Artificial intelligence (AI) has permeated the ways we seek and share information, produce new content and develop our communications. As media makers for social justice movements, we have to contend with this reality and consider the ethical questions regarding environmental impact, digital security, disinformation proliferation, and cultural theft.
Fortunately, we are not alone in struggling through these questions. We are grateful to be part of an ecosystem of organizers, culture workers and radical communicators who have created guidelines and resources to help us navigate this changing technological landscape and root ourselves in our shared values.
Here are some articles we’re reading at Design Action. (We’ll keep this list updated, so feel free to send us your favorite resources to add to it!)
- To AI or not to AI? Our new guide will help you get answers. from Spitfire Strategies
- Don’t Buy The AI Hype by Sassafras Tech Collective
- Artificial Intelligence, Copyright, and the Fight for User Rights from the Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Building Boundaries in Love for Equity and Justice: An AI Manifesto from Nonprofit Quarterly
- Communicators Network toolkit on AI
And here are some full-length books that have been recommended to us, if you’re looking to go more in-depth:
- Unmasking AI by Dr. Joy Buolamwini
- The Empire of AI by Karen Hao
- The AI Con by Emily W. Bender and Alex Hanna
- Algorithms of Oppression by Sofia Umoja Noble
How is AI impacting your work? Get in touch with us to share your questions and favorite resources, or to get support on your communications needs.