We argued then that a future like the present depicted in the sickening +972 reporting was in store if we didn't stop. And we were met with arguments that we shouldn't worry, because Google and DOD took ethics and governance seriously.
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Google AI researchers organized against military AI contracting 2017-2018
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Stopping military AI was what me + many AI researchers at Google organized around in 2017-2018, when G started contracting w/DOD. The prob is that corp profits & visions of military domination are more compelling to those making these calls than grounded analyses & moral clarity
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AI Targeting System Gaza: Probabilistic Bias Ethics Concerns
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AI IDing human targets in Gaza based on probabilistic stereotypes (37K people!). People familiar w/AI know how inaccurate such assessments are. Targets' homes are then bombed at night when they (their family, neighbors, pets) are most likely to be home https://
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Crypto Wars Lost: Surveillance Advertising as AI Foundation
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My @NDSSSymposium keynote is up! On how we lost the crypto wars, why surveillance advertising must be understood as the foundation of "AI", & why the tactics of the past won't serve us in defending privacy today. Text: https://
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US Government Credibility Crisis and Western Trust Erosion
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It's stunning to me that this administration in particular, the US gov in general, "the West" by extension, doesn't seem to understand that the credibility they've torched cannot be regained. https://t.co/TRKSRQusgm
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 2 avril 2024It's stunning to me that this administration in particular, the US gov in general, "the West" by extension, doesn't seem to understand that the credibility they've torched cannot be regained.
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World possibilities with 1000x better AI technology
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What does the world look like with 1000x better AI? What will become possible? We need to think more long-term.
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NYC AI weapon scanners 85% false positives fuel police harassment
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NYC's "AI" "weapon scanners" produce 85% false positives!!1!! AKA they don't detect weapons– they give cops a pretext to harass ppl while lining the pockets of vendors. In the meantime, NYC is shutting libraries on weekends citing budget constraints.
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Profit-Driven Actors Exploiting Commons: Economic and Ethical Concerns
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Ah, yes. So the pillaging of the commons by profit-motivated actors. That was certainly another pathology here, in addition to people having no home training.
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Patent System Relevance Question in AI Context
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Sorry…what does this have to do with the patent system?
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Apple’s Power Over the Information Ecosystem
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Note that am not talking about whether JS is good, bad, or indifferent. I am talking about the power Apple (among others) wields over our information ecosystem.