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Reaction converging Models Don't Go Rogue Concern & critique · 3 attributable reactions
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New AI field signal Signal 12h ago
⚡ 51 h early

My students hate ai but they cant stop using it

4 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

4 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Luke Stark Shannon Mattern Jeff Sharlet Jane Rosenzweig

“This isn’t the gotcha you think. www.chronicle.com/article/my-s...”

“this piece by @jeffsharlet.bsky.social about what his students have said about AI, why they're using it, and what they think about it. "Nobody used the term “arms race,” but that’s what they described: enormous pressure to use AI or fall behind those who ar…”

Primary source chronicle.com ↗
Developing Safety & security Analysis 1d ago
models don't go rogue essay

Models Don't Go Rogue

8 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

8 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Timnit Gebru Eryk Salvaggio Luke Stark Shannon Mattern Mél Hogan / The Data Fix Benjamin Riley Elke Schwarz René Walter
How the network is reacting 3 experts are independently emphasizing concern & critique.
Reaction converging

Concern & critique

3 experts

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Well we just disagree here, that's ok. Because I don't think it helps anyone to credit AI agents with "building a civilization" (or three) and hinting that the little guys getting dangerously smart. I'm with @eryk.bsky.social: mail.cyberneticforests.com/mod…”

5 experts discussed this · 20 posts
Timnit Gebru: Friends, when I sent this message to my team laughing, I didn't know that this fairytale blog had been shared far & wide & that people actually believed it. I didn't know that until someone asked m…
Timnit Gebru: At a certain point I have to ask myself if I got all this pedigree and spent decades doing research and building things to then spend the rest of my life attempting to come up with good arguments a…
Timnit Gebru: Agents didn't "confer" that is anthropomorphization of computer programs trained to do certain tasks.
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Primary source mail.cyberneticforests.com ↗
Established AI field signal Development 3d ago
LAUSD bans AI on school devices

LAUSD Bans Students From Using AI on School Devices

4 directory members surfaced this signal.

4 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Hypervisible Shannon Mattern Eileen Clancy 🧿 Amanda Tepski

““The Los Angeles Unified Board is banning student access to AI tools on district-provided laptops and tablets. The announcement comes after the Los Angeles Unified School District voted to limit screen time for students in June.””

Primary source lamag.com ↗