{"id":33,"date":"2025-03-14T23:13:37","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T23:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh187s25\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2026-06-05T11:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:17:43","slug":"w10","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miriamposner.com\/classes\/dh150s26\/wbw\/w10\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tuesday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">AI &amp; War<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal.<\/p><cite>Kevin Baker, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/26\/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying\">AI Got the Blame for the Iran School Bombing. The Truth Is Far More Worrying<\/a>\u201d<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Baker, \u201cAI Got the Blame for the Iran School Bombing. The Truth Is Far More Worrying,\u201d News, The Guardian, March 26, 2026, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/26\/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/mar\/26\/ai-got-the-blame-for-the-iran-school-bombing-the-truth-is-far-more-worrying<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amos Toh and Emile Ayoub, The Business of Military AI (Brennan Center for Justice, 2025), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/business-military-ai\">https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/research-reports\/business-military-ai<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-class activities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1gdoKWIHhShQ6dH1D_hAFC9G2iaGv6f-xSstcCYckt_U\/edit?usp=sharing\">Today&#8217;s slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.peardeck.com\/student\/tptqqwttc\">Question for you re. GenAI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Thursday<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Wrapping up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>C<\/strong>hanging the story isn\u2019t enough in itself, but it has often been foundational to real changes. Making an injury visible and public is usually the first step in remedying it, and political change often follows culture, as what was long tolerated is seen to be intolerable, or what was overlooked becomes obvious. Which means that every conflict is in part a battle over the story we tell, or who tells and who is heard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/jul\/15\/rebecca-solnit-hope-in-the-dark-new-essay-embrace-unknown\">REBECCA SOLNIT, &#8220;HOPE IS AN EMBRACE OF THE UNKNOWN&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">In-class activities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/1ayrPrUXieKY1ft3IkisjpZdyijN_HhIBC8e3IkPv2R8\/edit?usp=sharing\">Today&#8217;s slides<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pra05kuMQE4\">Chad Topaz&#8217;s video for you<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chadtopaz.com\/\">Chad Topaz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/hardcover\/9780691276151\/unlocking-justice\">Chad&#8217;s book<\/a>, <em>Unlocking Justice<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.ucla.edu\/permalink\/01UCS_LAL\/1up42fr\/cdi_walterdegruyter_marc_9780691276243\">also available online via the library<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad&#8217;s nonprofit, <a href=\"https:\/\/qsideinstitute.org\/\">The QSide Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rebecca Solnit: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.haymarketbooks.org\/books\/791-hope-in-the-dark\">Hope in the Dark<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kelly Hayes, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/search.library.ucla.edu\/permalink\/01UCS_LAL\/1up42fr\/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC32011078\">Read This When Things Fall Apart<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday AI &amp; War People failed to update a database, and other people built a system fast enough to make that failure lethal. 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