It’d be great if everyone interested in launching some AI project first asked themselves—would this be acceptable without the AI angle? The conflation of AI & Progress obscures judgment & erases necessary interrogation of processes. Also, can everyone stop with OPT-OUTS? That’…
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Neil Turkewitz
I write mostly about the intersection of tech & art/culture which these days means I spend nearly all my time trying to address the exploitation underlying current AI models. A secular humanist interrogating modern religions.
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“Everyone in the field recognizes that guardrails remain a challenge, & likely will for some time,” said Matt Fredrikson, a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. C’mon, “likely will for some time?” They will ALWAYS remain a challenge. Not a challenge act…
“We demonstrate that when users discuss high- stakes social concerns (i.e., interpersonal conflict), interactions with sycophantic AI models degrade prosocial intentions: participants were more convinced of their own righteousness & less willing to repair their relationships.”…
“Fear of being left behind works only if you haven’t already been left behind. Women can see through the smoke and mirrors.” 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
“We’re seeing an unprecedented deluge of money being poured by AI companies into lobbying in order to protect their bottom lines & their images at a time when Americans are very anxious about the technology.” But who has to lobby for something we’re told is inevitable? @nytcec…
The Pope is channeling Nick Cave…and I am here for it. “Data doesn’t suffer. ChatGPT has no inner being, it has been nowhere, it has endured nothing, it has not had the audacity to reach beyond its limitations.” www.theredhandfiles.com/chat-gpt-wha...
And some people are still wondering why students are booing commencement speakers who claim that AI is our inevitable future. It’s just so darned hard to figure out why they would want to look a gift horse in the mouth.
“The path here wasn’t the inevitable result of some technological, scientific, or economic law. Nor is continuing down it. To the extent we’re already living in the AI future, it’s the result of a series of calculated decisions by the biggest tech firms & their investors.” @ma…
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A visual representation of the AI resistance we’ve seen from college graduates these past weeks.