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Research in AI (lemmy.zip)
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I've been very fed up with AI for about past 6 months, completely started to boycott it, discuss it with people of all kinds of different views, and I found joy and pride once again in my own work.

But the world issues coming from AI, and even more so from the billionaires and empires behind it seem to further pile up to insane heights. I've been trying to learn more and more about it, and after my bachelor and masters I am considering pursuing phd and research surrounding AI, especially from the critical perspective, which seems to be deeply neglected in the research pov.

This is still a few years in the future, and lot could change, but I am curious what do people here think about pursuing such a thing, and if in current academic world it is even something that would be possible doing, given lot of the grants and funding of AI research comes from these companies that just want to gain even more power through it.

As I said, I am already trying to know as much as possible about it, but I would like to look more deeply into its impact on society, impact on students etc.

Do you think this would be a worthwile endevaour? And if not, where do you think I should be heading to make change about this while not completely starving to death?

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[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm also interested in this as a topic.

As in, I'm not planning a professional degree around it, but I would definitely read your academic articles if you published research.

As far as grants, not sure if you're in the U.S., but at the moment I doubt it, but the entire grant system is completely fucked right now for just about every field. Mainly because like you said, the people in charge of private and federal grants ARE also working with the billionaires behind AI, with the shared goal of tightening their grip on power and collapsing the federal government.

I do think the future will demand this kind of work, and if humanity makes it past this dark chapter, we will need to use this as a template of what not to do when it comes to technology and progress.

Complete privatization, lack of transparency, misinformation, suppression of information, and invasion of privacy are just a few of the important and relevant topics that come to mind. I could see it being an especially relevant dissertation topic for Sociology, Economics, and Communications.

Personally I've found myself really interested in how AI disinformation and information control relates to Public Health communications.

Also, there was a talk at MIT from this past April I think you might find interesting. I'll find the link and post it here.

Edit: Propaganda and AI

https://youtu.be/m0ALxSjkxTc