Humane Technology

Ever get the vibe that the vibe is... off ? That’s because Spotify is filling them with “ghost artists”—fake musicians producing cheap, generic tracks — stock music that they can stuff into playlists as a way to prevent paying higher royalties.5 These songs, often created by stock music companies like Epidemic Sound, are prioritized over real... See more

Top Reasons You Might Consider Leaving or Downgrading Your Spotify Account

1. Artists Earn Pennies While Spotify Cashes In

The music industry isn’t just broken—it’s been deliberately engineered to exploit. Streaming platforms, particularly Spotify, have transformed music from a valued art form into a bulk commodity, where artists’ labor is... See more

In the age of AI, it’s more important than ever that we take pleasure in thinking. The purpose of AI is to replace thought. Instead of trying to become more productive, students need to ask themselves questions like: What are the dangers of my interactions with technology? What’s happening to my attention span? How much of what you’ve just written... See more

This paper presents a set of intersectional feminist principles for conducting equitable, ethical, and sustainable AI research. In Data Feminism (2020), we offered seven principles for examining and challenging unequal power in data science. Here, we present a rationale for why feminism remains deeply relevant for AI research, rearticulate the... See more

The seven principles of data feminism are as follows:

• Examine power. Data feminism begins by analysing how power operates in the world.


• Challenge power. Data feminism commits to challenging unequal power structures and working toward justice.


• Elevate emotion and embodiment. Data feminism teaches us to value multiple forms of knowledge, including

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