Going head-to-head with @mustafasuleyman in @WaterstonesPicc
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CULTURE
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Mustafa Suleyman Book Launch Event at Waterstones Piccadilly
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Funniest and Most Accurate AI Commentary Today
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The best thing you will read about "AI" today. LOL funny + spot on.
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Logitech’s AI Ease Problem: Synthetic Information Overload
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"Gen AI" is sold as making things easy ("produce art", "write novels" etc). So it's telling to see Logitech doubling down on making it even easier. We aren't dispensing enough of the synthetic info? Maybe the problem isn't that it takes too many clicks.
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Disturbing Technology Raises Ethical and Safety Concerns
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This is giving "Soma" level of creepiness 😬 pic.twitter.com/cyD8esi8Wl
— Ryan Browne (@Ryan_Browne_) 17 avril 2024This is giving "Soma" level of creepiness
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AI Transforms Elderly Care: Innovation and Long-term Solutions
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Transforming Elderly and Long-term Care: The Pioneering Role of AI https://
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#ArtificialIntelligence #healthcare #elderlypeople #innovation #technology @JonBelsher @JolaBurnett @IanLJones98 @BetaMoroney @PawlowskiMario @Shi4Tech @AkwyZ @antgrasso @enilev @baski_LA -
20% of Americans flirt with chatbots: Curiosity and loneliness drive interaction
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Already 20% of Americans have flirted with chatbots, according to this study [linked] Nearly half of them — 47.2% — did so out of curiosity while 23.9% said they were lonely and seeking interactions. It's only April 2024. The line on this graph only goes in one direction from
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Tech Workers Stand Against Harmful AI Development
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Well, because it's not legal. But beyond that, why say this? Aren't you heartened that some of the most powerful/least accountable corps in the world employ people willing to stand up to management on behalf of those harmed by the technologies they develop and profit from?
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Google Workers Protest Nimbus AI Project Israel Gaza
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Read more here: https://
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Tech Workers’ Historic Stand Against Weapons Development
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This is a historic tech action.
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 16 avril 2024
A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons. https://t.co/CiBi0SoDxkThis is a historic tech action. A long proud tradition. From Polaroid workers rejecting their work contributing to S Africa's passbooks, to the MIT research strike where scientists refused to work for warfare; to Geoff Hinton relocating to Canada to avoid building US weapons.
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Twitter’s Professional Relevance Decline in Tech Community
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I don’t know about overall use, but when you go to conferences you can see the sad decline of Twitter’s relevance to the professional world. People used to talk about who they learned from & their interactions on this platform, now it is all private chat groups & (yikes) LinkedIn