Under new online safety regulations in the UK, Ofcom is tasked with making sure social platforms don't allow fake news and hate speech to run amok. But Ofcom doesn't yet have the power to take action on these companies – and won't do until at least 2025.
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Billionaire-Funded Unethical AI Propaganda Techniques Questioned
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If you've got boatloads of cash from billionaires you gotta spend it on something. May as well be grossly unethical propaganda techniques eh?
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ChatGPT’s Flaws Compared to Dishonest Political Candidates
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6. ChatGPT does have its issues. It can make stuff up. But at least it's not deliberately lying and flip-flopping, like the other candidates.
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ChatGPT as VP: AI Automation Replaces Political Theater
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5. ChatGPT can't be assassinated. Even better, all it needs for VP is a backup copy of itself, so we can be spared the whole pointless circus of the candidates' veepstakes.
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Kamala Harris’s Communication Skills Compared to ChatGPT
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2. Kamala Harris is one blooper after another. Makes ChatGPT's occasional ones look harmless. On the eloquence scale, Harris is truly no match for ChatGPT.
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ChatGPT Would Be Better President Than Trump or Harris
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Why ChatGPT would make a much better president than either Trump or Harris:
1. Trump is an egomaniac, and ChatGPT has no ego. Trump wants to stay in power forever, and ChatGPT just wants to keep the power on. As Plato said, “Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold -
Open vs Closed Source Models Economic Cultural Implications
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Yeah that's a common claim amongst leaders that try closing their economies. But you end up with sucky people and a sucky culture and it never works out well. Closed source models vs open source models is a very different question to closed economies vs open economies.
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Dog Whistling in Tech: The Case for Direct Honest Communication
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I think when people dog whistle to insiders like this it's critical to be direct and honest about what's being communicated.
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AI Pin Returns Become Instant E-Waste, Company Dodges Questions
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This is also TERRIBLE, btw First, the BS response from comms, "There's inaccuracies in your reporting – but we can't tell you a single one" Second, the fact that once a user returns their AI Pin, THE DEVICE BECOMES INSTANT E-WASTE!