EMPATHY IN THE PARKING LOT: A JAPANESE LESSON Look at this parking lot in Japan – early arrivers choose spots farther away, leaving closer spaces for latecomers. As I explain in "IRREPLACEABLE," this showcases what technology can't replicate: genuine empathy and social
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Expanding Academia’s Role in Public Sector AI Governance
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Industry’s dominance in AI could potentially skew AI governance toward industry interests rather than public good. How do we fix this? On Jan. 15, @StanfordHAI
's @russellwald will present recommendations for expanding academia’s role in public sector AI. https://
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Section 230 Debate: Should Tech Platforms Arbitrate Truth?
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One more quote for now from 2021 when U.S. Rep. Tim Wahlberg (R-Mich.) asked Zuck & @Jack if U.S. laws like Section 230 should allow platforms like Facebook and Twitter to be the "arbiters of truth."
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Facebook’s Fact-Checking Program Promises Under Scrutiny
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Here's what he said in 2021 about Facebook's "industry-leading fact-checking program." "People want to see accurate information on Facebook, and so do we. That’s why we have made fighting misinformation and providing people with authoritative information a priority."
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Meta Ends Fact-Checking: Zuckerberg’s Congressional Testimony History
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In light of Meta's plans to end fact-checking, I went back through Zuckerberg's past Congressional testimonies to see what he said about the topic while in the House and Senate in 2018, 2020 and 2021. Here's a snippet from his 2018 opening statement:
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Springer Journal Opens Submission Call for AI Research
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Submission opens! https://
link.springer.com/journal/11263/
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Decentralized Technology Solutions for Missing Persons Cases
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4. Closure for Families of the Missing: https://
dair-institute.org/blog/eritreans/ 5. Decentralized, Locally-Tailored Technology: https://
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Human-Centered Tech Future: Education and Digital Inclusion
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1. Nobody Owns Our Techno-Future: https://
dair-institute.org/blog/technofut
ure/
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dair-institute.org/blog/education/ 3. An Internet for Our Elders: https://
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Geopolitical Tensions Echo 1930s as Force Replaces Diplomacy
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C’est très troublant Nous sommes en 1930 La force a remplacé la diplomatie
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Meta AI Instagram Generates Fake Profiles Amid User Backlash
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Section 3.4 of this paper discusses some of the issues that the use of image and text generators in the information ecosystem and it didn't occur to me that social media platforms would just make it an option for people to generate fake profiles. https://
nbcnews.com/tech/social-me
dia/meta-ai-insta-shuts-character-instagram-fb-accounts-user-outcry-rcna186177
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