Today's big tech dominance over AI research echoes the US military's control over science during the Cold War. Big tech for a long time had business models that were not largely reliant on military spending. Now, that's changing as they join the ranks of those old-school contractors and secure growing share of profits from their rise in the first place.
Featuring Meredith Whittaker, Edward Ongweso Jr., and Sarah Myers West on the mundane dystopia concealed beneath the AI hype machine.
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