Google's own AI ethics board was unethical by design. It lasted a week.
Can't make stuff like this up.
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/4/4/18295933/google-cancels-ai-ethics-board
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Google's own AI ethics board was unethical by design. It lasted a week.
Can't make stuff like this up.
vox.com/future-perfect… #designethics
« Another member, Joanna Bryson, defending her decision not to resign, claimed of James, “Believe it or not, I know worse about one of the other people.” »
Listening to @SamHarrisOrg interviewing @Moonalice about Facebook on Making Sense with Sam Harris.
overcast.fm/+Ic2hypMLw
Deciding to start watching Game of Thrones for the first time is probably the most stupid thing I can do right now. Which is why... (you can fill in the rest).
I'm at #S6E3. Not that anyone is wondering. The goal is obviously to reach the final episode by the final episode.
#GameOfThrones
I did predict this behavior of mine... x.com/axbom/status/8…
Favorite #GOT quote thus far: ”Are you trying to present your own statements as ancient wisdom?”
Don’t we all...
#S8E1 #GOT
I may just make it...
Boom. So, in 47 days I watched #GameofThrones from the start (without having seen a single episode before that), finishing some hours before the final episode is released. It was a truly stupid endeavor but I don’t regret a thing.
Now I’m thankfully immune to spoilers.
Still on the fence about waking up at 3am to watch the finale. But leaning towards "now I must".
All done. Yes, yes it was worth doing. 😁
"the audience’s refusal to see Dany as an inherently violent character, whose colonial aspirations make her irredeemable, is reflective of our inability to see our own society in this light, even when we cause similar destruction in non-white countries."
wearyourvoicemag.com/culture/game-o…
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@cydharrell @canuxconf Nice! Some day @beantin and I will have to make it over there.
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@kolombiken Most of them seem to regard not tracking users as the ethical high ground here, but I haven't verified that this applies to all of them.
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@jennyshen @netmag Awesome Jenny, love following your path to fame. Well-deserved.
Ethical alternatives to the digital tools you use every day.
ethical.net/resources/
”By appointing James to the ATEAC, Google elevates and endorses her views, implying that hers is a valid perspective worthy of inclusion in its decision making” – Inside the Google employee backlash against the Heritage Foundation #designethics theverge.com/2019/4/1/18290…
What’s going on here @Apple ? A covert new setting implemented - enabled by default - that promotes segregation. Not a written word to announce it. #a11y #accessibility
As noted by @hampelusken:
axesslab.com/digital-aparth…
Really bad move by Apple.
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@janeruffino Wow, that was long, but worth the read.
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@ifenn @Hilaryonline The only person I know who would stay here isn't on Twitter. 😅
@ifenn @Hilaryonline Interesting though to view how conscience hits in that end of the spectrum and whether or not it can have impact.
These are the 9 luxury hotels George Clooney wants his peers to boycott. They are financed by the oil-rich Sultan of Brunei, leader of a nation set to start stoning and whipping to death its gay citizens.
deadline.com/2019/03/george…
#GeorgeClooney #Brunei
I'm now wondering why these are not on the list:
Le Richemond in Geneva
Royal Plaza on Scotts
Grand Hyatt in Singapore
Grand Hyatt in Kuala Lumpur
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@tomsoderlund Shipshape
Which also means: in good order
"President Trump has spared no effort to help the coal industry, but more coal-fired power plants shut down during the first two years of his presidency than during President Obama’s entire first term. American coal consumption fell 4 percent in 2018."
nybooks.com/articles/2019/…
Opinion polls are such a sad form of journalism. Numbers with no context are presented as truths and differences within the margin of error are written about as indicators or effects of something significant.
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@ifenn A gimmick with someone likely invested in their growth 😝
@ifenn (and my mixed emotions do come from their appealing quirkiness)