And, sadly, the fairly predictable result of abandoning defense of speech and expression to extremists.
CULTURE
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Free Expression Under Threat: AI and Dissent Rights
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Incredibly alarming for anyone invested in free expression and the right to dissent.
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AI Researcher’s Matrix Moment: Trash Can from Qualia Zero
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As an AI researcher, ordering a trash can and it coming from “Qualia zero” seems like something is telling me I am still in the Matrix.
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Society Accepts AI Integration and Transformation
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Society seems to have come to terms with that
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Privacy implications of always-on home microphones versus wearable recording devices
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I think Alexa at home is different – there you are opting into having a microphone in your own personal space – not the same thing as openly wearing a microphone out in the world visibly in front of strangers
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Google Glass Backlash: Surveillance Concerns and Tech Industry Reactions
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Google Glass wearers were being attacked in San Francisco ten years ago – though that could partly have been a reaction against the tech industry generally, hard to know if it was directly due to surveillance concerns
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Social Acceptance Challenges for Recording Devices Privacy Concerns
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I don't see how these products can get over the social factor that nobody likes the idea that someone else is recording them without their explicit permission Whether or not the devices actually do that doesn't matter – just wearing an inactive microphone or camera is risky
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EU Commission Proposes Media Freedom Act for Digital Europe
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European Media Freedom Act: Commission proposes rules to protect media pluralism and independence in the EU | Shaping Europe’s digital future https://
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Creator Integrity and Ethical Responsibility in Digital Influence
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Marques’ reach is a function of telling the truth. He didn’t always have 18 million subscribers, but he had his integrity from the beginning. Expecting him to abandon that is the only thing that is “distasteful, almost unethical”.
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OpenAI Expansion to Tokyo: AI Hub Growth in Japan
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Great to see more companies like OpenAI also expanding to Japan. Tokyo is going to become a city with a significant presence in AI. Tokyo has always attracted the ‘right’ kind of people: creative, curious, weird and eccentric. Official announcement here: