In what universe is this the path toward beneficial AI for everyone? What’s happening here is a stark illustration of the logic of the AI industry and the long term economic precarity coming for all but a tiny few if we follow it to its conclusion. 6/
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Data annotation work: Silicon Valley promises versus harsh worker reality
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Silicon Valley loves to say data annotation work provides economic opportunity. The tragic thing is it really could if platforms were designed to uplift workers by providing them jobs with regular working hours, security, and stable incomes. The reality is so far from this. 4/
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Remotasks AI platform suspends operations in Kenya suddenly
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Several workers in Kenya told me – confirmed by local media reports – that Remotasks, one of the largest AI data work platforms in the country that Scale AI owns and OpenAI uses, has suddenly suspended their operations in Kenya. When workers try to log on, they see this. 2/
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Data Annotation Workers Face Exploitation by AI Industry Platforms
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For years I’ve been interviewing data annotation workers who are the lifeblood of the AI industry. For years I’ve heard the same story: the platforms they work for wield total power, leaving them precarious & vulnerable to exploitation. A horrible example of this just happened 1/
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Singularity marks the point where mathematics fails
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No, the singularity marks the point where your mathematics does not work
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Singularities Don’t Exist: Where AI Models Break Down
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Btw, singularities don't exist. Singularities only describe where a model breaks down.
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Media Consensus on Deplatforming Elon Musk Raises Censorship Concerns
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In parts of the media world, there appears to be a consensus that Elon has to be completely deplatformed, and reporting positively about his companies and achievements is not acceptable
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LLM-Generated Reviews Outnumber Papers, Lack Scrutiny
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For every paper that is written by an LLM, there are at least ten reviews produced by an LLM. Reviews are far less scrutinized, and there is little actual upside for many reviewers in reading the majority of the papers they review.
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AI Systems Not Yet Ready for Autonomous Error-Free Work
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To be clear, AI systems aren't quite there yet to do this work autonomously and error-free without help. Even afterward, there is a way to go before you would want to trust a major project to AI, but it is a fascinating start nonetheless.
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AI is Technology Not Ideology
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You and I are saying the same thing. I just strongly disagree with the approach of telling people "Resistance is futile. Join us or die." AI is tech. It's not a cult.