Jeff Bezos shared the first Amazon job posting #otd in 1994. v/
@JonErlichman
@mit_csail
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Jeff Bezos Posted First Amazon Job Opening in 1994
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MIT CSAIL Researcher Discusses 54 AI and Health Questions
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54(ish) questions w/an MIT CSAIL AI & health researcher. Full video: https://
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Tim Berners-Lee Introduces WorldWideWeb App in 1991
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#otd in 1991 Tim Berners-Lee emailed a programmer newsgroup about a new “experimental” app he designed called “WorldWideWeb”: https://
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IBM PC 1981: The Computer That Changed Everything
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This month in 1981, IBM introduced its first PC. With a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 microprocessor, the $1600 “Model 5150” soon became the best-selling computer in the world: https://
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Margaret Hamilton: Pioneer of Apollo Flight Software
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Happy birthday to Margaret Hamilton, an MIT computer scientist who designed the flight software for the Apollo missions in the 1960s. Image v/El Impresionante on Reddit
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Which company would you choose to work for?
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If you could work at any company right now, which would it be? And why?
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MIT CSAIL PhD Student Shares Data Visualization Research
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Spend the day w/an MIT CSAIL PhD student working in data visualization: https://
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CSAIL Researchers Release AI Safety Research Database
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Preprint: https://
tinyurl.com/t87ze8nk
CSAIL News: https://
tinyurl.com/mrxm2e5y
Database: https://
tinyurl.com/yhtjhb6m
Feedback: https://
tinyurl.com/mue7bmyj Researchers involved include @PeterSlattery1 @aksaeri
, @StephenLCasper
, @mnoetel
, @ProfNeilT
, @RistoUuk
, @soroushjp
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AI Risks: Discrimination, Privacy Breaches, and Cyberattacks Analysis
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Four insights from this analysis (2/2): Several subdomains, such as "Unfair discrimination and misrepresentation" (mentioned in 63% of documents), "Compromise of privacy" (61%), and "Cyberattacks, weapon development or use, and mass harm" (54%) are frequently discussed.