Not again We had to dedicate a whole ass section in our paper to debunk this nonsense cause it’s so common. Debunked from a philosophical perspective, ML perspective, art perspective. I don’t know when the paper will be available but it was just presented at AIES.
@timnitgebru
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Lived Experiences and Interdisciplinary Collaboration in AI Research
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To do this, we use our lived experiences in addition to other expertise, & collaborate with different groups of people following our research philosophy. The biggest way this collaboration happens is by having people at our institute with different types of experiences.
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DAIR Institute: Mitigating AI Issues and Creating Future Technologies
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While I'm here, I also want to note that @DAIRInstitute
, in addition to uncovering + mitigating issues w.r.t. AI, we "cultivate spaces to accelerate imagination & creation of new technologies & tools to build a better future." https://
dair-institute.org/research-philo
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Tech Leadership’s Humanity Priorities Questioned
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2) Same white dude goes around talking about "humanity" & existential risks & says that his concerns are much more important for humanity This summarizes the state of where we are.
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Hinton’s hypothetical risks overshadow present AI discrimination concerns
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Alt text continued cause there's a 1k limit "…than bias and discrimination, even though bias and discrimination are happening now and need to be confronted urgently.” In other words, Hinton maintains that he’s more concerned about his hypothetical than the present reality."
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White male leadership dismisses discrimination concerns via closed-door consultation
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1) White dude consults with other "trusted white dudes" about issues of discrimination that I raised and decided to keep quiet based on "conflicting accounts" from his fellow "trusted colleagues" ….
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AI Safety Discourse and the Doomer Debate in Research
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Thank you to Lorena for writing this article, highlighting our works and showing that this is a collective effort. I like that you didn't equivocate about the fact that I was fired. The part about Hinton was such a great example of where we are with the doomers
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Media Coverage of Effective Altruism and AI Influencers Criticized
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And @TIME
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NYT platforms AI philosophers amid ethics concerns
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Not to mention @nytimes inexplicably platforming random philosophers like Bostrom and MacAskill. Do no eugenicists get that type of platform over there? They even did a whole interview with Bostrom a few months after his email and worse non apology came out.