We will keep doing what we’re doing—collecting as close to zero data as possible. We’re uncompromising about privacy and expression.
REGULATION
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US Senate Enshrines Abusive Surveillance Powers into Law
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Now that the US senate has moved to enshrine abusive surveillance powers into law…
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US Surveillance Law and TikTok Ban: Data Privacy Hypocrisy
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This is fucked. Please take a moment to consider what's happening here. Abuse of surveillance powers is about to be enshrined in US law at the same time that a bill to force TikTok to sell to US buyer or be banned is moving forward, justified in part via "data privacy".
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TikTok Bill: Understanding Its True Implications and Concerns
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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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24/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/
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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