#PatentTrolls - who secure "with a computer" patents and then extract ransoms from people doing normal things on threat of a lawsuit - are an underappreciated form of "#TechExceptionalism." Normally, "tech exceptionalism" refers to bros who wave away things like privacy invasions by arguing that "with a computer" makes it all different.

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Tech Won't Save Us: How Australia Used Tech Against Welfare Recipients w/ Dhakshayini Sooriyakumaran https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/8975902-how-australia-used-tech-against-welfare-recipients-w-dhakshayini-sooriyakumaran.mp3

#techexceptionalism #ai #techwontsaveus