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“He’s fire and brimstone. I’m shattered ice. Our collision is steam and destruction, destined to dissipate, but I’ll gladly burn beneath him until the world comes crumbling down.”
― When the Moon Hatched
― When the Moon Hatched
“To suggest that we democratize Al to reduce asymmetries of power is a little like arguing for democratizing weapons manufacturing in the service of peace. As Audre Lorde reminds us, the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.”
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
“keep this / with you / it is part / of your story / sometimes / to remember / a wound / is the way / of healing”
― Rose Quartz: Poems
― Rose Quartz: Poems
“It is a common practice of life to focus on the world immediately before us, the one we see and smell and touch every day. It grounds us where we are, with our communities and our known corners and concerns. But to see the full supply chains of Al requires looking for patterns in a global sweep, a sensitivity to the ways in which the histories and specific harms are different from place to place and yet are deeply interconnected by the multiple forces of extraction.”
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
“Controlling time — whether via the clocks for churches, trains or data centers — has always been a function of controlling the political order.”
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
― Atlas of AI: Power, Politics, and the Planetary Costs of Artificial Intelligence
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