Next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live-stream! @_alialkhatib will join me & @alexhanna to take apart yet another paper-shaped AI hype artifact unleashed from a "top" industry lab (could that be the summit of bullshit mountain?): Mon June 24
9:30am PT
CULTURE
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Live-stream critique : décorticage d’artefacts médiatiques IA
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Calculating Empires: Historical Analysis of Computing Power and Imperial Systems
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Tech discourse is often ahistorical. @TheCreaturesLab & I made this work to include longer trajectories of ideas, infrastructures, and systems of power. Calculating Empires investigates how past empires have calculated – and how they created the conditions of empire today.
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Billionaires’ AGI Race: Status Symbol of the Ultra-Wealthy
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You're not a self-respecting billionaire if you don't have your own startup gunning for near-term AGI.
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Museum Event Sparks Discussion on AI’s Future Role
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So much fun engaging with some of the museum’s community and taking the stage to spark some questions about what role we want AI to have in our world. And we had a great evening and dinner as well
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Survey: US and UK public discomfort with AI-generated news
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New survey by @Reuters with 100,000 people across 47 countries found 52% of US respondents and 63% of UK respondents said they would be uncomfortable with news produced mostly by AI. They also looked at alternative methods to the traditional news:
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AI Assistants Guide Major Life Decisions and Career Choices
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Obvious statement: more people will turn to AI for big life decisions. I was chatting back and forth with a custom AI assistant, describing my entire background in AI, interest areas, pain points I want to solve, skills, things that bring me energy, etc. We spoke for maybe 10
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Comedian Mimicking Geoff Hinton Surprises 2024 Bingo Card
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I did not have a comedian mimicking Geoff Hinton on my 2024 bingo card 😂 pic.twitter.com/YHD4BxPaPk
— Allie K. Miller (@alliekmiller) 19 juin 2024I did not have a comedian mimicking Geoff Hinton on my 2024 bingo card
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76% of Workers Now Using AI at Work Report
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According to the 2024 Work Trend Index Annual Report from @Microsoft and @LinkedIn
, 76% of people are using AI at work and 46% of them started using it less than six months ago whether or not their company rolled out a plan. People at desks, kitchen tables and coffee bars -
Electoral Systems and Democratic Automation in the AI Era
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Don't worry, they'll keep electing them.
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The Icon Choice for AI Across Apps: A Design Decision
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We had years to come up with THE icon that would stand for AI in all of our apps… Just like is search.
Just like is profile.
Just like is create new.
Just like is save. We had years. And we picked .