For the past 12 years I’ve been to dozens of meetings where the phrase, “don’t hinder innovation” is used as a cudgel to hamper any talk of paradigm level shifts to economics. Taxing the super rich 2% on their income would provide $500B to curb climate change.
@johnchavens
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Byte Supremacy: Western Dualism and Code Paradigms
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Has anyone (outside of a MD real band who used the term in 2016 which is quite impressive) coined the term, “byte supremacy?” Putting together thoughts on the paradigm of all things being compared to whiteness and realized western dualistic code could fit in this logic.
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Active Inference and Spatial Web: Beyond GenAI
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As a reminder, GenAI is only one methodology amongst many for AI. Let’s focus on Active Inference & The Spatial Web now! And always remember almost all AI systems are built on human or environmental data that must be protected FIRST for parity that brings any form of agency.
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Can AI Systems Truly Be Empathetic or Just Simulate It
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Question for any of my HCI or affective computing friends: Can AI of any stripe be “empathetic?” I maintain no as the systems aren’t sentient. But relationality demands empathy is defined by the beholder. If an empathetic tree falls in the woods, does anyone hear its kindness?
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Be Still and Know AI’s Not God: Human Identity
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My latest article: Be Still and Know AI's Not God https://
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Tech Leader Criticized for Deception and Environmental Impact
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Why do we keep giving this man and his organization air? He has been proven a liar many times over as claimed by his board and the systems he touts destroy the planet and devalue and devour human identity and IP. He is vile.
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Humor as sanity marker: recovering integral person in digital age
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“We think of humor as a mark of sanity for good reason: in fun and play we recover the integral person, who in the workaday world or in professional life can only use a small sector of his being.” Marshall McLuhan – Understanding Media: The extensions of man. Scripture!
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AI Companies Ignoring Intellectual Property Rights
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And the overt ignoring of IP when it doesn’t suit AI companies.
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AI Ethics Committees Lack Biodiversity Impact Measurement Standards
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AI Ethics committees embracing LLMs where no accurate measurement of biodiversity usage are indicated = BS.
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Newsom leads effective AI regulation for sustainability and child data protection
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#Newsom2024 Just getting that out there now as he’s one of the only leaders in the global stage providing effective regulation for sustainability and protecting children’s data / human agency.