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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AI Targeting System Gaza: Probabilistic Bias Ethics Concerns
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Hidden Human Labor Powers Supposedly Automated AI Systems
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So much of what we see as automated is really powered by humans in hidden corners of the world. A student I spoke to in Bulgaria used to watch old people in a US geriatric ward and trip an “AI”alarm if they fell. As @AnjliRaval says, this is Chapter 1 of my book Code Dependent.
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First ChatGPT Use: People Choose Intimate Personal Writing Tasks
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It is remarkable how people are willing to turn over their most intimate & personal writing tasks to AI first. People often tell me their first use of ChatGPT was for wedding toasts or a story for their kids or condolence note I wouldn't have expected that as the first use case
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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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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.
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Platform Monopoly Power and Speech Control
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Speaking of monopoly power and platform control of speech https://t.co/nIL4q7WvUe
— Meredith Whittaker (@mer__edith) 2 avril 2024Speaking of monopoly power and platform control of speech
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LLM Capabilities Beyond 3.5-Level Model Perceptions
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@emollick has complained in the past about how most people's mental model of what LLMs can and can't do is based on exposure to 3.5-level models – this isn't going to help on that front!