Recs if you like Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI...
AI Ain't Fly
Look, we all know AI is rubbish. Here are some books about why it sucks so hard.
The Big Bad Luddite List
ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind
Looking for fiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite Novel*.
your honor, big tech is literally evil
Did y'all know that Google removed "don't be evil" from its code of conduct?
"Technological progress" is not some magic solution that will benefit all of humanity, but rather a tool to accelerate accumulation of wealth for billonaires, environmental destruction, and intensification of surveillance and control. Is your life better because students don't learn to write essays anymore, incels can make deepfake nudes of anyone, and impoverished communities lose access to water and power?
big tech is bad, actually
tools to understand and fight for justice in an online world owned and dominated by the ruling class
Digital Geographies
Investigating the physical reality of the internet. This reading list explores the material spaces, energy demands, and unseen infrastructure that make digital connectivity possible.
AI, Technofeudalism, Big Data, & Algorithmic Landscapes
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
Expert-Curated Books on Critical AI
‘Critical AI’ is a growing field that examines the societal, ethical, and cultural implications of AI.
It involves evaluating, questioning, and understanding AI's limitations and risks, including power structures, bias, and environmental impacts.
Selected from a collection curated by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Head of the Computer Science Department at HWR Berlin. Full list here.
Let‘s All Become Anti-Capitalists Together
Anti-Brain Rot Challenge
Book list for the Anti-Brain rot challenge with Boundless press
Feed the zombies: Anti-Brainrot Reads
Don't let the poor zombies starve, feed your brain, make it plump and ripe with knowledge and critical thinking skills. It might also be useful if the zombies never come, who knows. You better be ready.
Corporate Scandals
Nonfiction accounts of companies doing horrible things, with an emphasis on exposing/analyzing the decisions and processes that led up to catastrophe. Mainly focused on specific incidents/companies rather than books describing general industry patterns. I've read some books on this list, others are TBR. Recs welcome!
7 Deadly Sins: Greed
Books where avarice is a central theme.
What Is This World We Live In??
Books to educate on the hazards and horrors of modern life.
Here…Educate yourself!
Nonfiction books across varying interests. Excludes memoirs and self help books
knowledge is power
non-fiction books for smart leftist babes
big tech survival manual
A list of books, fiction and non-fiction, to help folks think about the machinations of big tech...and what to do about them.
Luizas Bookclub of AI Book Recommendations
Want to dive deeper into AI? Or are you looking for a gift for someone interested in AI? Look no further! Our AI Book Club has just reached over 5,000 members and now includes 32 books. (created by Luiza Jarovsky)
Books I learned about on Democracy Now
https://www.democracynow.org I get such good recommendations from their show!
AI AWARENESS
Credits to Catharina Doria, an Ai ethicist for the recommendations on this list! (@cahdoria on instagram) NOT MY RECOMMENDATIONS
Resisting Big Tech
Books on how and why to resist surveillance, the attention economy, and generative AI.
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