Yes, the intention was to distinguish authentic voices. The blue tick process surely needs improvement. To be fair to Musk, he’s been open about using this for revenue. But while the intention is right, the approach is debatable, as this could further legitimise noise & toxicity.
SAFETY
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Blindsight: The AI Future We Should Avoid
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(Of all of the science fiction books we could be living in, Blindsight would not be my novel of choice.) Paper here:
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Adversarial Policy Defeats KataGo Go AI System 99%
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Befuddling AI Go Systems: MIT, UC Berkeley & FAR AI’s Adversarial Policy Achieves a >99% Win Rate Against KataGo https://
syncedreview.com/2022/11/02/bef
uddling-ai-go-systems-mit-uc-berkeley-far-ais-adversarial-policy-achieves-a-99-win-rate-against-katago/
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Radio’s Role in Nazi Rise: Historical Media Amplification Study
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Analysis of radio broadcasts in pre-WW2 Germany finds pro-democracy broadcasts initially slowed the Nazi rise. But after the Nazis gained access to the airwaves, radio boosted Nazi membership & then it accelerated antisemitism (in areas of Germany that were already antisemitic).
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Google Leaders Discuss Responsible AI Innovation Strategy
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Starting now: James Manyika, SVP of Technology and Society, and Marian Croak, VP of Engineering @Google will discuss the importance of innovating responsibly and what factors we keep top of mind in our research. Tune in ↓
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Adversarial Robustness Learning Theory Paper Review Process Critique
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"Adversarially Robust Learning with Tolerance" by @ashtiani_hassan
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, Urner. 2 +ve reviews, 1 -ve, saying "I implemented the method and it didn't work." But this is a theory paper… Another -ve review 4 days pre-decision, no chance to respond -
Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality publishes TPDP 2021 papers
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A new issue of the Journal of Privacy and Confidentiality (
@JPrivConf
) was just published. Featuring a section I and @radcummings guest-edited on TPDP 2021 papers. Includes papers with @RuobinGong
, @RasmusPagh1
, @Kobbini and more. Check it out! https://
journalprivacyconfidentiality.org/index.php/jpc/
issue/view/112
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