Future of Life Institute
Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter
2 min · · We call on all AI labs to immediately pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. · Shared by 270, including Dan Rockwell, Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, John Koetsier, Pippa Malmgren, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marcel Salathé, Dennis Yu, Bob E. Hayes, Vicki Davis, Tristan Harris, Dr. Marie Haynes🌱, Gerd Leonhard, Yuval Noah Harari, Dion Hinchcliffe, Gary Marcus, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Steven Sinofsky, Carissa Véliz, Luke Robert Mason, MarketingProfs
MIT Technology Review
Deleting unethical data sets isn’t good enough
2 min · · The AI research community has tried to scrub away its past. But the internet is forever · Shared by 40, including Nicolas Babin, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Martina Pugliese, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, @emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon, Carissa Véliz, Dorothea Baur (Dr.)
WIRED
Opinion: Timnit Gebru’s Exit From Google Exposes a Crisis in AI
3 min · · The situation has made clear that the field needs to change. Here’s where to start, according to a current and a former Googler. · Shared by 60, including Prof. Sally Eaves, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Bob E. Hayes, Harold Sinnott, Nicolas Babin, Martina Pugliese, Alex Hanna (back at alex@dair-community.social), Rachel Thomas, Backchannel, Ben Jones
Berkeley AI Research
Delayed Impact of Fair Machine Learning
5 min · · Shared by 15, including Martina Pugliese
theartofresearch.org
Changing my Mind about AI, Universal Basic Income, and the Value of Data
· Romeo and Juliet balcony scene, Ford Madox Brown, 1870 Alan Turing created the Turing Test in 1950, Marvin Minsky wrote the first neural network in 1951, and arguments about · Shared by 14, including Martina Pugliese, Scott Santens
The Week
How robots became a scapegoat for the destruction of the working class
5 min · · Robots didn't destroy the safety net or workers' rights. They didn't even steal jobs. · Shared by 16, including Martina Pugliese, luis antónio santos, Thomas Power, Bertrand Maltaverne
The Guardian
Maths and tech specialists need Hippocratic oath, says academic
3 min · · Exclusive: Hannah Fry says ethical pledge needed in tech fields that will shape future · Shared by 149, including Lee Keyes, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mike Butcher, Yvette Dubel, Martina Pugliese, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Michael Grupe, dreig (Dolors Reig), 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 瑞拿頭, Dr Jim Walsh, Fern, Simon Wüthrich
WIRED UK
Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
Summary · 20+ min · · On June 14, 2014, the State Council of China published an ominous-sounding document called "Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System". In the way of Chinese policy documents, it… · Shared by 548, including Dana DiTomaso, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Ron McIntyre, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Klaus Eck, Nir Eyal, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Nils Hitze, Martin Hoffmann, Parin Vachhani, Nico Lumma, Mathew Ingram, Mara Averick, getAbstract, Mark Kaigwa, Ward Plunet, Leo Polovets, Erik H. (@ring2@norden.social), Dan Ariely, Thomas Power
anatomyof.ai
Anatomy of an AI System
Summary · 20+ min · · Professors Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler have created a map that visualizes the many processes that make the Amazon Echo work. In this essay, which accompanies their map, they take you on a fascinating journey outlining the global networks of raw material, human labor and data behind today’s popular gadgets. · Shared by 430, including carlo zapponi 🐟, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, Jer Thorp, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Dr. Anna Jobin (also on Mastodon), ThomNagy, Chris Messina, Andreas Von Gunten, Scott Williams, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, getAbstract, Brian Roemmele, Caroline Jarrett, Dominik Grolimund, von Moerenburgh, Mike Tamir, PhD, Daniel Boos, Marsha Collier, Victor Lee, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech