I wrote more about what the TikTok bill actually represents, and why it's bad, here:
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Engagement over blocking: creating accountability trails for misinformation
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This is my approach as well, as someone who does much more engaging than blocking. In addition to quiet watchers, I think a trail of correctives shadowing the BS can help ensure less plausible deniability, creating receipts that help when wild nonsense surfaces again.
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Replacement theory convergence with pronatalist AI discourse
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Timnit Gebru: The great replacement theory. Alex Hanna: Yeah. So it's effectively replacement theory, you know, you know, here. So, yeah, I mean, that's effectively saying, so it does have this kind of convergence with the pronatalists effectively, >>
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Techno-Optimism and Eugenics: Gebru Critiques Silicon Valley Vision
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Alt text for video: Audiogram with Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 logo, title "Episode 30: Marc's Miserable Manifesto", subtitle "How a Silicon Valley billionaire's so-called 'techno-optimist' vision has eugencist roots" Captions for audio: Timnit Gebru: Yeah, "There are only
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US Court Rules Police Can Force Biometric Phone Unlocking
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So much freedom today. https://
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Apache-2 Licensing vs Restrictive Community Licenses Debate
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This is controversial, but I’d rather see companies release Apache-2 licensed models, but keep certain models proprietary, than release everything under some non-open-source restrictive “community” license, which has the adverse effect of encouraging and normalizing restrictions.
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Medical Chatbot Deployment Risks and WHO Brand Responsibility
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Yeah, in that case I'd question the wisdom of even attempting to release a chatbot! The scope of medical-related questions people could ask that is effectively infinite, I can't even imagine a QA process that would be thorough enough to responsibly release that with the WHO brand
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Regulatory Pathway Required to Scale Beyond Toy Status
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Yes, but you need a regulatory pathway to expand it beyond a toy
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Dutch Government Threatens Facebook Ban Over Privacy Concerns
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New: Dutch govt threatens to stop using Facebook after regulators raised privacy red flags. "We will be forced to stop our activities on Facebook pages" unless we get clarity, @AvHuffelen said. W/ help from @April__Roach
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Court Admits EncroChat Hacked Messages in Criminal Case
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Court finds EncroChat hacked messages admissible as former footballer is jailed https://
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