Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - June 21, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

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Date Written:  2025-06-21
Publisher:  Connexions
Year Published:  2025
Resource Type:  Serial Publication (Periodical)
Cx Number:  CX25304

What is artificial intelligence and and why does it exist? The marketing paints pictures of benefits of all kinds. Some of those benefits are real, but there are also substantial negatives. For example, there are massive environmental costs, and some profoundly concerning effects on education. Many of the cutting-edge developments in AI consist of developing new and more efficient ways to kill people (e.g. self-targeting drones, smart bombs) and increased surveillance in the interests of increased state control and suppression of dissent. This newsletter looks at some of the dimensions of artificial intelligence.

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Subject Headings

• Artificial Intelligence
• Assassinations
• Automated Data Control
• Automated Intelligent Devices
• Cellular Telephones
• Customer Experiences
• Customer Relationships
• Customer Service
• Data Mining
• Databases & Privacy
• Death Squads
• Destruction of Libraries and Archives
• Government Information
• Information Destruction
• Intelligent Systems
• Israeli Military
• Israeli War Crimes
• Libraries/Archives
• Privacy
• Sleep & Learning
• Social Media
• Teachers
• Teaching
• Thinking Skills Training