“Influencer Parents and Their Children Are Rethinking Growing Up On Social Media - Teen Vogue”
“Startup Winter is Coming - Stacking the Bricks”
A few years’ old but very accurate.
“The long shadow of GPT - by Gary Marcus”
I’ve tried hard in my research to be even-handed—try to get a realistic sense of the pros and cons of this tech
But, man, does it seem tailor-made for fraud and misinformation
“The Exploited Labor Behind Artificial Intelligence”
The “AI” industry runs on the backs of these low-wage workers, who are kept in precarious positions
“Artists can now opt out of generative AI. It’s not enough.”
the problems that generative AI creates are structural and collective. They cannot be solved by pushing the responsibility to individuals.
“Can ChatGPT—and its successors—go from cool to tool? - Freedom to Tinker”
Where somebody tries to use ChatGPT to do a thing it’s absolutely not capable of.
“’Horribly Unethical’: Startup Experimented on Suicidal Teens on Social Media With Chatbot”
We’re going to see more of this kind of thing. Hype leads people to cut corners and the hype is just beginning.
“Employees Are Feeding Sensitive Business Data to ChatGPT”
I’m guessing that the reason why OpenAI changed their data retention policy the other day is that they knew these stories would be popping up.
“Large Language Models and software as a medical device - MedRegs”
“I tested how well ChatGPT can pull data out of messy PDFs”
Bullshitting, misgendering, typo injection, and a 1-6% error rate 😬
Using these tools to extract structured data from unstructured seems like a huge mistake.
“Kodsnack discussion with Tim Urban and Torill Kornfeldt”
A really interesting discussion between an AI enthusiast and a biologist. Poor audio but worthwhile.
“Diffusion Art or Digital Forgery? Investigating Data Replication in Diffusion Models”
This is interesting.
“New data: what consumers really think about generative AI”
People who used Chat GPT find the results more credible than those who haven’t
Not sure this problem can be solved without regulation.
“Lethal words – Bigmouth Strikes Again: Carrie Marshall’s blog”
“Open source is good for AI but, is AI good for open source? - BCS”
“Is it time to hit the pause button on AI?”
TBH, if the US DoJ or Attorney General said that AI generated output probably didn’t qualify for Section 230 safe harbour, most public AI would be withdrawn 5m later
“A Silicon Valley Love Triangle: Hiring Algorithms, Pseudo-Science, and the Quest for Auditability”
The title of this paper is just so good. Proposes a framework for auditing Automated Decision-Making Systems
“Is remote work in your future? Here’s why more women say yes”
“Historical pragmatism and the internet - James W. Carey, 2005”
We are now living with the consequences of those hopes and beliefs, but the age of the internet has taught us again of the fragility of politics, the brittleness of the economy and the vulnerability of the new world order. The ‘new’ man and woman of the ‘new age’ strikes one as the same mixture of greed, pride, arrogance and hostility that we encounter in both history and experience.
“On technological optimism and technological pragmatism”
Always post a link when somebody points out that Wired Magazine and its contributors are full of shit.