As a counterpoint to the "tech moves so fast/can't keep up" trope, I'd like to point out that many of the issues actually don't change. Here's me in 2019 arguing against proposals to use LLMs as a source of info about the world — and already worrying about the info ecosystem.
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Pre-release testing and impact assessment for AI tools critical
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Or crazy idea – more thorough testing before public release, with impact assessments for environment and mental health determining if anthropomorphic water ignoring tools disregarding human labor, agency and creativity should have been released at all. Short answer = no.
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The K-T Boundary: Archiving the Human-AI Content Divide
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Now would be the time for archivists and librarians to begin separating out post-2022 written and visual work from what was produced before. As I saw once on Twitter, "this is the K-T boundary of information." Anything afterwards is increasingly unlikely to be made by humans.
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Non-profits Tax-Free Status Should Require Open-Source Software
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If a non-profit benefits from tax-free status, any software it produces must be open-source, since the software and IP was partially publicly funded. What's your opinion?
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Fake AI-Generated Biography Floods Amazon With Misinformation
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Apparently I have an unauthorized biography that is 100% made up AI stuff, 118 pages of looping & repeating vagueness without any true facts. Just my official school biography used as a prompt. It manages to be both insane and boring. Amazon is getting completely overwhelmed.
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Single North Carolina mine controls global silicon wafer production
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The modern economy rests on a single road in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. The road runs to the two mines that is the sole supplier of the quartz required to make the crucibles needed to refine silicon wafers. There are no alternative sources known. From Conway’s Material World:
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Compliance versus Security: Managing Risk in Digital World
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Compliance versus Security: Managing Risk in an Evolving Digital World. An interview with Jeff Brown, Regional Director, Operational Technology, Fortinet. #fortinet_ics #cybersecurity #IIoTWorld #IIoTDAY https://
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Google funding Creative Commons raises transparency concerns
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At the time, Google was (and likely still is) funding Creative Common. Lots of irregularities in their yearly reporting to cover up current funding sources… Anyone have the courage & patience to dig into it?
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OpenAI Board Affirms Sam Altman Greg Brockman Leadership
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“We have unanimously concluded that Sam and Greg are the right leaders for OpenAI.” — Bret Taylor, Chair of the OpenAI Board The Special Committee of the OpenAI Board has announced the completion of the independent review into November’s events.
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NHS Digital Future: AI Healthcare Transformation Vision
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Nice lede https://
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… @NatureMedicine "The 2019 Topol Review for the UK National Health Service (NHS) outlined a vision for a digital future for healthcare."
by @Sheena_Visram @njsebire Yvonne Rogers