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"... AI is political. ..." Amazing gymnastics around this one.

"An antifascist AI is a project based on solidarity, mutual aid and collective care."

So... A fascist anti-fascist?

"... there's no comprehension or even common sense."

Sums up this article.

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If your definition of fascism is "solidarity, mutual aid and collective care" then I think you might want to look up the word "fascism".

Here's a good start on what Fascism is, the definition of the doctrine as declared by its originator, Benito Mussolini.

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/duce.html

More can be found in Brittanica's article on the subject:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fascism

In short - and mostly from Britannica's definition, supported by Mussolini's words Fascism is characterised by an extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and political and cultural liberalism, a belief in natural social hierarchy and the rule of elites, and the desire to create a Volksgemeinschaft (German: “people’s community”), in which individual interests would be subordinated to the good of the nation.

Even shorter would be 'a militaristic nationalist dictatorial ideology which subjugates the individual for the (perceived) good of the nation'. It is such a close cousin to Communism and Islamism (and other similarly structured doctrines) that this short characterisation also applies to those ideologies. An AI set to the task of filtering out Fascists will also trigger on Communists and Islamists and probably on a host of similar ideologies. This is not a problem as I assume the idea is to reduce the influence these types of ideologies have on society.