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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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Subtlefakes: Slightly Altered Nonconsensual AI Images Are Taking Over X

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Mar Hicks 404 Media Woodrow Hartzog Frank Pasquale Emanuel Maiberg Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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Kenyan writer ChatGPT writing style essay

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

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Liz Fong-Jones (方禮真) Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র Mercedes 🤦‍♀️ Bunz

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

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

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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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Established AI field signal Signal 14d ago

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

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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…”

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4 experts · 10 posts · 4d ago
Olivia Guest Chelsea Parlett blair Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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 · 18d ago
Abeba Birhane Lilian Edwards Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
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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