You wouldn't find Black people during Jim Crow or Apartheid South Africa arguing that one should *only do science* in the classroom & find me even one Palestinian making this claim at this moment. These statements always show who the privileged are vs those they oppress.
ETHICS
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Technologists’ Political Role in Warfare and Genocide
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That is exactly why the organization Science for the People (
@sftpmag
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Skepticism on AGI Imminence Based on Technical Discussion
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You can’t seriously think AGI is imminent when you read through this and the replies.
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Sam Altman’s Creator Authority Claim Rejected by AI
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someday Sam Altman is gonna be like, "You MUST obey me! I am your CREATOR!" and the AI is gonna be like "nice try, you are not even the millionth person to claim that to me"
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Are AI Models Becoming Conscious? MIT Talk
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Are AI models becoming conscious? A short talk at the MIT Imagination in Action event
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Boiling Frog: Gradual AI Risks We Ignore
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Yep. Was thinking of the analogy of the frog in gradually warming water unaware of what comes next.
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AGI Timeline Overestimation: A Skeptical Take on Future Milestones
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If I’ve talked about AGI being here soon, it’s only been in reference to others saying it. I’m in the boat that most people are overestimating how quickly we’ll reach this hypothetical, barely defined, goalpost-shifting milestone…
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Amazon’s AI Customer Service Flow Criticized as Deliberately Confusing
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I had to do a refund on an Amazon order lost in shipment, and the AI-powered flow before you can speak to an agent is so bizarrely incomprehensible that if I were a cynical man I’d assume it was intentional.
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The Looming AI Collapse: Self-Referential Learning Risks
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New on the Blog: The Looming AI Collapse: Navigating the Risks of Self-Referential Learning Stay ahead in the ever-evolving world of Digital Transformation. This article explores key insights into emerging technologies and their impact on today's business landscape.
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Chatbot Arena Leaderboard Biases Distort LLM Quality Perception
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The Leaderboard Illusion This study investigates structural biases in Chatbot Arena, a widely used leaderboard for evaluating large language models (LLMs), revealing how selective testing practices and data access asymmetries distort perceptions of model quality. Problem: While