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Why isn’t AI true intelligence and within what parameters can existing AI work?

🧵 🧵 🧵 Part 1 of 2

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THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 2: AI at its core

The term Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be confusing.

It’s a catch-all term that is both too narrow and too broad to properly define what it is.

AI isn’t conscious.

It can’t truly reason and isn’t self-aware.

It also:
Has no culture or society of its own
Has no identity, belief system or emotions
Holds no ethical concerns or moral dilemmas

It simply does what it’s programmed to do.

It may appear to mimic reasoning or awareness based on pre-existing interactions, patterns and whatever data it was trained on.

E.g., if an AI model is programmed to be harmful or trained on harmful talking points, the AI’s output will mirror that ideology.

But it doesn’t have the capability to challenge or correct any of its beliefs by itself.

And that’s because the AI we have today is the weakest of the theorised categories.

August 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM

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The DN Download: What’s In The AI?

DAY 1 (Continued)

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But as technology evolved and became less magic and more mundane, our attitudes towards AI became more critical.

Along with this, we have developed the depth and terms to engage critically with AI and not deify it.

… Or have we?

Recently, the relationship between humans and their AI tools have taken a dark turn.

Desperate people are turning to their artificial companions for comfort only to receive bad advice that pushes them deeper into despair.

We’re seeing:
Students using AI to cheat on exams
Teachers using AI to grade assignments
People getting hospitalised after faulty AI medical advice
Pools of viable job candidates getting automatically rejected by AI screeners

What exactly are we dealing with?

How did we get here?

And what can we do about it?

Stay tuned.
#WhatsInTheAI

August 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM

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The world jumped to adopt AIs without proper guardrails in place, and we are seeing the impacts of this today.

But is ethical AI possible? Yes.

Here’s what it could look like.

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WHAT WOULD ETHICAL AI LOOK LIKE?

Centred on a human rights framework
Accountability and transparency structures in place
Subject to regular review and public oversight
Centres voices and wellbeing of marginalised communities
Non-extractive and non-exploitative
Built by diverse teams
Causes minimal harm to the environment

ETHICAL AI OFFERS

Informed consent for all users
Copyright opt-outs
Privacy rules to protect public
Shared data governance structures
Responses inclusive of diverse cultural contexts and histories

AI is being sold as a tool for the greater good.

If so, it should mirror principles that uplift the people
and have a positive net contribution to society.

THIS IS NOT THE CASE.

The current model for creating and adopting AI is based on maximising efficiency, profit and surveillance.

These are goals that are causing serious harm to the public.

HOW AI HARMS

Establishment of digital welfare states
Increased dependence on AI for all mental labour
Reduced labour protections and increased unemployment
Water consumption by data centres depleting fresh water supplies

September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM

Delete Nothing

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Why isn’t AI true intelligence and within what parameters can existing AI work?

🧵 🧵 🧵 Part 2 of 2

#DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

The AI you’re used to encompasses facial recognition software, ChatGPT and your Gmail spam filter.

These are different tools with varying capabilities and uses but they all fall under the same category: Narrow (or Weak) AI.

Narrow AI is designed to work within a tight scope.

It can be:
Reactive Machine AI (E.g., IBM’s Deep Blue)

- Most basic AI
- Engages with very specific tasks by leveraging statistical analysis

Limited Memory AI (E.g., ChatGPT)
- Able to recall past interactions, events, identifiers, situations, etc.
- Capable of improving performance through data training

What other forms of AI are there?

How has AI proliferated across our society?

And how is it affecting us?

That’s for next time!

#WhatsInTheAI

August 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM

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The world jumped to adopt AIs without proper guardrails in place, and we are seeing the impacts of this today.

But is ethical AI possible? Yes.

Here’s what it could look like.

#Day4 #DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

THE DN DOWNLOAD
What’s In The AI?!

Day 4: Ethical AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be helpful but we do not need to compromise on privacy, humanity or the environment to achieve this.

To determine if an AI is unethical, ask:

Who needs it most and for what purposes?
Who directly benefits from it?
But more importantly, who gets hurt by it and what are we allowed to do about this?

UNETHICAL AI RED FLAGS CHECKLIST

Facilitates mass surveillance
Compromises on user privacy
Built on colonial exploitation
Trains on uncompensated human labour

Limited/no transparency and accountability
Recycles bigotry (e.g. sexism and racism)
Created by dominant groups to benefit the elite
Cost-cutting at the expense of human dignity and sanity

September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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The world jumped to adopt AIs without proper guardrails in place, and we are seeing the impacts of this today.

But is ethical AI possible? Yes.

Here’s what it could look like.

#Day4 #DeleteNothing #WhatsInTheAI #NewSeries #AIbreakdown #WhatIsAI #AIExplained #TheDNDownload

Electricity usage by data centres causing higher bills for local communities
Continued overexploitation of countries providing precious raw materials with little/no compensation
Mis-, mal-, disinformation skyrocketing
Some private ChatGPT conversations being available for general public to view
AI being used for surveillance and repression of dissenters

An AI system that automates surveillance, control and punishment
against humans without proper oversight is dangerous.

If it lacks transparency,
then it cannot be in charge of transparency or accountability.

If it reinforces existing discrimination,
then it cannot be trusted to aim weapons at the right targets.

If it makes mistakes and constantly lies,
then it cannot be used to determine truth.

Instead, AI should be built on serving public interest,
cocreated by the communities most impacted.

Ethical AI would move from a model of maximum data extraction
to one of maximum data sovereignty,
and protect the rights of its users and the humans whose labour it is trained on.
The central goal would not be profit, war or any form of harm.

It would be to heal, explore, learn and protect.

September 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM

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Delete Nothing නව විස්තරාත්මක මාලාවක් එළිදක්වනවා: The DN Download

පළමු මාලාව සඳහා අපේ පිටු එක්ක රැඳී සිටින්න--AIවල ඇත්තේ මොකද්ද?!

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August 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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Delete Nothing ஒரு புதிய விளக்கத் தொடரை அறிமுகப்படுத்துகிறது: The DN Download

முதன் முதலான விவரங்களுக்கு எங்கள் பக்கங்களைப் பாருங்கள்--AI இல் என்ன இருக்கிறது?!

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August 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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Delete Nothing is debuting a new breakdown series: The DN Download

Watch our pages for the very first breakdown--What’s In The AI?!

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August 14, 2025 at 3:26 AM

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It’s time to talk Shift ⬆️ again!

This time, we’ll be speaking with Long-time Educator, Researcher and Activist Niluka Gunawardena on why there’s pride in disability.

⏳7:30 PM - 8 PM IST
🗓️Wednesday, 6th August 2025
📍IG Live

#DeleteNothing #ShiftTalk #DisabilityJustice #DisabilityPride

Shift ⬆️ Talk

Ep 3: There’s pride in disability

Niluka Gunawardena (She/ Her)
Educator, Researcher and Activist

Dr. Misha’ari Weerabangsa
(She/Her)
Co-Lead - Programmes, Delete Nothing

6th July 2025
7:30 PM - 8 PM IST

English

August 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM

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ක්වියර් පුද්ගලයින් කියන්නෙත් මිනිස්සු.

ඔවුන් තමන් වගේ ඉන්න නිසා පමණක් වෛරයට මුහුණ දෙනවා, ඒ සමඟම අනෙක් හැමෝටම තියෙන බාධකත් සටන් කරනවා.

මේ වඩ වඩාත් භයානක වෙන ලෝකයේ, සම්බන්ධතා ගොඩනැගීම, සවන් දීම සහ ඉගෙනීම පෙරට වඩා අද වන විට වැදගත් වී තිබෙනවා.

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June 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM

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ඉන්න! Delete කරන්න එපා 2025 අභිමානය වෙනුවෙන් නොමිලේ ක්වියර් චිත්‍රපට දර්ශන පවත්වනවා ලු?

ප්‍රදර්ශන එකක් නෙවෙයි; දෙකක් ලැබෙනවා ලු?

ඔබ එහි සිටින්නම ඕනි!

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සෙබඩක් නොවේ

විවිධාකාර පුරුෂාභාවයන්ගෙන් යුත් ලෝකයක ඉෂාරා “ගෙදර මනුස්සයා" වෙයි.

ප්‍රාන් චිත්‍රවංශ

බිකමින් මී (මම මම වීම)

තම ක්වියර් පුතා ඔහුගේ අනන්‍යතාවයට වැළඳගන්නා අතර මවක් ඔහුව සැබවින්ම පිළිගැනීමට ඉගෙන ගනියි.

රෂේන් ඉමාර සහ සුදේශ් අබේනායක

ජුනි මස 19 වන බ්‍රහස්පතින්දා
ප.ව. 6.30 - ප.ව. 8.30
ලක්මහල් ප්‍රජා පුස්තකාලය

June 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM

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சற்று பொறுங்கள்! Delete பண்ண வேண்டாம் பெருமை மாதம் 2025 முன்னிட்டு குயர் திரைப்படங்களை இலவசமாக திரையிடுகிறதா?

அதுவும் ஒரே இருப்பில் இரண்டு திரைப்படங்களைப் பார்க்க முடியுமா?

நீங்கள் கட்டாயம் அங்கு இருக்க வேண்டும்!

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செபடக் நொவே (பெண்மயில் அல்ல)

மாறுபட்ட ஆண்மைகள் நிறைந்த உலகில் இஷார தான் "வீட்டின் ஆம்பளை"

ப்ரான் சித்ரவன்ஷா

பிகமிங் மீ (நான் ஆகிறேன்)
தனது அடையாளத்தை முழுதாக தலுவிகொள்ளும் தனது குயர் மகனை உண்மையிலேயே ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள ஒரு தாய் கற்றுக்கொள்கிறாள்.

ரஷேன் இமாரா & சுதேஷ் அபேநாயக

ஜூன் 19, வியாழன்
பி.ப. 6.30 - பி. ப. 8.30 மணி
லக்மஹல் சமூக நூலகம்

June 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM

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Wait! Delete Nothing’s hosting free queer film screenings for Pride 2025?

And you’re getting TWO movies in ONE screening?

You HAVE to be there!

Save your seat: forms.gle/WfHjJuForswi...

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Sebadak Nowe (Not A Peahen)

Ishara is the “man of the house” in a world of diverging masculinities.

Pran Chithrawansha

Becoming Me
A mother learns to truly accept her queer son as he grows into his identity.

Rashen Imara &
Sudesh Abeynayaka

Thursday, 19th June
6.30 PM - 8.30 PM
Lakmahal Community Library

June 17, 2025 at 5:29 AM

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Let’s talk about Shift ⬆️

EPISODE 2:
WHO’S BEHIND THE SCREEN?

⏳8 - 8:30 PM IST
🗓️Wednesday, 18th June 2025
📍Instagram (@deletenothinglk)

#GetLouder4Pride #Queerphobia #QueerVisibility #Pride #PrideMonth #June #DNShiftTalk #DeleteNothing

June 16, 2025 at 6:12 AM

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