In other cases, the truth is that there's more really great people than awards. So selections end up being arbitrary, superficial, political, or biased. Yet people only see the outcomes: awarded, or not awarded. This is where the harms creep in. 3/n
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Weekly AI Newsletter: BuzzFeed Cuts, Eye Contact Tech, Stock Photos
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This week's AI newsletter just dropped! This week’s features:
-BuzzFeed's 12% workforce cut
-AI powered eye contact
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Meta Myths: Point by Point Affirmation Analysis
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Sounds like a point by point affirmation of Meta Myths
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Music Generation AI Claims Overstated Says Critic
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It's neat how this combines advances in language understanding with music mixing neural networks but "solved music generation"?? That's like arguing that a drum machine has "solved the rhythm problem"
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Medium Requires AI-Assisted Stories Be Clearly Labeled
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“We welcome the responsible use of AI-assistive technology on Medium. To promote transparency, and help set reader expectations, we require that any story created with AI assistance be clearly labeled as such.” https://
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Why Experiment With New AI Models Instead of Horizon Worlds
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I just don’t understand why people keep experimenting with new models when you’ve built them a perfectly good Horizon Worlds
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Preparing youth to interact with AI inevitably
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Toujours une guerre de retard. Une démarche orientée vers l’avenir consisterait au contraire à préparer nos jeunes à interagir et s'interfacer avec les IA. Mieux vaut embrasser un mouvement inéluctable plutôt que le nier.
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WSJ Feature on Anatomy of an AI System at MoMA
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"A spokesperson for Amazon declined to comment on the piece." Great feature in @WSJ by @bylizyoung on Anatomy of an AI System installation at @MuseumModernArt
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Awards Impact on Computer Science Community: Beneficial or Harmful?
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Do you think awards in the computer science community do more harm or good?
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Apple Advances Synthetic Voice Narration for Audiobooks
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Por mostrar a nivel industria cómo van las cosas, esto sería de los ejemplos más reciente de usos de voces sintéticas: Apple usando la IA para narrar sus audiolibros. Aún no es perfecta ni mucho menos, pero se aleja bastante de las voces de hace unos años. https://
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