Mastodon was built by sensible, thoughtful people, many from underrepresented communities who had very clear needs around safety and moderation – they've put a lot of careful work into that, and the community there continues to invest in it I'm optimistic!
ETHICS
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AI Correctness vs User Satisfaction: Resolving HCI Conflicts
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Another wonderful panel by @msbernst @stanfordmav @adapperprof @landay @StanfordHAI Fall Conf today. “AI optimizes for 100% correctness; HCI optimizes for 100% user satisfaction. What happens when they’re in conflict?”
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Elon Musk fires Twitter employees for internal disagreement
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He isn't just firing people who posted in public, he's actively hunting down people who disagreed with him internally too https://
nytimes.com/2022/11/15/tec
hnology/elon-musk-twitter-fired-criticism.html
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Twitter Culture Shift: Firings for Previously Celebrated Behavior
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Evidently Twitter culture previously celebrated the exact things people are getting fired for (especially since many of those fired were talking on company Slack, not in public)
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OpenAI Emphasizes Safety as Core Pride and Track Record
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we do take safety extremely seriously, and it's what i'm most proud of openai for. i am sure we will make some very wrong decisions along the way, but i think our track record as a whole will really hold up.
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Turing Test Criticism: Rethinking AI Evaluation Standards
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very fair criticism! i meant it as a joke about how i think people are (correctly) realizing the turing test is a bad test. i regret the tweet, but i'll leave it up in the spirit of leaving my Ls.
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Tesla Autopilot Safety Data Transparency Concerns
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https://
nytimes.com/2022/06/08/tec
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Physics Laws: Brain-Dependent Perspectives on the Universe
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The laws of physics reduce the universe to something our brains can deal with. For different brains (e.g., AIs) they would probably look very different.
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Understanding Code Generated by AI Assistants Matters
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“Be careful with copilot code generation assistance. We need people to understand their codes.” – Don Knuth, Turing Award winner (1974), luminary of @stanford CS dept, and a dear friend, at @StanfordHAI Fall Conf
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Human-Centered Approach to AI Design and Iteration
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Phenomenal panel of human-centered thinkers in technology and AI! “Keep iterating with humans when designing AI!” @magrawala @SaleemaAmershi @feraldata @elizgerber @landay @benbendc