@mensrea Now I have to make one of those stickers as well. đ
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Been working on a "Artificial Imperialism" sticker. đ€đ
Something to hand out when I do human rights talks.
I senaste avsnittet av den fenomenala podden MÄnskott figurerar visst jag! Jösses vad dramatiskt det lÄter men tycker ÀndÄ helheten blev fin. Vore jÀttekul att höra dina intryck om du lyssnar.
"Mannen som överlistade algoritmerna." đ
"NÀtveteranen Per Axbom kÀnde sig jagad av algoritmer och nÀtjÀttarnas övervakning. Han smÀllde igen dörren och gav sig ut i ett algoritmfritt ingenmansland. Resan blev svÄrare Àn han nÄgonsin kunnat förestÀlla sig."
Finns dÀr poddar finns, till exempel:
Pocket Casts: https://pca.st/9105ms4k
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/mannen-som-%C3%B6verlistade-algoritmerna/id1702825843?i=1000632251714
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5NypnqTVp8cHUbePXSRjfj
@rgordon Thank you đ
Excellent keynote by @abebab at #Internetdagarna today here in Sweden. Looking at the chat, many of Sweden's tech geeks are surprised by the messages she is conveying.
Truly appreciate she was provided this space and made time to participate.
I recommend reading this profile of her in Wired:
https://www.wired.com/story/abeba-birhane-ai-datasets/
#AIEthics
This is of course my favorite cover of The Continent, from May of this year. I wouldnât mind having it as a poster. This is how the magazine explained the image:
âCover: The Creation of Adam, Michelangeloâs iconic fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel depicts the Christian deity breathing life into the very first man. Today, a handful of incredibly rich men in Silicon Valley claim a similarly grandiose mission. This is, apparently, the dawn of the age of âartificial intelligenceâ.
According to its creators, this emerging technology is godlike in its abilities: so powerful that it could one day create unimaginable wealth and luxury â or destroy us all. But not everyone is buying into this hype. We spoke to several African AI researchers who see, instead, an all too familiar pattern of exploitation and extraction.â
@thecontinent
âJust use the tool for goodâ, they said.
âBut what if the tool is built on prejudice, exploitation and inequity?â, I asked,
âItâs just a toolâ, they said.
âBut what if the output makes things worse?â, I asked.
âJust use the tool for goodâ, they said.
In @thecontinent this weekend.
« "When I went to Africa, it seemed like no one was paying attention. It was like: âWe can do whatever we want.â"
These are the words of an American military drone operator â someone who, at the press of a button, can decide whether Africans live or die.
A devastating new investigation details how one particular drone strike killed a Somali mother and her four-year-old daughter. The United States military investigated itself and exonerated itself. Because in Africa, you can do whatever you want. »
#TheContinent #Somalia
https://mas.to/@thecontinent/111430566639579861
Sam Altman fired from OpenAI.
The board has lost trust in him. He was not honest in his communication with the board.
So, the next weeks will be interesting. Will he carry the blame for some bigger revelation?
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition
Sam Altman fired.
The grift can only go on for so long.
https://openai.com/blog/openai-announces-leadership-transition
Many articles are being written about what Hassan describes as "digital slavery". Hassan, today 18, started his AI labeling career when he was 15.
This is a story on the kids who read, watch and listen to traumatic content (including extreme violence) to make AI services appear more autonomous and safe.
"The raw data used to train machine-learning algorithms is first labeled by humans, and human verification is also needed to evaluate their accuracy. This data-labeling ranges from the simpleâidentifying images of street lamps, say, or comparing similar ecommerce productsâto the deeply complex, such as content moderation, where workers classify harmful content within data scraped from all corners of the internet. These tasks are often outsourced to gig workers, via online crowdsourcing platforms such as Toloka, which was where Hassan started his career."
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-intelligence-data-labeling-children00
#AIEthics #DigitalEthics
@fasterandworse This is the first book in a long time I will have read all the way through in less than 24 hours. Need to find more books like this. Thinking I may need to re-read some old favorites to get into the habit again.
@Zeugs If you read it all literally you will definitely struggle đ
My son bought this book for me for my birthday (in June) but it didn't arrive until yesterday and he gave it to me when I came home from work.
Started reading it in bed and am halfway through as I'm continuing my reading at the breakfast table. I would never suppose it's a book for everyone but wow is it hitting me at the exact right time in my life.
"Turn your TV off. Throw your machines out the window. Save your excuses for someone who cares. Get to work."
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@LeoR1010 Verkligen. Jag blir alltid sÄ himla glad nÀr det kommer spontant. Gör att jag sjÀlv vill skicka vidare till andra som annars Àr sÄ lÀtt att glömma uppmÀrksamma för att de förgyller vardagen.
Jag kan berÀtta att nÀr jag Àr fullstÀndigt utmattad av veckor med nya jobb och förelÀsningar och fÄr sÄdana hÀr meddelanden apropÄ ingenting sÄ har jag vÀldigt lÀtt till (glÀdje)tÄrar:
âHejhej! Jag kan berĂ€tta att din WS var den högsta betygsatta av alla vĂ„ra WS! Snyggt!â
Jag tĂ€nker ofta pĂ„ hur man nog kan ses av andra som erfaren och blasĂ©, men Ă€ndĂ„ Ă€r man â liksom alla â bara ett litet nystan av nerver och oro som behöver vĂ„rd och omtĂ€nksamhet.
VĂ€ldigt tacksam ocksĂ„ för den hĂ€r vĂ€rdefulla ytan att skriva av mig pĂ„ inför andra (ja det Ă€r ju ni som gör ytan vĂ€rdefull), Ă€ven om det blivit vĂ€ldigt lite pĂ„ svenska senaste tidenâŠ
@salixsericea Thanks. đ
I truly didn't think this would finally happen in a significant way, but some companies are actually paying good money for me to come and tell them to behave and treat people better.
While I get into a lot of "how", the next step is obviously "do".
One step at a timeâŠ
There is no "we" in AI.
Living in a world where it's suddenly become controversial to call computer software what it is: computer software.
Nope, we now have to imply that the software has a human-like brain. The media is eating it up and everything everywhere has lost all logic all at once.