Post by @joshisanonymous@h4.io

2026-04-28 23:06 UTC

@pythonbynight@hachyderm.io @Iris@scholar.social Aren't we just talking about tech leaders being capitalists who are sympathetic to fascist uses of technology if it increases their capital? I'm not sure what part of that is about AI itself being inherently fascist. It's mostly being developed by fascists or fascist friendly people, but that's not the same as the technology being fascist.

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@pythonbynight@hachyderm.io 2026-04-28 23:20

@joshisanonymous@h4.io @Iris@scholar.social Maybe some of that is answered in the video... The founding fathers of statistics were also eugenicists, and in fact, many of the algorithms still in use today were created with the implicit goal of normalizing data points. From this paper: https://iase-pub.org/conference_proceedings/IASECP/article/view/286 "Consider the case of simple linear regression. The goal of the model is to determine one equation that represents the majority of data points on a two-dimensional plane.... As people, we are not the same, and achieving sameness is not necessarily a desirable goal." and also "This siloing of experiences, combined with unilateral decision-making authority, leads to inconsistent data practices. It perpetuates unaccountable bad behaviors and codifies harm to people in vulnerable communities."

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