If you, like me, feel sick when you process what's actually happening here, @NoTechApartheid are leading organizing in the long tradition of scientists and tech workers standing up against violence machines.
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Cloud AI Companies Implicated in Surveillance System Facilitating Mass Murder
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There is almost no way the large cloud companies providing massive compute services AI surveillance & data processing APIs aren't implicated in the system of 'ad targeting for death' being used to facilitate mass murder in Gaza. This is a nightmare. And it's going to take
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Stanford AI+Policy Symposium Convenes Global Safety Institute Leaders
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Next week, @StanfordHAI & @StanfordCyber will convene leaders at global AI Safety Institutes & international organizations as well as researchers & policy leaders on the ground in the EU, BRICS, Africa, and beyond for the AI+Policy Symposium. Register now: https://t.co/9yyUQvoNKZ pic.twitter.com/CaQL39O9i0
— Stanford HAI (@StanfordHAI) 12 avril 2024Next week, @StanfordHAI & @StanfordCyber will convene leaders at global AI Safety Institutes & international organizations as well as researchers & policy leaders on the ground in the EU, BRICS, Africa, and beyond for the AI+Policy Symposium. Register now: https://
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Email Policy Changes: User Communication Challenges
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Similarly I don't think "emailing our users to inform them about this policy change" is reasonable – I have accounts with well over 1,000 different services (according to my 1Password), the chance of me reading a policy email from any of them is pretty small!
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Presence Over Performance: Rethinking AI Interaction Tests
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A litmus test I’m choosing rather than the Turing test for AI, tech, or any interactions: Am I truly in a moment communing with myself, someone else or nature? Being present leads to presence. Presence takes practice but brings peace & it’s not a test. It’s a gift. Let it come.
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Balancing Optimism with Objectivity in AI Development
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Maintaining a positive outlook is important, but it's just as important to recognize when your positivity may be obscuring your objectivity.
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Crafting Crisis Apologies for Controversial AI Policies
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An interesting exercise in imaginary crisis management is trying to compose an apology that can help regain the trust lost by the fact that this policy made it to the point of being announced in the first place
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Amara’s Law: Why AI Impact Takes Time to Materialize
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When someone asks why is AI not changing many things yet, I point to Amara’s Law: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” Social systems change slower than technological systems. But signs are appearing.
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Irony of AI skeptics’ predictions from tasks to executives
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ai will never automate repetitive tasks ai will never analyze complex datasets
ai will never conduct in-depth market research ai will never replace human jobs
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AfriClimate AI Launch Addresses Africa’s Urgent Climate Challenges
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I’m really excited about the launch of AfriClimate AI . Africa’s climate problems are specific, urgent and ready to be addressed by groups of committed Africans. I remember an idea at the last Indaba, now it has an excellent group having fun and creating change