RECENTLY, IBM ANNOUNCED it will lay off thousands of employeesAmazon announced over 14,000 layoffs. Companies like Google and Microsoft have also faced criticism this year for plans to develop AI for weapons and for firing outspoken critical employees. Clearly, Big Tech is facing uncertain times.

Lauren Chambers is a Ph.D. candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information. (Courtesy of the author)

As a Ph.D. researcher at the University of California, Berkeley School of Information, and as a former science and tech analyst for the ACLU of Massachusetts, I’ve got good news and bad news. 

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