Think of computer code as a new and powerful accomplice to legal code – the rules by which society finds itself governed. Who gets to enforce it? asks Audrey Watters.
Artificial intelligence is not developed in a vacuum. AI isn’t simply technological: it’s ideological.
So when we talk about the future of AI and how AI might threaten our ability to address social inequalities and our ability to organize to oppose power structures, we must remember that AI reflects beliefs and practices that are already in place.
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