"Freedom dreaming, radical imagination, simply playing, are serious business[...] Today, one way to understand the steady uptake of AI and warfare is it upticks the gamification[...]"
-Dr. Ruha Benjamin

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"The notion of intelligence is deeply rooted in the eugenic imagination[...] Eugenics was a philosophy and a movement popularized by progressives[...] It's more important than ever for us to sharpen our critical and creative antenna."
- Dr. Ruha Benjamin

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We are now hearing from Dr. Ruha Benjamin who is doing incredibly important work on technology, connecting it with social and political systems.

"AI [is] not simply bad[...], but deadly, discriminatory, and devouring the planet."

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Communities of color are absolutely used as testing grounds for this kind of technology. People of color are seen as disposable by the people testing and the governments and police forces choosing to allow that testing.

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We're tuned in to a session on the threat AI poses to us all. Amber Rahman is talking about ShotSpotter which we, of course, recognize, because The Bahamas and Jamaica are among the 120 countries using this faulty technology.

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TONIGHT: “Weaponized Intelligence”
How Big Tech’s AI is driving surveillance, policing & war—from St. Louis to Gaza.
📅 Aug 12 | ⏰ 6 PM ET | 💻 Online
Speakers: Norman Solomon, Jack Poulson, Amber Rahman, Esra’a Al Shafei, Ruha Benjamin
🔗 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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"Harmful systems always need good marketing. They need a good face[...] Good rhetoric, buzzwords, and one way is through using diversity[...] It makes it more palatable, it puts people's guard down, so they're not as critical."
-Dr. Ruha Benjamin

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🧠⚔️ Weaponized Intelligence isn’t sci-fi — it’s the new frontline. AI is now being used to supercharge espionage, manipulate data, and automate cyberattacks. If you're not adapting, you're already a target.
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