What will happen if they get orders to shut down certain accounts? You're out, just like that. BlueSky is currently fine for me but I can't imagine it staying that way. I don't see how it won't be like the others as it grows.
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Mastodon and Decentralized Protocols: Building Community-Driven Alternatives
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I'm heavily invested in the Fediverse. Many things to work out. But I believe the community norms will change with more of us there. Out of platforms I'm on, Mastodon is the only one that 1) isn't controlled by a corporation & 2) is using a truly decentralized protocol.
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Running Independent Instance with Custom Moderation Rules
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No one can kick me off of our instance. We run our own instance, meaning we decide the moderation rules for those who will be on our instance. And we decide who not to engage with.
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Altman’s Empty Promises: GPU Consumption Without Magical Results
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If you fall for this shit at this point, its on you. "Let them eat GPUs because they'll see magical vibes." -To be said by future Altman.
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AI Ethics: Marginalization and Community-Based Accessibility
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At 9am in room 201D, catch @nunuska co-organizing, Size really does matter: rethinking AI development to avoid marginalizing the marginalized. At 11:30am in room 102, catch @asmelashteka at, Putting people first: community-based approaches to accessible language
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Social Media Platforms Role Tigray Genocide DAIR Research
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Tech-Facilitated Genocide: RightsCon Taipei Conference Sessions
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Will you be Rightscon in Taipei? If so, say hi, I'll be attending the conference in person for the first time & will be participating in these 2 sessions All of them have to do with tech facilitated genocide. Such is the time we're in.
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Digital Justice and Hate Speech: Indigenous and Tigray Struggles
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10:15am in Room 102, find me at @7amleh
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Data Labelers Association Launch Event Announced
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Join us in less than 10 minutes for the launch of the data labelers association: http://
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OpenAI’s Benevolent Image Scrutinized Through Historical Context
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This is an excerpt from what I wrote in 2015 when OpenAI was announced and all y'all journalists were lauding them as the benevolent souls who were going to save us from AI. "A white tech tycoon born and raised in South Africa during apartheid,..