view full show notes, including transcripts, please visit the episode page. Be sure to follow us on BlueSky and Mastodon! Cover art by Anya K. Jordan @anyakjordan.bsky.social Theme music by Xylia Politechs is provided under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoAI licence

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Friend of the show Dr. Chris Gilliard returns to catch us up on what's been happening in the world of surveillance since last time we talked. From Ring-powered "pet finder" systems to Meta/Rayban-wearing Glassholes to Anthropic's performative handwringing over their Department of War contract, it's not very encouraging out there. You might be able to guess what Chris thinks about the question of whether any of this technology can be redeemed.

Mentioned in this episode:

  1. On the Impossibility of Ethical Surveillance - essay by Torin Monahan
  2. Facial Recognition is the Plutonium of AI - paper by Luke Stark [PDF] 
  3. Cute videos, but little evidence: Police say Amazon Ring isn't much of a crime fighter - article by Cyrus Farivar [permalink]
  4. Careless People - book by Sarah Wynne-Williams
  5. The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence - paper by Timnit Gebru and Emile P. Torres [permalink]
See the transcript footnotes for more!

We'd love to hear from you if you disagree with something we've said. Please read our rules of engagement for good faith discussions, and then send an email to podcast@politechs.dev or hit us up on socials.

To view full show notes, including transcripts, please visit the episode page. Be sure to follow us on BlueSky and Mastodon!

Cover art by Anya K. Jordan @anyakjordan.bsky.social

Theme music by Xylia

Politechs is provided under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoAI licence

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