Also v rich given Nvidia's success is in part attributable to the co's having tons low-level programmers mid-2000s–ppl who understand the mechanisms that are abstracted away for most–and were thus able to focus on creating the CUDA ecosystem ahead of competitors. BUT ANYWAY.
@mer__edith
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Workers as Button-Pushers: The Risk of Tech Concentration
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I'm sure a future where "workers just push the buttons we give them, and only we know how they work" is not a bad position for incumbents and "button making companies." But it's not something we should accept or celebrate as progress! https://
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Reframing AI Labor Exploitation as Noble Protection
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Don't call them servants. Peasants under the protection of benevolent Nobles, please.
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Who Defines ‘We’ in AI Development and Governance
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Of course we can. But whom the "we" pronoun encompasses becomes critical to whether we actually do or not.
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Safety Features Minimize Profile Information Exposure Risks
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We have a number of features in place to minimize that capability on people's profile details screen (showing what groups they're in, whether or not you've messaged before, etc). And we encourage people to use the safety number feature + DMs and the like to verify identity.
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Why I Don’t Believe in ‘The Economy’
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Not to be flip, but this is why I don't believe in "the economy"
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AI Ethics as Corporate PR Strategy Mid-2010s Tech
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As someone who was around when AI ethics sprung forth, largely from within large tech companies in the mid 2010s, IMO primarily to serve as something to point to when GC's and CEO's were asked "what are you doing about these problems?"–I'm not surprised.
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Jevons Paradox: AI Efficiency Driving Increased Compute Demand
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The issue here is ~Jevons paradox. E.g., the Alexnet paper that "started it all" was notable largely for its massive improvement in computational efficiency. Which led not to more efficient use of compute, but to increased demand & ultimately increased compute/resource use.
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AI Systems and Political Economy: Questioning Empowerment Claims
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IP is not a terrain I have much faith in, one way or the other. That aside, from whence the faith in these systems "unlocking latent expressive and intellectual capabilities of billions" given the political economic landscape within which they're being created, licensed, used?