-------- Forwarded message --------- From: Michael Novick <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Feb 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM Subject: [change-links] Events with ARA-LA this Saturday and next To: [email protected] < [email protected]>
*A-I, Labor, andthe Future of LA, War, and the World* *Sat., Feb. 7, 11 AM - 5 PM, IAM Machinists union hall,1261 N. Avalon Blvd., Wilmington CAhttps://antiracist.org/a-i-labor-and-the-future-of-la-war-the-world/ <https://antiracist.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6b270131f831ed268a302e495&id=3f01aad6c0&e=72ac66edb2>* The first thing to understand about "artificial intelligence", A-I, is that it is military technology. The techno-fascist moguls promoting it are all military contractors with Trump's War Department. The principal driver of research and development in autonomous vehicles has been the US Army Tank Division. Elon Musk's Space-X is mainly involved in launching military spy satellites, not uber-rich space tourists. All branches of the US military are engaged in developing, deploying, and training robotic weapons -- autonomous tanks, naval vessels, and airborne devices capable of identifying targets and executing kills without human oversight. Second, A-I relies on sweated human labor in digital sweatshops in the Global South to process and tag "feed stock" for its large language models, and on the expropriation of previous human creative efforts. Its application to domestic economic purposes in production and consumption reflects the steady transfer of military technology to daily life, just like Tang, Teflon, and teargas. The rapid and unregulated development of adoption of A-I in every aspect of daily life poses a threat to human agency and intelligence, to privacy, to jobs, to freedom of expression, and to higher education. This is a reflection and manifestation of the drive towards cyber-warfare, control of space, and technological supremacy versus China, which US imperialism perceives as an existential threat. We are all in line to be the collateral domestic damage of that global war-fighting capacity. CSU profs were sent a statewide memo that prior academic credentials are no longer relevant, and teaching must now be based on proficient use of A-I in training students in the use of A-I tools to become "job ready". There will be a critical gathering, with a panel of knowledgeable presenters and labor activists, and an opportunity for small group discussion and strategic planning about how we can fight back, on Saturday, February 7 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM at the IAM Machinists union hall, 1261 N. Avalon Boulevard, Wilmington CA. It is sponsored by ARA-LA/PART, Work Week, LaborNet, and the National Writers Union. The panel will include Mumia Abu-Jamal on a recorded commentary about A-I and workers; Ed Hasbrouck of the NWU working group on generative A-I, Hannibal Aguilar of the UPS Teamsters local, Rachel Bruhnke of CodePINK, Steve Zeltzer of *Work Week*, and Michael Novick of ARA-LA and UTLA-r. Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1771258934280954 <https://antiracist.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6b270131f831ed268a302e495&id=c3f0a4c0da&e=72ac66edb2> *Solidarity is Love in Action* *Valentine's Day Fundraiser forTurning The Tide* *Sat., Feb 14, 2-5pm, Harriet Tubman Center,5278 W. Pico Blvd., LA 90019* https://www.facebook.com/events/2315360122276281/ <https://antiracist.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6b270131f831ed268a302e495&id=51c5a3b46a&e=72ac66edb2> Support the long-running anti-racist publication; help get it to 1000s of prisoners! Editor/publisher Michael Novick will speak, Adam Smith will sing and play guitar, and there'll be a few other guests. Write letters to political and other prisoners. Refreshments will be served (and a birthday cake for Michael Novick's 79th). Free copies of the paper including back issues will be available, as well as several books for purchase, including The Blue Agave Revolution, *White Lies White Power-The Fight Against White Supremacy and Reactionary Violence*, and *No Pasaran: Anti-Fascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis*. Free, but donations requested to meet the rising costs of printing and postage for the journal. *Donate to Anti-Racist Action here:* https://ko-fi.com/anti_racist_action_la <https://antiracist.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6b270131f831ed268a302e495&id=8d54a85cbd&e=72ac66edb2> Even if you can't make it to either event in February Buy Anti-Racist Action-L.A. a Coffee Support Turning The Tide editor/publisher Michael Novick. <https://antiracist.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6b270131f831ed268a302e495&id=8d54a85cbd&e=72ac66edb2> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. 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