"Freedom dreaming, radical imagination, simply playing, are serious business[...] Today, one way to understand the steady uptake of AI and warfare is it upticks the gamification[...]"
-Dr. Ruha Benjamin

#WeaponizedIntelligence

"The notion of intelligence is deeply rooted in the eugenic imagination[...] Eugenics was a philosophy and a movement popularized by progressives[...] It's more important than ever for us to sharpen our critical and creative antenna."
- Dr. Ruha Benjamin

#WeaponizedIntelligence

We are now hearing from Dr. Ruha Benjamin who is doing incredibly important work on technology, connecting it with social and political systems.

"AI [is] not simply bad[...], but deadly, discriminatory, and devouring the planet."

#WeaponizedIntelligence

Communities of color are absolutely used as testing grounds for this kind of technology. People of color are seen as disposable by the people testing and the governments and police forces choosing to allow that testing.

#WeaponizedIntelligence

We're tuned in to a session on the threat AI poses to us all. Amber Rahman is talking about ShotSpotter which we, of course, recognize, because The Bahamas and Jamaica are among the 120 countries using this faulty technology.

#WeaponizedIntelligence

We've got 8 workshops in 4 days!

Feminist Standards for Governance workshops bring people together to identify issues in critical areas and work through a process to develop solutions. We're building a people's agenda for 2026-2031.

Info and registration: tiny.cc/feministstandards

#Equality242

Our conversation with Patrice Daniel, Erin Greene, and Jessica Russell last week was enlightening and affirming for women learning to feel, acknowledge, and work with our rage.

Watch the recording:
youtu.be/DEo1lOSBMd0?...

Check out our Global #16Days Campaign lineup: lu.ma/16days24

This is one of our favorite times of the year because the Global #16Days Campaign is energizing, bringing people together to talk about critical issues related to gender-based violence and the activism we need to end it.

Full event lineup (including virtual events): lu.ma/16days24