I told people @ Google about this & asked them to build language technology & have human moderation, in so-called "under-resourced languages” like Tigrinya. Although we were at Google, concerns sent to YouTube went into a void never to be acknowledged.
@timnitgebru
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DAIR Research on Tigray Genocide and AI Ethics Concerns
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Announcing new work from DAIR which is very close to my heart, 3 years in the making. When #TigrayGenocide, the deadliest genocide of the 21st century thus far, started in November 2020, it was 1 month before I got fired from Google.
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Whisper’s Hallucinations: Understanding ASR Limitations
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We dive into the well defined task of automatic speech recognition (ASR), and describe why OpenAI’s Whisper, which has been integrated into ChatGPT, makes stuff up, or “hallucinates” as it’s called in the industry (bad nomenclature).
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One-Model-Everything Approach Reduces ASR System Reliability
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Their (and Muskrat and others’) quest to build one-model-for-everything has resulted in less reliable systems than what we’ve had before, even in the well defined task of ASR. As in, historically “hallucinations” weren’t problems in ASR systems!
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DODGE Plan Risks Replacing Federal Experts With AI Tools
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Imagine what will happen if DODGE replaces federal workers with these tools to perform all the tasks that expert federal workers do. We write “There is no “one weird trick” that removes experts & creates miracle machines that can do everything that humans can do, but better."
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Why AI Speech Recognition Got Worse Despite Hype
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In Scientific American, @asmelashteka & I ask: "In the age of unbridled AI hype, with the likes of Elon Musk claiming to build a “maximally truth-seeking AI,” how did we come to have less reliable speech recognition systems than we did before?"
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Creative Workshop Explores Possible Futures Beyond Tech Fascism
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Tired of cleaning up after techno-fascist dumpster fires? So are we. Want to exercise your creative muscle and dream of a better technological future instead? So do we. So we created a creative workshop around our Possible Futures Series.
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Imagining Possible Futures: Creative AI Workshop
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Join us next Friday April 11 for a hopeful virtual event and creative workshop to get us to think about our possible technological futures. Register at https://
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… Friday April 11: 9am-12pm PDT | 12pm-3pm EDT | 6pm-9pm CEST | 7pm-10pm EAT -
Study Questions Whether AI Models Truly Reason
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Well this preprint’s title is already misleading because there is no evidence of “reasoning” in these models and even small changes in the benchmarks break and semblance of “reasoning.”
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Free event supporting artist collaborators through donations
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And it goes without saying that the event itself is free. But if you do donate then we'll use that to support our artist collaborators.