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Digital Ethics
We need to protect the protocol that runs Bluesky
If we don’t act soon, our online world will continue to be run at the whim of capricious billionaires.
Sam Ladner, PhD on LinkedIn: The more a person uses AI, the less critical thinking they exhibit… | 18 comments
The more a person uses AI, the less critical thinking they exhibit, researchers find. This insight comes from a very robust study on the use of AI among 666… | 18 comments on LinkedIn
AI and the Risk of Consumer Harm
People often talk about “safety” when discussing the risks of AI causing harm. AI safety means different things to different people, and those looking for a definition here will be disappointed.
AI-Generated Book Grifters Threaten The Future of Lace-Making
“Unfortunately, for newcomers who might be excited to dive into this hobby, they could get burned by the inadequate books—and frankly the thievery—of the work of our cherished lacemakers and designers."
AI threatens our lives, but for a different reason than you think
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a ubiquitous topic of discussion, with many experts warning about its potential dangers to society. However, a hidden threat lurks beneath the surface, one that could have far-reaching consequences for our health and well-being. This article delves into the unexpected ways AI is impacting our…
Luiza Jarovsky on LinkedIn: #lech #law #quest2 #ai #aigovernance | 57 comments
😱 Have you ever seen a judge using a VR headset during a hearing? In Florida, a defense attorney wanted the judge to experience firsthand the defendant's… | 57 comments on LinkedIn
The Limits of Data
Policymakers want to make decisions based on clear data, but important factors are lost when we rely solely on data. A philosopher writes:
In the Rockets’ Red Glare, by Rachel Kushner
The past and future of hot-rodding in America
Global Age Verification Measures: 2024 in Review
EFF has spent this year urging governments around the world, from Canada to Australia, to abandon their reckless plans to introduce age verification for a variety of online content under the guise of protecting children online. Mandatory age verification tools are surveillance systems that threaten...
Does current AI represent a dead end?
Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cyber Security at De Montfort University Leicester, explains his belief that current AI should not be used for serious applications.
How philosopher Shannon Vallor delivered the year's best critique of AI - Fast Company
The author of 'The AI Mirror' worries about what we're doing to our moral muscles as we grow more reliant on machines.
An AI companion suggested he kill his parents. Now his mom is suing.
A new Texas lawsuit against Character.ai, alleging its chatbots poisoned a son against his family, is part of a push to increase oversight of AI companions.
The Next Great Leap in AI Is Behind Schedule and Crazy Expensive
The startup has run into problem after problem on its new artificial-intelligence project, code-named Orion.
Trump’s imminent surveillance powers pose a threat to Americans’ privacy
Here are just a few reasons it’s dangerous for Trump to have the government’s vast surveillance powers at his disposal.
Exclusive: Google's Gemini is forcing contractors to rate AI responses outside their expertise | TechCrunch
Internal guidelines passed down from Google led to concerns that the AI model could be prone to inaccurate outputs on topics like healthcare.
Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)
Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.
California’s next water war won’t concern agriculture. It will be about AI | Opinion
“AI’s water consumption could rival agriculture’s, forcing a reckoning between two sectors critical to California’s economy and identity.”
David Golumbia — The Digital Turn
David Golumbia Is there, was there, will there be, a digital turn? In (cultural, textual, media, critical, all) scholarship, in life, in society, in politics, everywhere? What would its principles be? The short prompt I offered to the contributors to this special issue did not presume to know the answers to these questions. That means,...
Stop using generative AI as a search engine
Sometimes ChatGPT spits out something original — and wrong, like fake presidential pardons.
Ed Zitron - Why Are All Tech Products Now Shit?
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
How ChatGPT Search (Mis)represents Publisher Content
ChatGPT search—which is positioned as a competitor to search engines like Google and Bing—launched with a press release from OpenAI touting claims that the company had “collaborated extensively with the news industry” and “carefully listened to feedback” from certain news organizations that have signed content licensing agreements with the company. In contrast to the original […]
School Monitoring Software Sacrifices Student Privacy for Unproven Promises of Safety
Imagine your search terms, key-strokes, private chats and photographs are being monitored every time they are sent. Millions of students across the country don’t have to imagine this deep surveillance of their most private communications: it’s a reality that comes with their school districts’...
I Will Fucking Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again — Ludicity
Millions of Vehicles Could Be Hacked and Tracked Thanks to a Simple Website Bug
Researchers found a flaw in a Kia web portal that let them track millions of cars, unlock doors, and start engines at will—the latest in a plague of web bugs that’s affected a dozen carmakers.
Drowning in Slop
A thriving underground economy is clogging the internet with AI garbage — and it’s only going to get worse.
Back from the dead: could AI end grief? – video
Tech entrepreneur Justin Harrison is on a mission to fundamentally change how we experience loss, using artificial intelligence to recreate the essence of dead loved ones from their digital footprint. His company, You, Only Virtual is part of a growing worldwide 'grief tech' industry harnessing AI to attempt to replace what has naturally departed. The Guardian visited him and one of his clients to attempt to understand his aims, how realistic they may become as the technology develops – and what it says about humanity if we are to be so easily replicated digitally
AI can generate recipes that can be deadly. Food bloggers are not happy
Apple, Google and Samsung are all working to integrate AI that can generate recipes into their virtual assistants, like Siri. People who work to develop recipes respond.
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Access a database of word frequencies, in various natural languages. - rspeer/wordfreq
Using GPT-4 to generate 100 words consumes up to 3 bottles of water — AI data centers also raise power and water bills for nearby residents
Net-zero emission goals went out the window with AI.