“Quiet AI layoffs” continue. Khosrowshahi said Uber is a “Gen-AI powered company” that needs to be on its A game. He said employees should be more interested in learning and their impact on the company than on its benefits, which spurred more employee pushback.
SOCIETY
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Deep State and AI: Alert on a Political and Social Tsunami
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I fully share the assessment of @dr_l_alexandre: the deep state as well as our political leaders must grasp the magnitude of the political and social tsunami that will strike if no measures on AI are thought out now. Thank you to him for including me in this tsunami.
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Political Irresponsibility in AI: Hidden Risks for Middle Classes
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La classe politique est IRRESPONSABLE en matière d’IA 1 Elle cache le tsunami à l’opinion 2 Elle maintient une administration remplis de technophobes ne connaissant rien à l’IA 3 Les élites et leurs enfants seront les grands gagnants 4 Les classes populaires et moyennes
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Trump Admin Disbands Disinformation Tracking Units Amid Platform Opacity
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Another important point from @WillOremus
's story: The Trump admin has disbanded gov units that track and counter disinformation from foreign countries. Last month, the admin started canceling related NSF research grants. Meanwhile, platforms are also making it harder to track. -
Russia-Backed AI Disinformation Campaign Impersonates Journalists and Officials
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A new report from @ISDglobal details a Russia-aligned operation that used AI-generated voices and images to impersonate journalists, professors and police. The operation used bot networks to sow confusion and distrust with disinformation across X, Telegram and Bluesky.
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Value Distribution Across Competence and Social Position Curves
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There’s something of a curve here of available value at various parts of the competence/social position distribution, and unless you specialize in crime, the One Big Score will often sound tempting to somebody but not to you.
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Politics as shortcut: tribal affiliation over incremental progress
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Which is I think why politics is an attractive option for some people; why toil for years on ameliorating X when you can fund the colored blob of your choice and feel like you got the package you signed up for, which you’re mostly onboard with when it achieves a win.
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Philanthropic Leaders Struggle Generating Impact on Major Issues
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Existence proofs for our best-organized people having above replacement rate impact on issues 4+ are very rare. Most e.g. large philanthropic founders fail to generate alpha even at one with an extreme-tail founder and a budget of stupid amounts of money.
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ChatGPT Education: Five Steps for Children’s Future Success
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Parents 5 choses pour l’avenir de vos enfants 1 Abonnez les à ChatGPT 2 Aidez les à bien l’utiliser 3 Faites qu’ils l’utilisent pour apprendre plus vite 4 Exigez que l’école intègre ChatGPT en classe 5 Devenez experts pour mieux les orienter Sinon…. chômeurs à vie