Publication @techreview asked top people in their field, "What are the hardest problems at the intersection of technology and society that need more attention?" Read the answers from @NitaFarahany
, @doctorow
, @melindagates
, @TendaiChisowa https://
technologyreview.com/2023/11/01/108
1939/big-questions-problem-solving-bill-gates-jennifer-doudna-lina-khan/
… #sustainability
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Top Experts Identify Critical Tech Society Intersection Problems
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IEEE Framework Prioritizes People and Planet in Responsible AI
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Btw, here’s a paper on how to make this happen written by an amazing committee led by @milenapribic w/the glorious @baxterkb called “Prioritizing People and Planet as the Metrics for Responsible AI” – https://
standards.ieee.org/wp-content/upl
oads/2023/07/ead-prioritizing-people-planet.pdf
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AI Data Centers: Community Engagement for Water Protection
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For instance, re the use of water & LLMs – imagine the joy & innovation that will come from any AI company reporting how their plans for new data centers were created via community engagement including indigenous populations to ensure water is protected for generations to come.
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Redefining AI Success: Ecological and Human Flourishing Over GDP
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Agree with you both and would add we must talk about what we / society want as goals. Meaning, beyond “risks & harms” the world currently values – with GDP oriented metrics – productivity and profit. We need to prioritize ecological & human flourishing as new metrics for AI.
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AI, GenAI, IoT and 5G Convergence Transforming B2B Industries
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Unlock the potential of #AI #GenAI #IoT and #5G convergence in the #B2B landscape. Experience the transformative power of #technology as it reshapes industries worldwide. #CES2024 @CES #Telecom #CSPs #Sustainability #Innovation #CES #LasVegas #MWC24 #Barcelona #Mobile
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Labor Exploitation, Mass Surveillance, and Environmental Impact in AI Systems
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Whose labor is being exploited? How is mass surveillance being extended and normalized? What are the impacts to the natural environment and information ecosystem? 26/
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OpenAI’s Energy Waste Computing Imprecise Text Mimicry
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Also, it's kind of hilarious (lolsob) that OpenAI is burning enormous amounts of energy to take machines designed to perform calculations precisely to make them output text that mimics imprecisely the performance of calculations… & then deciding that *that* is intelligent. 16/
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Supernova Invest and Crédit Agricole Unite for Agri-Agro Tech
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[#Article] @SupernovaInvest and @CreditAgricole partner for sustainable agri-agro tech https://actuia.com/actualite/supernova-invest-et-le-credit-agricole-sassocient-pour-une-agri-agro-tech-durable/
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Gartner’s 2024 Tech Trends: AI Security, Sustainability, and Generative AI
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Ready for 2024's tech trends? Gartner lays out the future:
AI Security Sustainable Tech Generative AI …and more!
Lead the change with insights from @ingliguori
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Generative AI Development Must Prioritize Energy Efficiency
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Whilst Generative AI is an exciting and rapidly advancing field, one hopes that Generative AI model development will increasingly focus on resource and energy efficiency hence enabling the technology to efficiently scale.