FoolishOwl's Post

I've started reading Resisting AI. It's not a very long book, and quite clear and readable.

McQuillan links AI, that is, machine learning, to fascism, by describing fascism as palingenetic ultranationalism as an elite response to crisis. Palingentic ultranationalism is the fantasy of restoring an imaginary past national glory through purification, which is all too familiar for those of us in the US and UK, certainly. So AI systems are used to reinforce existing systems of bigotry.