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Eugenics Rhetoric in Tech: Timnit Gebru Critiques Dangerous Ideology
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you know, we need to, we need to promote good, uh, you know, good eugenics, we need to promote good racial hygiene. I mean, it's very much, you know, in that, in that vein. Timnit Gebru: He's not being subtle about it at all. He writes that all over the piece. >>
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Replacement theory convergence with pronatalist AI discourse
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Timnit Gebru: The great replacement theory. Alex Hanna: Yeah. So it's effectively replacement theory, you know, you know, here. So, yeah, I mean, that's effectively saying, so it does have this kind of convergence with the pronatalists effectively, >>
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Population Decline and Economic Growth Sources in Developed Nations
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three sources of growth. Population growth, natural resource utilization, and technology. Developed societies are depopulating all over the world, across cultures. The total human population may already be shrinking." This, uh, this reminds me of the pronatalists. >>
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Techno-Optimism and Eugenics: Gebru Critiques Silicon Valley Vision
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Alt text for video: Audiogram with Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 logo, title "Episode 30: Marc's Miserable Manifesto", subtitle "How a Silicon Valley billionaire's so-called 'techno-optimist' vision has eugencist roots" Captions for audio: Timnit Gebru: Yeah, "There are only
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 critiques Techno-Optimism Manifesto
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Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 30! @alexhanna and guest host @timnitgebru read the Techno-Optimism Manifesto so you don't have to.https://t.co/Me6P1Pw1Qj
— @emilymbender.bsky.social (@emilymbender) 20 avril 2024
Thanks to @ctaylsaurus for production! pic.twitter.com/2TPURbsCVuMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, episode 30! @alexhanna and guest host @timnitgebru read the Techno-Optimism Manifesto so you don't have to. https://
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WHO Chatbot Reliability: Institutional Accountability Over User Skepticism
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Are you seriously suggesting that all people accessing the WHO's webpage should know better than to trust their chatbot — rather than the folks at the WHO (and contracting with them) knowing better than to set it up?
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Facial Recognition Privacy Concerns in AI Applications
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Also, this is a privacy nightmare, as mentioned in the piece — it completely gratuitously involves taking photos (videos?) of user's facial expressions.
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Stop Backronyming Women Names Focus on Technical Fit
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Also: less time backronyming women's names (SARAH) and more time thinking about whether the tech actually fits the task, please. >>
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Synthetic Text Models Unsuitable for Accuracy-Critical Applications
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A synthetic text extruding machine is not well-matched to any application where the accuracy of the content matters. This is clearly one such application. >>