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Reaction converging Statements — AHM Markets & investment · 5 attributable reactions Reaction converging Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR Concern & critique · 5 attributable reactions Shared emphasis AIAL Statement on Generative AI and Scientific Integrity Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Development 3d ago
AHM mathematicians issue AI statement

Statements — AHM

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Abeba Birhane Ethan Mollick Timnit Gebru joao Olivia Guest J. Nathan Matias Scott McGrath Eileen Clancy 🧿 +3
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing markets & investment.
Reaction converging

Markets & investment

3 experts

Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." www.ahmath.org/statem…”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“"OpenAI has indicated total disregard for the norms of scientific research — norms that guarantee that mathematics remains trustworthy, ethically researched, and in the public interest... We reject OpenAI's assertion that this release advances our subject" …”

Opportunity & adoption

1 expert

New capabilities, benefits and practical upside.

“The human mathematicians are not happy with OpenAI. It’s a fascinating argument. Not about capabilities, but about the culture and norms of science. www.ahmath.org/statements”

2 experts discussed this · 8 posts
Abeba Birhane: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
joao: "Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with OpenAI and to return to a vision of scie…
Olivia Guest: maybe some useful points on this terminological issue here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi85...
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Developing AI field signal Analysis 1d ago
AI apocalypse framing essay

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

10 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Abeba Birhane Justin Hendrix Olivia Guest Eryk Salvaggio AI Now Institute Tamara Kneese Joris van Hoboken Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র +2
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“From the promises and catastrophic musings of tech CEOs to extraction from the earth and from human creativity to AI's inevitable end → read the full essay: www.equator.org/articles/aru...”

Markets & investment

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Capital, companies and commercial impact.

“Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination -- Arundhati Roy www.equator.org/articles/aru... 🧵”

Questions & unknowns

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What remains unresolved or contested.

“"It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stupidity is about to inundate us."”

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Justin Hendrix: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
David Kaye: i had to scroll to the end for this modest, "arundhati roy is a writer"
Eryk Salvaggio: "It feels a little like that moment before the tsunami in 2004. Remember how, in Thailand and Indonesia, the ocean drew back from the coastline? ... We’re in that moment now. A towering wall of stu…
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Established Models & releases Signal 13d ago

AIAL Statement on Generative AI and Scientific Integrity

3 experts are actively discussing the implications.

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Abeba Birhane Luke Stark AI Accountability Lab
3 experts discussed this · 7 posts
Abeba Birhane: we have a policy for the use of genAI at the @aial.ie. we reflect on values key to scientific integrity, such as replicability, and err on the side of not using it blogpost: aial.ie/blog/gen-ai-...…
Abeba Birhane: inspired by and thanks to @markdingemanse.net, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, @olivia.science, @irisvanrooij.bsky.social and many more
Olivia Guest: 🫶🏼
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Established AI field signal Resource 6d ago
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OSF open science framework platform

OSF

5 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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Abeba Birhane Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Jed Brown Andrew Hundt

“Erscoi, L., Kleinherenbrink, A., & Guest, O. (2023). Pygmalion Displacement: When Humanising AI Dehumanises Women. SocArXiv. doi.org/10.31235/osf...”

“We also make the case that the Turing test, the imitation game (see "Interlude: Can women think?" in doi.org/10.31235/osf...) rhetorically helps to form the founding historical example of Pygmalion displacement: when women computers were replaced by digital…”

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Olivia Guest: Ignoring this crucial distinction is BTW at the root of many instances of xenophobia/racism. People often assume that "defective" output (i. e. non-native register) equals a lack of cognitive capac…
Olivia Guest: I have lots on this angle of you're interested 🫶🏼 Sexism: doi.org/10.31235/osf... Racism: doi.org/10.48550/arX... Also... bsky.app/profile/oliv... and more but I'll not overwhelm you needlessly!
Iris van Rooij: Also here bsky.app/profile/iris...
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4 experts · 31 posts · 7d ago
Abeba Birhane Marielza Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র Dr Keith Wilson 🏳️‍🌈
Abeba Birhane: "Today's AI summit brings together businesses, governments and civil society together" Minister Peter Burke TD (fact: there are no civil society representatives, not in the list of speakers) #AISum…
Abeba Birhane: "We are not just talking about AI, we are investing in it. We are accelerating investment in corporate AI innovation." Minister Burke #AISummitIE
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3 experts · 7 posts · 12d ago
Abeba Birhane Eileen Clancy 🧿 Andrew D Wilson
Abeba Birhane: i appreciate the authors being upfront about the limitation of their work but what can be meaningfully inferred from work like this
Andrew D Wilson: This has been a theme I’ve spotted in all AI discussions, including policies around use - a long list of actually disqualifying limitations and problems, with no reflection on this fact but precede…
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3 experts · 4 posts · 9d ago
Abeba Birhane Olivia Guest Chris Brockett
Abeba Birhane: if we want to treat ai systems with respect because it is a good thing to do (not because ai systems have feelings), that says all about the norms we want to cultivate as a society and *nothing* ab…
Olivia Guest: Are these the same people who are against violence in video games or is that respectful because the video games' NPCs (or their friends characters) are designed to be able to be shot at or whatever…
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3 experts · 3 posts · 7d ago
Abeba Birhane J. Nathan Matias Veni Kunche
Abeba Birhane: i appreciate people trying to place my work as an important piece in the current ai landscape but it is inaccurate to describe my work as ai safety. i do proper, rigorous scientific research
Veni Kunche: i appreciate people trying to place my work as an important piece in the current ai landscape but it is inaccurate to describe my work as ai safety. i do proper, rigorous scientific research
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3 experts · 4 posts · 19d ago
Abeba Birhane Michael Veale Louise Amoore
Abeba Birhane: When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use googl…
Louise Amoore: & microfiche slides… just for hours at a time. It was beautiful. And because it took time and care it allowed for new thoughts about a research problem to emerge while loading the microfiche film ❤️
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