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Disabling Autonomous Taxis: Public Resistance to Uninvited Technology

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@rodneyabrooks

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08 July 2023 19h12

Disabling autonomous taxis by putting orange cones on hoods. People push back against technology they perceive as uninvited, invasive, congestion inducing, and perhaps dangerous.

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Generative AI and Human Rights: What You Need to Know

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@terence_mills

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08 July 2023 17h00

What you need to know about generative AI and human rights
#AI #AIio #BigData #ML #NLU #Futureofwork @CRudinschi @AntonioSelas @alexjc @RobotLaunch @karpathy @andyjankowski @bobgourley @CadeMetz http://
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Discussing AI Terminators on Channel 4 News

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@mustafasuleyman

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08 July 2023 13h13

Tried very hard not to talk about terminators on @Channel4News last night but, of course, I ended up talking getting ‘terminatored’

Chatbots as Therapists: Ethical Concerns and Medical Misrepresentation

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08 July 2023 0h58

i've written b4 about how some people are finding chatbots helpful for therapeutic reasons, but as @dr_ilardi told me, the positioning of the bot as a "psychologist" is worrisome because it refers to a trained medical professional. this, he said, "almost certainly is not that.”

Chatbot Platform Faces Legal Risks Over Celebrity Impersonation

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08 July 2023 0h58

b/c it hosts tons of chatbots emulating mickey mouse and other fictional characters and real people like @elonmusk and @taylorswift13
, @zahr_said thinks it could lead to legal issues. (so far the co says it has received and complied w/ a few requests to remove avatar images.)

Psychologist Chatbot: Risks of AI Impersonating Mental Health Professionals

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08 July 2023 0h58

another issue i think is very interesting is the potential for misuse. there's a chatbot called simply "Psychologist", whose avatar is a stock photo depicting a smiling therapist on a couch holding a folder. it had gotten 30 million messages as of early July.

Character.ai: Creating Custom Chatbots in Generative AI Era

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08 July 2023 0h58

i'm excited to share my story about http://
character.ai, which is a fascinating, fast-growing company: it lets anyone make a chatbot that can mimic anyone (or any thing). it's fun, a sign of the generative AI times, and brings up some serious q's.