And corp (+ gov) surveillance is playing a troubling role in enabling such. To take one example., Meta turned over FB messages bet. Jessica Burgess & her daughter. These were used to criminalize them for seeking banned healthcare. They're now sentenced to 2 years in prison. 4/
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End-to-End Encryption: Privacy Protection Against Corporate Surveillance
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E2ee provides vital protection. While no corp OR gov should have access to the vast surveillance data typical of tech cos, for now we can celebrate wins like this, which offer the safety of privacy in a world where daily activities and solidarities increasingly put us at risk. 5/
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Corporate surveillance replaces privacy norm without public consent
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In a short few decades, w/o consent or full public awareness, the norm of privacy has been overwritten by the norm of corp (& gov) surveillance, c/o the normalization of the surveillance business model in tech. And yes, Meta is an exemplar here. 2/
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Mass Surveillance Threatens Civil Liberties and Political Freedom
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This normalization of mass surveillance has chilling consequences. And IMO we're not discussing a hypothetical slippery slope–we're looking up from the bottom. In the US, access to reproductive healthcare is being criminalized, books banned, and political expression silenced. 3/
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Stanford Creates Advisory Board for Foundation Model Transparency
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JUST IN: @StanfordCRFM names @random_walker
, Daniel E. Ho, @dsallentess
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Revolutionary Technology Cycles Consume Their Own Pioneers
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Every revolution ends up eating its own children.
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WSJ Reviews The Coming Wave: AI Wonders and Troubles Ahead
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review of http://
the-coming-wave.com from @WSJ https://
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Totalitarianism risks and AI ethics from Eastern European perspective
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Many of us from Eastern Europe have seen some of the worst that extreme totalitarian ideology can produce. I literally survived a genocide.
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Society Facing AI Challenges: Public Debate at ENS
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"La société face aux défis de l'intelligence artificielle"
Un débat public organisé par la revue européenne Le Grand Continent hébergé à l'ENS. Participants: Anne Bouverot, Marc Mézard, Martin Tisné, Jamal Atif, et moi-même. Ce débat s'inscrit dans la continuité de l'entretien -
Meta’s Countermeasures Against Disinformation and Harmful Content
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Meta spends a considerable amount of efforts *preventing* people with nefarious intent from manipulating people on the platform. In fact, the countermeasures against disinformation, false accounts, hate speech, terrorist propaganda, calls to violence, and attempts to corrupt the