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Operational Enclosure

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Byler;
A system of tech control via surveillance and social management that constrains a person’s movement and agency

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Terror Capitalism

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Byler;
an economy that leverages surveillance and control mechanism to creat fear and compliance

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Original Position/Veil of Ignorance

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Rawls;
thought experiment designing a society where you do not know your future position.
this encourages fair and equitable decision-making

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Rawls’ Liberty Principal

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Everyone should have the maximum set of liberties compatible with the liberties of everyone else.

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Rawls’ Difference/Opportunity Principal

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D:
Inequality can only be justified if it makes everyone better off especially the least well-off
O:
Offices or positions should be open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity

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Primary Goods

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Rawls:
The things a person needs to live

EX:
Food
Water
Shelter
Medicine/Healthcare
clothing
Liberties
safety
money
information

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Hostile Architecture

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The design of public spaces that intentionally prevents certain uses of it.
This often targets marginalized populations like the homeless or disabled

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Hostile Architecture through Kantianism

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Kantianism would not like this.
It treats people as a problem to be solved instead of actual people.

This doesn’t even view them as a means to an end or as the end. It treats them as the issue that they need to use hostile architecture as a means to end.

Stripping them of their autonomy.

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Hostile Architecture through Rawls

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In Rawls thought experiment of the original position, hostile design would most likely never happen.

This also violates his liberty principle by By preventing the maximum set of liberties for all groups of people.
This also violates the shelter part of primary goods since homeless people often use benches or underpasses, places where hostile design is more common, as shelter

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the social model of disability

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Maudlin;
The perspective that a disability is created by social barriers and design and not individual physical impairments

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impairment

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a physical thing or restriction;
ex: my legs

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disability

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It is a societal issue where the way it is made is not accommodating to those of different impairments

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Platform Decay or Enshittification

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Doctorow:
A concept describing how digital platforms degrade user experience over time to maximize corporate profits

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platform decay stages

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Stage 1:
Gives users what they want
Good to consumers
LOCK IN users

Stage 2:
give businesses a platform
LOCK IN businesses

Stage 3:
Maximize corporate profit
Even to the detriment of the things users and businesses liked about the platform

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Platform decay through ethical theories

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None would agree or think this is good

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Tech Neutrality

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The belief that technologies are inherently neutral and value free.
EX: Guns aren’t dangerous people are dangerous

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technological determinism

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The view that technology independently drives societal change, removing human agency

Kantianism no like

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Winner’s technology is inherently political

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Technological artifacts embody moral and political values. It can only be identified by its function so context is essential. Is goal-oriented.

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Winner’s thoughts on the Robert Moses bridge

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While the bridges look fine, they are actually too low to allow public transit to go through.
Which at the time was developed as structural racism and classism, preventing people who could not afford a car.

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Kantianism on Robert Moses Bridges

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Kantianism would not like this.
it limits or removes a person’s autonomy. using that as a means to prevent marginalized groups from excessing the places.

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Rawls’ on Robert Moses Bridge

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This would never occur with the veil of ignorance or original position. It goes against the Rawls’ liberty and difference principles.

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decentralized technologies

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Systems to distribute power and control across multiple nodes, reducing single point vulnerabilities. For example gardening over industrial agriculture and solar power versus nuclear power

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Philosophy of Language Maxims

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  1. quality
  2. quantity
  3. relevance
  4. manner or clarity
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Georgism

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based on three broad principles.
non-taxation of labor and high taxes on certain properties,
private possession of assets which focuses on eliminating unearned wealth
free trading in markets with limited regulation on the exchange.

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Fairwashing
Creating a misleading image of ethical practices through marketing even when companies actions do not align with these claims
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Digital Epidermalization
A process where digital technology creates new forms of societal segregation and inequality
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transhumanism
Philosophical movement advocating technological enhancements of physical and cognitive capabilities
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transhumanism 3 supers
Super longevity: Aging is a disease The healthcare system is already aligned thus it is the logical conclusion Superintelligence: Human merge with tech and AI Super well-being or welfare: editing genetics end suffering (Viktor)
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Extended Cognition
theory that technology systems can be considered part of the human cognitive process. ex: phone and notebook --> memory
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Climate crisis response strategy: adaptation
Adjusting to the current and anticipated impacts of climate change EX: Building seawalls, developing drought resistant crops, redesigning infrastructure to withstand extreme temperature Focus: Reducing vulnerability to climate change effects
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Climate crisis response strategy: mitigation
effort to reduce or prevent greenhouse gas emissions Example: Renewable energy, improving energy efficiency, reducing deforestation, changing industrial and agricultural practices
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Climate crisis response strategy: geoenginnering
Large-scale technological interventions to directly modify Earth's climate system Possibilities: 1 carbon capture and storage 2. Solar radiation management
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carbon capture and storage
Process of capturing carbon dioxide admissions from industrial sources and storing the captured carbon underground or in geological formations problems: High cost Limited scalability, risk of carbon leakage Doesnt fix the root problem and actually makes it worse
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solar radiation management
Techniques to reflect sunlight back into space to prevent UV radiation from heating our atmosphere Methods might include releasing reflective particles into the atmosphere brightening clouds, or using space based reflective technologies risks: Unpredictable Potential disruption of rainfall patterns Even geographic impacts
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Linear economic model
Extract, pproduce, consume, discard unsustainable depletes resources A LOT of waste
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non-linear (circular) economic model
mimic natural ecosystem cycle regenerative focus on reuse and reycle minimize waste
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post-growth economy
Hickel; A balance of input resources and output products
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Jevons paradox:
Technology efficiency often leads to increased resource consumption not decreased
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Robinson's space travel critique
Will space travel save us? No Human space travel is impractical due to physiologist issues psychological limitations ecological complexity and technological barriers
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Gottlieb's CURE experiment
We shouldn't destroy things that are scientifically important. However let's say there is a new pyramid found that supposedly has a cure to cancer in the core of it and getting it would destroy the pyramid. Is it moral to violate scientific principles to ensure human survival? he Believes it is our moral obligation and duty to do anything to save the human race from existential threats
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Philosophical ethical frameworks to apply to existential or catastrophic risks
Utilitarianism: maximizing overall human planetary well-being Kantian ethics: Respect for scientific principles and human dignity Rawlsian justice: fairness in addressing climate challenges across different societal groups
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existential risk
Threats that could cause human extinction or permanently and drastically curl tail humanity's potential example: uncontrolled AI nuclear war extreme climate change
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Catastrophic risk
Severe damage but not total human extinction EX: Severe pandemics, large scale environmental collapse, major economic disruptions,
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the two laptops thought experiment
set up: A person has one laptop with critical personal and work information A person has two interconnected laptops that work together as a single cognitive system If the two laptops work together so seamlessly that they function like a single cognitive system If losing or damaging one laptop significantly impairs the user's cognitive capabilities Then the harm might be considered an "extended assault"
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frankfurt's "bullshit"
not simply a lie (which implies the knowledge of the truth) soft: unintentional, hard: deliberate to make one look good and like they care about the truth
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Luddites
Misunderstood historical movement against technological disruption. Were actually protesting how technological changes harmed workers livelihoods
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Nozick's transformation machine
A machine that you can fundamentally alter your personality memories or capabilities
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Project Dragonfly
Google censored search engine for China Workers no like because against google's core values
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project Dragonfly thru utilitarianism
The potential harm outweighs benefits Supports oppressive state control Individual privacy and freedom
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Project DragonFLy thru kantian ethics
Treats Chinese users as means not ends Violates fundamental human dignity compromises individual autonomy
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Project dragonfly through Rawlsian justice
Would not be chosen behind a veil of ignorance Harms marginalized groups more than others (liberty and difference) inequal access to information(opportunity)
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Project Maven
Military AI project to develop ai for drone warfare. this raised concern about ai in warfare
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Project Maven thru utilitarianism
Potential to reduce risk to personnel military Concerns about increasing efficiency of warfare. For civilian casualties
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maven thru Kantian Ethics
Treats people as objects The human moral judgment from warfare Violates the principle of human dignity
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maven thru Rawlsian Justice
Would not be universally accepted under the veil of ignorance Creates an asymmetric power dynamic, disproportionately affects marginalized groups and vulnerable populations
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Project Nimbus
Cloud computing for the Israeli government. Would provide AI and cloud services to the Israeli Government and military including surveillance technologies
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Nimbus thru Utilitarianism
Potential technological advancement About supporting potential human rights violations Complex overall social impact
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nimbus Rawls
Would not be chosen in a fair and impartial setting creates unequal technology access Could possibly support systematic inequality
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nimbus kantianism
Potentially complicit and systematic oppression Raises question about corporate moral responsibility Treats the affected people as means not ends
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Moderator's Trilemma
Size: the ability to moderate content across massive global platforms Centralization: one big platform Neutrality: maintaining an unbiased fair approach to content moderation Centralized social medias choice abandons neutrality Decentralized approaches like Fetty versus prioritize neutrality and skill while using decentralized moderation strategies allowing communities to set their own moderation standards
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operational enclosure effect on Uyghur people in China
Physical containment, digital surveillance These include checkpoints throughout the region biometric data collection mandatory smartphone apps and collection of DNA voice samples and personal data also a digital scoring system evaluating trustworthiness
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examples of terror capitalism in China
Surveillance technologies accompanied by specialized tracking systems, forced labor programs in detention centers, creation of a pre-crime system of social control
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applying Rawls to governance
1. digital access equity 2. inclusive and accessible technology design principles 3. data and privacy protections
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rewilding the internet
digital analogy to ecological rewilding, arguing that the internet has become an over-managed, corporate-controlled environment that needs to be returned to a more open, diverse, and resilient state.
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Core principles of Rewilding the Internet
decentralization: eg peer to peer communications user sovereignty: Returning control to individual users, enabling users' choice and customization technological diversity: Encouraging multiple platforms, creating and supporting small scale innovative digital spaces, breaking big tech monopolies

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