reading between the lines "this is not a normal moment in AI" can both be good and bad. the very existence of this conference is without doubt a herald of peak ai summer. i'm very mindful of that and trying to keep the thing practical, educational, sustainable. A force for
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Personal Data Protection and IP Parity in AI Systems
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My AI should have personal data protections created by me at the algorithmic level before any companies provide any tools for potential “support.” Where IP and data parity for people and planet are not provided, any “memory” will not fully be my / our own.
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Media’s AGI Obsession Ignores Women and Indigenous Tech Leaders
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Media obsessing over the same older white techbros claiming when AGI will arrive without speaking to women or indigenous thought leaders about tech issues re climate and people’s data happening today: AGIven.
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AGI Arrival Predictions: A Religious Prophecy Comparison
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When AGI is coming is identical to saying when Christ will come. Discuss.
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Warning Labels for LLMs: Protecting Children from Anthropomorphic AI
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I support @Surgeon_General Vivek Murthy’s reco that SMedia should have warning labels for kids. I also believe we should have these for any LLMs using anthropomorphic language (as most all do). @GaryMarcus Thoughts? Inferring AI is sentient w/out disclosure harms kids & agency.
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Kate Crawford and Vladan Joler Win European Commission Prize for Calculating Empires
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Wow. Couldn't be more thrilled that Vladan Joler & I just won the European Commission's grand prize for artistic exploration in science, technology and the arts – for Calculating Empires! @TheCreaturesLab https://
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Data Colonialism Framework Emerges Across Multiple AI Dimensions
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This framework of “data colonialism” pops up again and again in so many angles of the AI story..
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Robot Art Lacks Soul: Can AI Replace Human Artistic Expression?
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Puede que tenga ritmo, pero le falta alma…
— Juan Merodio (@juanmerodio) 24 juin 2024
Qué atractivo puede tener ver a un robot llevando a cabo una acción que es puramente artísitca y que se basa en habilidades que los humanos tenemos que entrenar? En mi opinión ninguno.
El arte es un campo que despierta emociones y… pic.twitter.com/Tj0saluHelPuede que tenga ritmo, pero le falta alma… Qué atractivo puede tener ver a un robot llevando a cabo una acción que es puramente artísitca y que se basa en habilidades que los humanos tenemos que entrenar? En mi opinión ninguno. El arte es un campo que despierta emociones y
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Improving Animal Treatment Through Technology and Ethics
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We could do better in the way we treat animals and I’m hopeful we will start doing that as well.
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Balancing Efficiency Innovation Fairness and Inequality Reduction
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I don't think a consideration of who benefits should be the only criterion either. But if you can increase efficiency, innovation and fairness, while reducing inequality, then that's something worth considering.