The People's Policy: Holding Big Tech Accountable [Livestreamed Conversation + Q&A] · Luma Big Tech is lobbying at every level of government to expand data center development, sell the public sector on discriminatory and harmful algorithmic systems,…

#ComputerSaysMaybe livestream on Mar 2nd with three amazing guests fighting big tech exploitation-maxxing.

-@seligmanforag.bsky.social
-@bedoyausa.bsky.social &
-Elliott “El’Bo” Awatt

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In 2025, we posted a whopping SIXTY episodes of #ComputerSaysMaybe. We’ve unraveled the myths and visions peddled by big tech and AI companies, examined the threat that data centers pose to communities and the environment, saw the AI bubble grow and start (?) to deflate, and so much more.

The Maybe

A little advent calendar of #ComputerSaysMaybe episodes coming your way.

The first is an episode beautifully cut by our team to give you an overview of my time at @mozilla.org Festival in Barcelona, including some interviews with amazing folks.

www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp...

On #ComputerSaysMaybe, D&S Executive Director Janet Haven and Board President @cmcilwain.bsky.social sat down with @alixdunn.com to discuss the tech industry’s co-opting of academia, how giving the reins to tech oligarchs hurts people, and why independent research is essential. youtu.be/xUJbo0KmbOk

The Maybe

📻 New episode of #ComputerSaysMaybe

Who Knows? Fact-Finding in a Failing State w/ HRDAG and Data & Society

www.themaybe.org/podcast/who-...

The Maybe Imagine doing tech research… but from outside the tech industry? What an idea…

📻 New episode of #ComputerSaysMaybe

Who Knows? Independent Researchers in a Platform Era w/ @geurkink.bsky.social

www.themaybe.org/podcast/who-...

Love this quote by Hillary Ronen "What is the problem you're trying to solve? And why is AI the best way to solve this problem?"

I love her critique of government policymaking. Thanks to #themaybe for another interesting episode of #ComputerSaysMaybe […]

The Maybe

Love this quote by Hillary Ronen "What is the problem you're trying to solve? And why is AI the best way to solve this problem?"

I love her critique of government policymaking. Thanks to #themaybe for another interesting episode of #ComputerSaysMaybe

www.themaybe.org/podcast/loca...

#Podcast #AI

The Maybe

www.themaybe.org/podcast/gotc...

#ComputerSaysMaybe

THE AI CON How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want

Further reading:

The AI Con by Alex Hana and Emily Bender - thecon.ai

Priya Goswami's Digital Bharat - programs.sigchi.org/facct/2025/p...

#FAccT2025 #TechPolitics #CareWork #DataWork #Representation #AIWorkers #ComputerSaysMaybe

8/8

Computer says VC may be cannibalizing the economy. Check out this #ComputerSaysMaybe episode w/ TechEquity Founder & CEO & “World Eaters” author @cbracy.bsky.social.

She & @alixdunn.com dig into the history of VC, how it works, &, crucially, how it doesn’t work.

www.saysmaybe.com/podcast/vcs-...