[Air-L] AI Without Bosses - Free Online Course - Aug 28 - Dec 11

[Joly MacFie]

https://cpe.newschool.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=9813242


*As AI reshapes economies and reorders public life, the dominant paradigm
barrels ahead, pursuing scale and control above all else. More energy, more
proprietary data centers—no brakes. As infrastructure consolidates, tech
oligarchs drift rightward, shaping data monopolies, state power, and labor
conditions. Growth erodes worker rights, algorithmic accountability, and
ecological care, deepening AI’s harm to marginalized communities. Rather
than accepting this trajectory as inevitable, this course explores
alternative ownership models for AI. We examine how cooperative principles
and solidarity economy values can disrupt AI’s extractive model,
envisioning alternatives like shared data, public digital
infrastructure—including cooperative data centers—and democratic oversight.
This course runs alongside the Cooperative AI Conference, co-convened by
the instructor, with cooperative leaders, AI scholars, and technologists
from the event appearing as guest speakers. Participants will carry forward
these ideas—sparking conversations and envisioning bold, cooperative
futures.*

Syllabus
https://archive.org/details/public-syllabus-aug-7-community-syllabus-ai-without-bosses

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