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Humans and algorithms work together — so study them together
Humans and algorithms work together — so study them together
Adaptive algorithms have been linked to terrorist attacks and beneficial social movements. Governing them requires new science on collective human–algorithm behaviour.
·nature.com·
Humans and algorithms work together — so study them together
Teaching machines right from wrong - ethical.net
Teaching machines right from wrong - ethical.net
The trouble with computers: you get exactly what you ask for. Ask a robot waiter to serve table eight’s food immediately and it might just throw it. An AI that’s trying to earn you money might decide the best way is to sell your house. It’s not enough to tell machines what to do; you…
·ethical.net·
Teaching machines right from wrong - ethical.net
Kashmir Hill (@kashhill@mastodon.social)
Kashmir Hill (@kashhill@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image This week, I got pitched by a PR guy who expressed admiration for a book I wrote. Except I didn't write the book and when I Googled the title, no one else had either. I emailed the guy back: "What did you think of the book? 😉" That led him to admit that "someone used ChatGPT" and it gave a bio for me with this invented piece of information. The guy was embarrassed but I found it fascinating. ChatGPT hasn't learned how to tell the truth but it has learned plausibility. Beware, early adopters!
·mastodon.social·
Kashmir Hill (@kashhill@mastodon.social)
As Platforms Decay, Let’s Put Users First
As Platforms Decay, Let’s Put Users First
The net’s long decline into “five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of the other four” isn’t a mystery. Nor was it by any means a forgone conclusion. Instead, we got here through a series of conscious actions by big businesses and lawmakers that put antitrust law into a 40-year coma....
·eff.org·
As Platforms Decay, Let’s Put Users First
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
Congress has resurrected the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), a bill that would increase surveillance and restrict access to information in the name of protecting children online. KOSA was introduced in 2022 but failed to gain traction, and today its authors, Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and...
·eff.org·
The Kids Online Safety Act is Still A Huge Danger to Our Rights Online
My Internet: Nilay Patel
My Internet: Nilay Patel
The Verge editor-in-chief says media is in denial about the future of search.
·embedded.substack.com·
My Internet: Nilay Patel
Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?
Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?
The technology, as it’s currently imagined, promises to concentrate wealth and disempower workers. Is an alternative imaginable?
·newyorker.com·
Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?