{"id":533,"date":"2025-09-11T10:54:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/?p=533"},"modified":"2025-09-12T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T11:15:28","slug":"two-talks-at-datenspuren-conference-in-dresden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/2025\/09\/11\/two-talks-at-datenspuren-conference-in-dresden\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Talks at Datenspuren Conference in Dresden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am happy to announce to be invited to the Datenspuren Conference<\/a> in Dresden!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This fabulous conference is organised by the Dresden branch of the Chaos Computer Club, C3D2<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, not typical for conferences in Germany – there will be talks and discussions in English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I go into TESCREAL<\/a> details in a talk and discussion with Manuel ‘HonkHase’ Atu<\/a>g in German, I got a beautiful spot to present my talk “Magical AI World? Resources & Labour & ‘AI’ and how it is changing societies”<\/a> . <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And do not worry: There will be horrible parts, but no prior knowledge is needed and you are expected to laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, grab your humour and your ideas and join us at the Datenspuren!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AI is a buzzwords: AI makes everything better, brings all solutions, will save us. But what is AI and where will it save us to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Artificial Intelligence became a buzzword and is currently stuck to nearly everything that can\u2019t climb a tree fast enough. As if by magic all becomes easier, faster, and more effective when you apply \u201cAI\u201d. And much better, especially in comparison to a human doing the task. One small click for a human and \u201cAI\u201d is magically solving our tasks: our (home-)work, writing our emails and is bringing our rooms to the cosiest temperature. \u201cAI\u201d is the rescue if not the salvation and often we do not have to pay a penny for that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what kind of picture is appearing if you take a look behind the curtain of the \u201cAI Magic\u201d? Because we are all old enough to know that every magic is based on tricks. And that first thing you ought to do is to check the gift horses teeth. This talk will lift the curtain of the \u201cAI Magic\u201d. By asking what is meant by the term \u201cAI\u201d, what differs \u201cAI\u201d from human intelligence? If it is the rescue \u2013 where is it rescuing us to? In what kind of society are we let by \u201cAI\u201d and its founders? And do we want to be there? This talk will tackle the root of the problem by digging out the ideological roots of AI by taking a look at three different aspects: resources, conditions of labour, and the shift of power happening through that technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The origins of \u201cAI\u201d will be the topic of the first chapter. Because \u201cAI\u201d did not suddenly hatch, but was developed. Behind the development are theories, money, and and a concept of the human nature and society. And, in the case of \u201cAI\u201d: how to change it by using \u201cAI\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following this introduction, \u201cAI\u201d\u2019s spell will be broken in the following steps: Regarding the planet\u2019s dwindling resources, the working conditions of \u201cAI\u201d, and the societal implications and changes that are triggered by these technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Computer parts do not grow on trees, the production needs loads of resources \u2013 energy, commodities, and water. As well as heaps of human labour, mostly under gruesome conditions. In this part of the talk finiteness will be addressed, both of the human and the planets resources. Climate change will be broached as well as (the fragility) of global supply chains and dependencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next chapter will pick up the thread of working conditions connected to \u201cAI\u201d. Because not only in the procution of hardware, but in the training of the software are countless humans are involved, often working under brutal conditions. And there is a global trend showing: \u201cThe North\u201d is making money while \u201cthe South\u201d suffers. And because not all shiny stuff is gold this part will take a look on some \u201cAI\u201d that was not magic\u201cAI\u201d at all dirty tricks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The last part the implication on the society will be sketched. What happens when a technology that calculation processes are so opaque gain so much power? If people controlling these processes are not controlled by anyone? How does it change our lives, our labour, our social interactions with other humans, our political work? And how does a society controlled by tech moguls or Tech Bros will look like?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The more power we shift to technologies like \u201cAI\u201d and their owners, the more we should ask ourselves what the owners of those technologies want and if we want to be part of that.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133,135,225,159],"tags":[230,178,193,187,188,229],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conference","category-cybernetic","category-resistance","category-talk","tag-antifascism","tag-conference","tag-cybernetics","tag-ressources","tag-sustainability","tag-tescrel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":537,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katika-kuehnreich.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}