having both has taught English as a 2nd language & learned a lot of languages, I'm sympathetic to the thinking behind this but it still feels like they are trying to use AI to 1) "cheaply" replace something it can't possibly replace, & 2) "solve" a problem created by unnecessary social hierarchies

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Great as always sitting down with iAfrikan at DLI2026 ,<> Prof. Vukosi Marivate on Governing AI in Africa | Deep Learning Indaba 2026

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"The significance is not that an algorithm has replaced human violence. It is that these systems increase the scale, speed and bureaucratic distance at which violence is organised, while cloaking life-and-death decisions in the appearance of technical objectivity."

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All democracies, and not only democracies, will and should have protests given the unacceptable consequences of climate crisis & wealth concentration. But each European government & protest is different. Excellent article worth reading through by @alemanno.wsocial.eu #democracy

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Viewing the world economy as a system of chokepoints leads policymakers to focus on capabilities rather than strategy—fixate on what leverage they have, & what others have over them, rather than considering what happens when many build up chokepoint power all at once, Yeling Tan & coauthors write.

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