Open access peer reviewed venues exist. We should support them and stand up for peer review by citing peer reviewed versions.
ETHICS
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ArXiv Culture Problem Junk Science Dissemination
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arXiv is a cancer that promotes the dissemination of junk "science" in a format that is indistinguishable from real publications. And promotes the hectic "can't keep up" + "anything older than 6 months is irrelevant" CS culture. >>
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Worker Activism Against Corporate-Powered Apartheid Systems
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Apartheid being powered by large multinational corporations is ever green, and workers can make a difference now just like they did in the past, e.g. read about Polaroid workers and South African Apartheid here: https://
dissentmagazine.org/online_article
s/when-polaroid-workers-fought-apartheid/
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Ethical AI Requires Future-Ready Inclusive Education Systems
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Why ethical #AI requires a future-ready and inclusive #education system https://
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AI Capability: Paying Internet Users to Execute Tasks
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Just to be clear, people do get "The AI can pay Internet randos to do whatever."
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Researcher Critiques NeurIPS Proceedings, Opts for arXiv Publication
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I rarely agree to putting anything up on arXiv, but was convinced for this paper, partly because NeurIPS is so bad with their proceedings.
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Daniel Dennett Interview on Knowledge and Consciousness in NYT
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A great interview with philosopher Daniel Dennett, friend of over 30 years, about what "knowledge" means, and how our souls are made from lots of tiny robots. And, as befitting Dan, it is the only mainstream media story I have seen with academic footnotes. https://
nytimes.com/interactive/20
23/08/27/magazine/daniel-dennett-interview.html
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The Coming Wave book receives first reviews calling author visionary
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Guardian Books reviewer calls me a 'utopian dreamer'… I'll take it! 🙂 The Coming Wave is out next week, and the first reviews have landed:
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Selection merit debate automation workforce implications
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Cher militant UNEF Accepteriez vous d’être opéré par un chirurgien qui n’a pas été sélectionné ? Accepteriez vous de monter dans un avion piloté par un pilote non sélectionné ? Accepteriez vous de vivre dans une tour construite par un architecte non sélectionné ? Non !
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World Leadership Driven by Insecurity and Overachievement
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The world is run by insecure overachievers pic.twitter.com/HyiOEYUfIo
— Lenny Rachitsky (@lennysan) 28 août 2023The world is run by insecure overachievers