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Shared emphasis Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Signal 17d ago
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Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X

6 experts across 4 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Mar Hicks, Frank Pasquale
““These images, which I’ve started calling subtlefakes, are not as clearly offensive, but are a lot more convincing. The concerning implication is it’s not just the tech that is advancing now, but that people who wield it maliciously are getting more sophist…” evidence ↗
6 experts 4 communities 1 sources clustered
Mar Hicks 404 Media Woodrow Hartzog Frank Pasquale Emanuel Maiberg Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
Primary source 404media.co ↗
Established AI field signal Analysis 16d ago
⚡ 1996 h early
Kenyan writer ChatGPT writing style essay

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

3 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Mercedes 🤦‍♀️ Bunz
“On colonial education and the danger of accusing someone of sounding like an LLM. 👇 via @lizthegrey.com marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...” evidence ↗
3 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র Mercedes 🤦‍♀️ Bunz

“On colonial education and the danger of accusing someone of sounding like an LLM. 👇 via @lizthegrey.com marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...”

“that's because it is. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...”

2 experts discussed this · 9 posts
SE Gyges: it makes me feel slightly ill to read llm prose at this point
SE Gyges: simultaneously somehow extremely dense and also rambling and not dense enough. sixteen important facts in about twenty words bracketed by four sentences of otherwise indistinguishable patter
SE Gyges: also half of the important facts are important but ridiculous to convey because you already knew them. it has bad theory of mind
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Primary source marcusolang.substack.com ↗
Established AI field signal Signal 14d ago

Reflections on Google’s AI Overview for “am alone with a muslim” query

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
“Wrote up a little reflection as an information retrieval researcher on why this is not just about model bias and why appropriate structural way to address such issues may require realizing public platforms that make space for meaningful public participation…” evidence ↗
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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র

“Wrote up a little reflection as an information retrieval researcher on why this is not just about model bias and why appropriate structural way to address such issues may require realizing public platforms that make space for meaningful public participation…”

Primary source bhaskar-mitra.github.io ↗
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4 experts · 10 posts · 4d ago
Olivia Guest Chelsea Parlett blair Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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“Yup... It's not only real but sadly a vulnerability that preexisted the 2020s” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
blair: Doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research part…
Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র: Doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research part…
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3 experts · 8 posts · 19d ago
Abeba Birhane Lilian Edwards Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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“i’m forced to conclude those who write these policies either lack sufficient knowledge of the technology and the ai industry at large or are intentionally pushing policies that are misleading and n…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Policy & governance · 1
Abeba Birhane: been reading university/higher-ed policies on the use of genAI in education. most policies propose using genAI safely, ethically, & responsibly, which is an oxymoron. the way current genAI is devel…
Abeba Birhane: imo, you have to choose between using genAI OR cultivating fundamental educational values. you simply can’t have both 🤷🏾‍♀️
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3 experts · 3 posts · 10d ago
Abeba Birhane Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র Teresa Heffernan
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“narrator: AI can't improve student learning, writing, critical thinking or communication skills. it diminishes them” evidence ↗
Abeba Birhane: narrator: AI can't improve student learning, writing, critical thinking or communication skills. it diminishes them
Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র: narrator: AI can't improve student learning, writing, critical thinking or communication skills. it diminishes them
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