Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social media. Show all posts

Saturday, August 19, 2017

Let's decode the propaganda for AI, robots and UBI





You may be led to think, reading many arguments on social media, that AI (artificial intelligence) will improve the lives of humans, that AI is harmless, that AI can be regulated, that algorithms decidind for us is a good thing, that everything will be alright, and yet... we know it will not. :)

That's why we see an insistent propaganda for AI and robots on social media. 
This propaganda is based on reports with scientific projections (probably built by algorithms).
Humans being replaced by robots, humans-humans interaction being replaced by humans-machines interaction, algorithms deciding for humans, chip implants, GPS, control.

That's why this insistent propaganda is related to the UBI (universal basic income). I bet the UBI was also built using algorithms. :)
UBI is not a generous offer, "free money just for being alive". "Robots take your jobs and that's a good thing, you can live without working, do whatever you wish, you don't have to earn it, it's free."

Let's decode this message and expose the culture that lies behind: It's not for a better future, it's only for profit. It's the same old megalomania of money and power.

First, define "free money". I have a good definition. 
Free money = tax evasion money, money from undeserved benefits, money given by governments to the big banks and big corporations that destroy economies, illegal business money, etc.
Just try to calculate the billions that have been stolen from ordinary citizens.

So, UBI is not free, on the contrary, it's the price you pay for being irrelevant. 
This is how the monetary economy works. It's not a transparent and fair game. 

And the argument "the inevitability of progress = you can't stop the future" is not acceptable either.
There are many possibilities for the future of humans. AI and robots replacing us in all tasks and deciding for us is not the best future for humans.

We, humans, should choose our own future.




Friday, March 31, 2017

Twitter: a tool of cultural innovation





Twitter is the most interesting tool to share information, communicate, work together, start a movement (civil rights), ask for help (humanitarian crisis), disclose, spread, draw attention to priority issues.

Twitter is fast, agile, flexible, permeable to change, with no obstacles as ads :) Is this the reason for not being profitable? 
Well, in today economic and financial system, ads are part of the game, but many users are trying to find a constructive and innovative way of making it sustainable.

We live in a materialistic world that only values things.
And yet, we see valuable human resources (new strategies, creative communities) being shared in this beautiful net. Every day, hour, minute, second.

Twitter is the most democratic interaction on internet. You don't need to have thousands of followers to get the attention of someone who has. You belong to a great community: its users across the planet.

#WeareTwitter and #BuyTwitter are trying to avoid losing this innovative tool to big companies that will make it profitable in the monetized and financial system. 
If users lose it, Twitter will no longer be Twitter as we know it. 



Wednesday, July 20, 2016

World citizens





Babel is about people connecting. People from different parts of the world and different cultures. Really connecting.

We've seen walls being built, countries closing their borders. 
We've seen hatred, violence, destruction, the insanity of a few with power. 
But despite all that... people connect, people help each other, people cooperate.

We need a global vision, a global awareness. After all, we are world citizens.