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We can capture the core of our double argument most succinctly by characterizing data colonialism as an unprecedented mutual implication of human life and digital technology for capitalism.
The Costs of Connection
Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias
There were four key components to historical colonialism: the __appropriation of resources;__ the evolution of __highly unequal social and economic relations that secured resource appropriation__ (including slavery and other forms of forced labor as well as unequal trading relations); a __massively unequal global distribution of the benefits of resource appropriation;__ and the __spread of ideologies to make sense of all this__ (for example, the reframing of colonial appropriation as the release of “natural” resources, the government of “inferior” peoples, and the bringing of “civilization” to the world).
The Costs of Connection
Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias
three crucial questions that are a starting point for any tech equity audit as it relates to AI systems: __What are the unintended consequences of designing systems at scale on the basis of existing patterns in society? When and how should AI systems prioritize individuals over society and vice versa? When is introducing an AI system the right answer – and when is it not?__
Race After Technology
Ruha Benjamin
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