#Rishi Maze

[sw5w]

...Just South of the Rishi Maze

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:34:14

[silentwalrus1]

I like to think about what if the Kaminoans just, fucked all the way up and made the clones telepaths on purpose.

Kamino is in the Rishi maze, the equivalent of total buttfuck nowhere. This is like a cattle processing plant in rural Montana manufacturing an order for Shenzhen as outlined by a third party intermediary from Monaco who keeps contact with neither production nor “client” and nobody’s first language is Basic. Jedi are like, totally psychic right? Right. Psychic army for psychic clients, sounds right, checks out. There are whole ass telepathic alien species out there, some of which are also Jedi. Why would they want NON-psychic clones. Get it done, Tally Ho or Nala Says or whatever her name is. Chop chop.

Cue like seven years into production and the Kaminoan project leads are starting to get some… inklings…. that maybe some of the deliverable specs were perhaps not so much well-researched as based off cross-galactic hearsay some underpaid analysts pulled off space reddit. This is a business, okay? You’re not gonna make profit manufacturing two million units of fucking anything if you treat it like a luxury product, but especially not if the product has goddamn childhood development & socialization needs. Of fucking course some shit maybe slipped through the cracks. What are we supposed to fucking do now, Lama goddamn Sue sir, tell the Jedi or the pickled fucking Sith that oopsie woopsie, we got the specs wrong half a decade in and have to start over again?

No. No we are not. We are going to lie our fucking semi-aquatic asses off, is what we’re gonna do, and so will you clones if you know what’s good for you. NONE of you are fucking psychic, and you never were. Got that? Understood?

Fast forward to Jedi pickup D-Day and every time anyone with a lightsaber gets within aural biosystem of choice distance the clones immediately start loudly and dutifully Having Conversations.

Hello Commander Sir, It Is I, Trooper McSoldierClone, What A Weather It Is Today, Ha Ha? Over. Yes Indeed McTrooper One Two Three Four, I Am Agree, Now Here Is An Order To Follow Which I Am Vociferously Giving You, Acknowledge Orally, Over. Every clone making rock-hard sweating eye contact like don’t fuck it up as they mentally chant encouragement and script notes and jeering performance feedback at each other. Cadets trooping to fucking speech practice to learn speaking out loud with all the enthusiasm and skill of the average white suburban Floridian teenager taking their fifth mandatory Spanish 1 class. The jedi are like damn these poor asylum grown freaks are so unsocialized and uncomfortable around us, Their Owners, this is so tragic and horrid and unfortunate and meanwhile every clone standing silently in formation is mentally spectating the 400-person telepathic tetris team sport they invented with the same vibes as a football world cup back alley street party complete with official & unofficial betting pools and expert panel commentary

[prequelsnet]

@prequelsnet prequels appreciation week: day 3 — locations

↳ Kamino

KAMINO was an aquatic planet located in a remote star system in wild space of the galaxy. it was sometimes considered extragalactic due to being in close proximity to the rishi maze dwarf satellite galaxy. it was inhabited by the kaminoans—a race of tall, elegant beings with long necks who were regarded as a mysterious species that tended to keep to themselves. they were also known for their cloning technology, which was used to create a clone army for the galactic republic. — x

[tomicaleto]

Star Wars what if: "Her Imperial and Royal Majesty the Empress of the First Galactic Empire, Queen of the Unknown Regions and Archduchess of Rishi Maze" or Empress Padmé AU

[arkhavens]

the inquisitor getting absolutely batshit side plots that become almost entirely irrelevant the second youre not directly interacting w them is as funny as it is irritating.

you get this literal actual cult on nar shadda thats only ever brought up again near the end of chp.3 and somehow(without your input??) theyre the only ones producing this hyperspecific and important computer chip that you need to equip a fleet with lazers so strong they can just fucking obliterate anything

you unearth this ancient rakatan machine that 1- is apparently responsible for creating twileks, zabrak, and also the fucking esh-ka??? & 2- can rebuild your body(possibly even from scratch but thats debatable tbh) better than it was

theres a fuckin guy on rishi thats been getting messages from the rishi maze for 30 YEARS and they're all about making these machines that specifically lengthen the inquisitors lifespan, and say some really fucking weird shit while doing so(ie, "the tesseract is fear", "redeem or destroy", "someone must be sacrificed", "beware his desires")

and then theres the whole "even outside of the weird rakata machines and other misc bullshit, you still might be a lttle immortal, oops!" bc unless im remembering this wrong, thanaton flat out kills the inquisitor but it doesnt stick because of the ghosts?? what the fuck was up with that anyways

[dapurinthos]

thank you, timothy zahn for, once again, coming through on facts i need.

that means that it takes 3 min, 42 seconds (222 seconds) to go either 8 light-years or 22 light-years with the class 2 hyperdrive of the imperial i-class star destroyer, aka:

1 light-year in 28 seconds (rounded up from 27.75) OR 10 seconds, which gives ridiculous numbers that i'm throwing right out because it means that tatooine to coruscant would be just under an hour and it is not.

roughly 130 ly/hour (129.7)

40 parsec/hour (0.67 parsecs/minute)

and, using my favourite new toy, the hyperspace pathfinder (which itself goes with 1 parsec per 72.31 minutes, giving some looong travel times), that means, using a class 2 hyperdrive:

tatooine to coruscant is 117.29 parsecs aka 382.4 ly, so it would take about 3 hours. using the class 1.8-rated hyperdrive that the royal naboo ship has, it would be just a smidge faster.

coruscant to naboo: 96.88 parsecs, roughly 2 1/2 hours. this trip, with a class 4 hyperdrive such as the one on the transport ship padmé and anakin took in episode ii, would take nearly 9 3/4 hours.

if class 2 is 130ly/hour and 40 parsec/hour and each class of hyperdrive takes double the time as its predecessor/half the time of its successor, then:

class 1 would be 260 ly & 80 p/hour

class 3 would be 65 ly & 20p/hour

class 4 would be 32.5 ly & 10p/hour

&tc

coruscant to kamino would be divided into jumps and take obi-wan, in the delta-7 that needs to have a class 1 to be able to follow the slave 1 so closely, a bit over one and a half hours to get to rishi (128.93 parsecs), another jump from rishi to the rishi maze (???), and then another 18 minutes or so to get to kamino (those 12 parsecs past the rishi maze).

of course, this is all rough. and hyperdrives could scale logarithmically (like they do in heir to the empire) and that is math i have no idea how to do. math is not my forté.

[humanrightsupdates]

Global/UK: Artificial Intelligence Summit must not ignore severe rights harms of fraud-detection tech

Ahead of the UK’s AI Safety Summit that begins on Wednesday November 1, Damini Satija, Head of the Algorithmic Accountability Lab at Amnesty International said:

“The UK’s Global Summit on AI safety must set the right example in the global race to regulate AI, and not be led by speculative discourses on ‘existential threats’ of these technologies, at the expense of those experiencing the sharpest human rights impacts of AI systems today.

Last week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promoted the usage of AI tools to ‘clamp down on benefit fraudsters’ as a positive technological development, completely neglecting research which shows the discriminatory nature and frequent misuse of such systems.

“Where is the government’s acknowledgement of these harms of AI and where is the attention to regulating and protecting the most marginalised communities? The AI Summit’s agenda clearly favours interests of the tech industry, and this is concerning as the use of such tech tends to act against marginalised groups.

“In a previous experimentation of such tech in the UK, the Department of Work and Pensions targeted disabled individuals unfairly, subjecting them to benefits fraud investigations, pushing them into an endless bureaucratic maze, with no transparency or justice in sight.

“In 2021, Amnesty International’s research exposed the devastating consequences of a discriminatory AI system used by the Dutch Tax Authorities to detect fraudulent applications for child-benefits, and its racialised impacts on the right to social security. Four years on, impacted individuals are still waiting for justice and accountability

[ganseysglasses]

hii i’m so in love with your blog! the raven cycle’s like one of my favourite series. could u recommend some similar books?

1) i love you , and I’m sorry for how long this is about to be :)

2) my go to reccomendation here is the All For the Game series by Nora Sakavic BUT it’s pretty intense and has lots of trigger warning! Chances are you’ve already read it if you’re super into the book scene for trc anyways so

if you like the raven cycle for the plotless, magical, kind of whimsical nothingness then i recommend ‘Piranesi’ by Susanna Clark! It’s super weird and interesting and kinda personifies this maze/house how they do cabeswater in trc… so fun

if you’re into the boarding school/academia/quest thing then ‘Babel’ by R.F. Kuang is one of my all time fav academia books that isn’t already SUPER popular like the secret history.

if you really like the character driven stories then either ‘The Gilded Wolves’ and that whole series by Roshani Chokshi, ‘Middlegame’ by Seanan McGuire, or ‘I Hope You Get this Message’ by Farah Naz Rishi could be some good ones!

if there’s another secret third thing that i didn’t pick up on dm me or lmk and i will make it my mission to find more recs!

[shipping1addict]

*Ahsoka SPOILERS*

When Morgan Elsbeth revealed the map and we were told that Thrawns location was outside the known galaxy, my first thought - seeing the other galaxy - was instantly "that looks like the Rishi maze".

I then proceeded to watch the scene again and noticed, that the trail towards their goal was initially coming from the map-orb and had a little dot within the outer rim - which I interpreted as the starting point.

I know that the Rishi maze is smaller and much closer to the galaxy, than what this one looks like, though I was still curious and researched if Rishi was ever mentioned in the canon, since my main knowledge of that region is from SWTOR only.

I never read the Thrawn triology, but when I went to the wookieepedia site, it listed "Dark Force Rising" as the orginial appearance of the planet.

(I only skimmed throught the role of Rishi in the book so please tell me, if there happened something significant)

So since the location and the connection (however small that might be) to Thrawn is there; I suspect, that the starting location of the route to him is somewhere in the Abrion sector. Maybe even Rishi itself.

[sw5w]

...It Should Appear in This Quadrant Here...

STAR WARS EPISODE II: Attack of the Clones 00:34:11

[aandriskobold]

[ID: series of tiktok comments. nathan: so he's just made the scouts John-Paul W: it's not really volunteering if we have to do it is it hryvnct: Rishi Sunak I am NOT doing national service for you until you bring down the prices of Fredos back to 5p mazee!!!: if i work at 18 will it help towards freddo prices going down Aliyah: Paid £1.50 for a caramel wafer the other day this is your Britain what have you got to say for yourself _ashleighh: why are my flipping pringles £3.25 advaiden0: Are you removing cars from the new Fortnite season tomdwilcox: I'm a drug addict if you make me deliver prescriptions I will eat them all -BP-: Now why would I waste my time on this Suranne dunn: Can u make Poundland sell things only for a pound again Fr: this is not very sigma of you rishi hazaw11: No thanks mate don't really fancy it i love her: What if I can't be arsed Mr belding: I keep asking (all caps) can I drive a tank /end ID]

Rishi Sunak did a toe-curlingly cringy TikTok for The Youths ™ about the National Service proposals yesterday and asked for questions and comments, which went about as well as might be expected...

[newstfionline]

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Judge orders Trump to pay more than $350 million in N.Y. civil fraud trial (Washington Post) New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron on Friday ordered former president Donald Trump to pay more than $350 million in penalties, handing down a hefty penalty following a months-long civil trial in which Trump and others were accused of financial fraud by New York Attorney General Letitia James. Engoron also said Trump could not serve as an officer or a director for any New York company for three years. Trump has denied all wrongdoing and assailed the case. Attorneys for Trump sharply criticized the ruling, with one calling it “manifest injustice" and saying they hoped it would be overturned on appeal. With this decision, Trump now owes more than $440 million in fines and damages across multiple civil trials.

Hang Out (The Atlantic) The average amount of time that American men spent socializing face to face has fallen 30 percent from 2003 to 2022, and among teenagers that’s fallen over 45 percent. That’s happened at the same time that people of all ages are citing increased levels of loneliness and other symptoms of anxiety and depression.

Mexico will likely elect a woman as its next president (AP) Mexico is almost certain to elect its first female president in June—both leading candidates are women—but it’s almost equally as certain that she won’t have much room to act independently of outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. The populist president has continued proposing new, expensive projects in the closing months of his administration, before he leaves office on Sept. 30. He will also leave a lot of big-ticket projects unfinished. That will probably leave his successor with her hands tied for much of her six-year term. “The next administration will inherit a country with a financial hole that will limit the maneuvering room throughout the next term,” said Moody’s Analytics Director Alfredo Coutiño.

Centuries-Old Border Dispute in Central America (NYT) The boat edged its way past the mangrove swamps, a tangled maze of thorn-covered branches sheltering jaguars and shrieking howler monkeys. We were in Belize, our GPS signals showed, the English-speaking Central American country where British pirates put down stakes centuries ago. But then members of Guatemala’s military, clad in camouflage and berets, spotted us. Pulling up in their own boat, they grasped rifles, index fingers close to the triggers. “You’ve just entered Guatemalan waters!” one shouted in Spanish when they were just a few feet away. “We request that you steer toward the nearest Guatemalan command post.” Wil Maheia, the leader of the Belizean group we were embedded with, yelled back: “No, you’re trespassing in Belizean waters! If you take us into custody that will be kidnapping!” The episode laid bare a simmering political dispute in one of the most volatile corners of Central America, in which Belize, Central America’s least populous country with only about half a million people, is pitted against Guatemala, the region’s giant with a population of 18 million. The unresolved territorial feud—one of the oldest in the Americas—has tensions flaring, raising fears over greater instability in a region already marked by drug wars and the exodus of migrants to the United States.

The UK tips into recession (Guardian) According to new data released by the Office for National Statistics, the U.K.’s economy fell into a recession at the end of last year. The data shows that gross domestic product (GDP) dropped by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023 thanks to a weak holiday retail showing and a general decline in all sectors of the national economy. The recession is another blow for Rishi Sunak’s government, which is already struggling ahead of national elections slated for later this year. “This is Rishi Sunak’s recession, and the news will be deeply worrying for families and business across Britain,” said Rachel Reeves, the second-most senior leader of the Labour Party. The ONS projects that economic growth was just 0.1% in 2023, making it the country’s weakest year since 2009 (excluding the Covid pandemic years). The economic stagnation has brought soaring consumer prices, higher cost of living, and a spike in borrowing costs to the British population.

Sarkozy’s Prison Sentence Halved to 6 Months (NYT) A Paris appeals court upheld on Wednesday the 2021 conviction of former President Nicolas Sarkozy for illegal financing an election campaign but cut his sentence from one year to six months with a further six months suspended. Mr. Sarkozy’s lawyer, Vincent Desry, immediately said that Mr. Sarkozy would appeal to France’s highest court. The appeal could take years to be resolved, ensuring that Mr. Sarkozy remains free for the foreseeable future. Whether he will ever serve time in prison remains an open question. Although his legal travails are many and various, Mr. Sarkozy has remained an important political figure, with some influence over President Emmanuel Macron, who often turns to Mr. Sarkozy’s center-right Republicans party for support in Parliament.

Alexei Navalny, who galvanized Russia’s political opposition, died in prison. (WSJ) The cause of his death was still being established, authorities said. One of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics, Navalny lost consciousness and couldn’t be revived after taking a walk. The Kremlin denied responsibility. The 47-year-old activist had been in jail since 2021, serving 30-plus years on charges he and his supporters said were fabricated.

Russia’s Wounded Soldiers (NYT) A shell slammed into the ground just feet from where the Russian soldier was deployed, and the explosion tossed him into the air. “I felt my arm fall off, then a blow to my leg, everything slowed down, just a frozen picture in my eyes—no sounds, no other sensations,” said the soldier, Andrei, a 29-year-old former convict recruited into the Wagner private military company. Drifting in and out of consciousness, he was convinced that death loomed. As shells exploded on all sides in the fighting near the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, fellow soldiers dragged him to an evacuation point. He eventually spent more than a year in hospitals, with the remnants of his left arm amputated and one leg still at risk. Cases like Andrei’s do not receive much publicity in Russia, where—as in Ukraine—the total number of war wounded is not disclosed. But, according to American and Ukrainian officials and numerous military analysts, the number is staggering, perhaps in the hundreds of thousands. And one senior Russian official estimated that amputees represented more than half of the seriously wounded.

Russian sanctions (NYT) After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Western nations imposed the most extensive sanctions and trade restrictions in history on Moscow. Today, Russia appears to be doing OK. Its economy is growing steadily. Russia can’t buy much from the West but has found new providers for drones, surveillance gear, computer chips and other gear. Its oil and gas sales are still strong, despite attempts to stop them. Russian officials say they have plenty of money to pay for their war. Moscow’s continued strength is a humbling result for the U.S. and its allies. These nations make up more than half of the global economy, and they tried to weaponize their influence over trade and finance to weaken Russia. They hoped to make President Vladimir Putin a pariah and maybe even stop the war. Those efforts have fallen short. “The instruments and the policies of the United States are ineffective,” Putin bragged during an interview last week. He is surely not the only leader to notice the U.S. failure to cripple Russia. When China wants to menace Taiwan or India wants to assassinate perceived enemies on foreign soil, they will know that Washington couldn’t turn Russia into a pariah when it broke the rules. Sanctions in Russia have exposed the limits of U.S. power.

As Israel corners Rafah, Netanyahu defies the world (Washington Post) The chorus of warnings is hard to ignore. International organizations, rights group advocates and even a growing number of Western leaders are all urging Israel to refrain from launching a full-scale ground offensive on Rafah, the overwhelmed city on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Close to a million and a half displaced Palestinians are crammed in makeshift encampments there, the majority having fled other parts of Gaza already ravaged by the Israeli military campaign that followed the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. In a Wednesday phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel risked a “humanitarian disaster of a new magnitude.” A joint statement from the leaders of Australia, Canada and New Zealand said “a military operation into Rafah would be catastrophic” and called on Israel to “listen to its friends.” The prime ministers of Spain and Ireland wrote to authorities in Brussels, suggesting Israel may be in breach of its association agreement with the European Union and demanding an “urgent review.” “We will fight until complete victory, and this includes a powerful action also in Rafah after we allow the civilian population to leave the battle zones,” Netanyahu said Wednesday.

Family grieves after American teenager shot dead in West Bank (Washington Post) A 17-year-old Palestinian American was killed in the West Bank on Saturday, a family member told The Washington Post, making him the second known U.S. citizen killed there since the start of the Israel-Gaza war. Mohammad Ahmad Alkhdour was shot twice in the head near the town of Biddu, northwest of Jerusalem, before he was rushed to a hospital, his aunt Sana’a Ayesha Alkhdour said. He was pronounced dead Saturday night. Israeli forces were allegedly behind the shooting, according to the human rights group Defense for Children International—Palestine and Sana’a Ayesha Alkhdour. Mohammad Ahmad Alkhdour’s death comes just weeks after the killing of Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, another 17-year-old American, in the West Bank. While the toll of Israel’s war in Gaza has captured global attention, Israel has also stepped up its military activity in the West Bank. Settler violence in the area has risen at an unprecedented rate since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel. At least 388 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank since then, according to the United Nations.

A small business in war-time Gaza sews padded cloth diapers, creating jobs and helping weary parents (AP) Their scissors move quickly, shearing pieces of white cloth to be stitched together with cotton pads and taken to market in battered cardboard boxes. Before the day is done, the Palestinian seamstresses will have sewn 500 diapers and distributed them to war-weary parents in Gaza for about $4 per package of eight, half of what mass-produced disposable diapers cost in the besieged enclave. Maysaa Qatati, the manager of the sewing workshop, knows the output will barely make a dent in the huge demand—but the little business is thriving and creating jobs. “People were looking for pampers and could not find them,” she said from the whirring workshop in Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza. “They would stand in line at the merchant and buy it at a very high price.” In some cases, parents say they have resorted to easily soiled cloth diapers. But cleaning those is difficult when water is so scarce. The disposable diapers made in Qatati’s sewing workshop are an improvement because of the cotton pads.

UN envoy says Libya will slide into ‘disintegration’ if politicians don’t move toward elections (AP) The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned the country’s feuding political actors Thursday that if they don’t urgently form a unified government and move toward elections the oil-rich North African nation will slide into “disintegration.” Abdoulaye Bathily told the U.N. Security Council there are numerous alarming signs of such a slide and urged all political leaders to put aside “their self-interests” and come together to negotiate and reach a compromise “to restore the dignity of their motherland.” Libya plunged into chaos after a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. In the chaos that followed, the country split, with rival administrations in the east and west backed by rogue militias and foreign governments.

[tea-4-usa]

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[starfriday]

*Prime Video Announces the Global Launch of Rohit Shetty’s Highly-Anticipated Action-Packed Series Indian Police Force on 19 January 2024*

_The seven-part high-octane action series marks the digital directorial debut of one of India’s most talented and accomplished filmmakers - Rohit Shetty_

_The series will present Sidharth Malhotra in a never-before-seen avatar of a cop hero, along with Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Vivek Oberoi, Shweta Tiwari, Nikitin Dheer, Rituraj Singh and Lalit Parimoo in pivotal roles_

_The Amazon Original series aims to become the beacon of high-quality Indian entertainment globally, with a simultaneous launch in more than 240 countries and territories_

*MUMBAI, India- October 21, 2023* – On the occasion of the Police Commemoration Day, Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment destination, today announced the worldwide premiere date of 19 January 2024 for Indian Police Force, a seven-part action-packed series created by Rohit Shetty, and directed by Rohit Shetty and Sushwanth Prakash as a homage to the relentless commitment of Indian police officers. Promising to redefine the contours of action as a genre in the streaming space, the series will mark Shetty’s digital directorial debut in a spectacle that is headlined by Siddharth Malhotra in a refreshing cop avatar as lead along with Shilpa Shetty Kundra, Vivek Oberoi, Shweta Tiwari, Nikitin Dheer, Rituraj Singh, Mukesh Rishi, Lalit Parimoo in pivotal roles. The series proudly pays an ode to the selfless service, unconditional commitment and fierce patriotism of the Indian police officers across the country who put everything on the line in their call of duty to keep us safe.

With Rohit Shetty’s prowess and success in presenting high-octane action blockbusters, the Amazon Original Series is poised to create a new benchmark in the cop universe. Indian Police Force is set to premiere exclusively on 19 January 2024 on Prime Video in India and across more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. Indian Police Force is the latest addition to the Prime membership. Prime members in India enjoy savings, convenience, and entertainment, all in a single membership for just ₹1499/ year.

“We are very proud and elated to present our ambitious series, Indian Police Force, that salutes the selfless service and relentless dedication of the Indian Police Officers. The show is a maze of intricate twists and turns, with a relentless cat-and-mouse chase. The action sequences are nothing short of a breathtaking visual treat and its well-developed characters add to the intrigue and tension to the plot. It was exciting to collaborate with Rohit Shetty who is a master of this genre.” said Aparna Purohit, Head of India Originals, Prime Video. “We believe that action as a genre has a universal appeal and this show infused with Rohit Shetty’s signature action filmography will not only set a new bar, but be a complete mass entertainer.”

Director-Producer Rohit Shetty said, “Indian Police Force is integral part of my journey as a creator in the cop-verse that I and my team at Rohit Shetty Picturez has built with years of hard work and commitment. I am very proud of my cast and crew who devotedly worked together to present this action series that pays an ode to the valor, sacrifice and courage of our Indian Police officers. I am delighted to collaborate with Prime Video for my first digital venture that promises to deliver an exhilarating entertainment to audiences worldwide.”

[qudachuk]

Placating Conservatives in marginal seats, inflation in construction and a maze of bureaucracy have seen the cost balloon from £32bn to £71bnShould the enormous engineering feat of HS2 become Rishi Sunak’s white elephant, these could be its expensive tusks.At...

[humanrightsupdates]

Global/UK: Artificial Intelligence Summit must not ignore severe rights harms of fraud-detection tech

Ahead of the UK’s AI Safety Summit that begins on Wednesday November 1, Damini Satija, Head of the Algorithmic Accountability Lab at Amnesty International said:

“The UK’s Global Summit on AI safety must set the right example in the global race to regulate AI, and not be led by speculative discourses on ‘existential threats’ of these technologies, at the expense of those experiencing the sharpest human rights impacts of AI systems today.

Last week Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promoted the usage of AI tools to ‘clamp down on benefit fraudsters’ as a positive technological development, completely neglecting research which shows the discriminatory nature and frequent misuse of such systems.

“Where is the government’s acknowledgement of these harms of AI and where is the attention to regulating and protecting the most marginalised communities? The AI Summit’s agenda clearly favours interests of the tech industry, and this is concerning as the use of such tech tends to act against marginalised groups.

“In a previous experimentation of such tech in the UK, the Department of Work and Pensions targeted disabled individuals unfairly, subjecting them to benefits fraud investigations, pushing them into an endless bureaucratic maze, with no transparency or justice in sight.

“In 2021, Amnesty International’s research exposed the devastating consequences of a discriminatory AI system used by the Dutch Tax Authorities to detect fraudulent applications for child-benefits, and its racialised impacts on the right to social security. Four years on, impacted individuals are still waiting for justice and accountability