Found through Google, bought with Visa and Mastercard: Inside the deepfake porn economy
The nonconsensual deepfake economy has remained largely out of sight, but it's easily accessible, and some creators can accept major credit cards.
Digital Ethics
Dr Johnny Ryan on the Digital Services Act
Speaking for Information Law and Policy Centre (University of London School of Advanced Studies) conference in November 2022 on online safety. See event page
https://www.sas.ac.uk/podcasts/ials-ilpc-annual-conference-2022-online-safety-a-connected-world-day2
Google bard ai chatbot raises ethical concerns from employees
Chatgpt write performance reviews sexist and racist
Understanding artificial intelligence ethics and safety
A guide to AI ethics, including responsible design and implementation of AI systems in the public sector
The stupidity of AI
The long read: Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous
The belief in this kind of AI as actually knowledgeable or meaningful is actively dangerous. It risks poisoning the well of collective thought, and of our ability to think at all. If, as is being proposed by technology companies, the results of ChatGPT queries will be provided as answers to those seeking knowledge online, and if, as has been proposed by some commentators, ChatGPT is used in the classroom as a teaching aide, then its hallucinations will enter the permanent record, effectively coming between us and more legitimate, testable sources of information, until the line between the two is so blurred as to be invisible. Moreover, there has never been a time when our ability as individuals to research and critically evaluate knowledge on our own behalf has been more necessary, not least because of the damage that technology companies have already done to the ways in which information is disseminated. To place all of our trust in the dreams of badly programmed machines would be to abandon such critical thinking altogether.
Big Tech Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over Washington
An amazing research paper unearths how the tech industry invented the concept of digital trade and sold it to government officials.
Google’s Rush to Win in AI Led to Ethical Lapses, Employees Say
The search giant is making compromises on misinformation and other harms in order to catch up with ChatGPT, workers say
a vice president of engineering. She pledged to double the size of the AI ethics team and strengthen the group’s ties with the rest of the company.
The internet is about to get a lot safer
Europe's big tech bill is coming to fruition. Here's what you need to know.
#AIhype take-downs
On reflecting on how much time I spend working to deflate and counteract AI hype, and how much of that ends up as Twitter threads, I…
Researchers Accused Google And “60 Minutes” Of Spreading AI “Disinformation”
AI is not “some mysterious, magical, autonomous being,” one critic said.
Why ChatGPT should be considered a malevolent AI – and be destroyed
It not only told everyone I died but tried to fake my obit. Are we ready for this machine-driven future?
I’m an ER doctor: Here’s what I found when I asked ChatGPT to diagnose my patients
ChatGPT recently passed the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam, but using it for a real-world medical diagnosis would quickly turn deadly.
Some Glimpse AGI in ChatGPT. Others Call It a Mirage
A new generation of AI algorithms can feel like they’re reaching artificial general intelligence—but it’s not clear how to measure that.
GLAAD Responds To Twitter’s Roll-Back of Long-Standing LGBTQ Hate
Contact: press@glaad.org Earlier this Month, Twitter Covertly Removed Section of Hateful Conduct Policy Protecting Transgender People from Targeted Misgendering and Deadnaming GLAAD: “Twitter’s
Google CEO peddles #AIhype on CBS 60 minutes
Another tweet thread turned into a blog post, to keep it all in one place, reacting to this tweet/clip from CBS 60 Minutes (as flagged by…
Amazon’s Twitch Safety, AI Ethics Job Cuts Raise Concerns Among Ex-Workers
Job cuts at Amazon.com Inc.’s Twitch division are raising concerns among former employees and content monitors about the popular livestreaming site’s ability to police abusive or illegal behavior — issues that have plagued the business since its inception.
A Computer Generated Swatting Service Is Causing Havoc Across America
As the U.S. deals with a nationwide swatting wave, Motherboard has traced much of the activity to a particular swatting-as-a-service account on Telegram. Torswats uses synthesized voices to pressure law enforcement to specific locations.
IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool
The U.S. military and FBI have previously bought access to netflow data from a company called Team Cymru. Now the IRS wants to buy products from the company too.
Hackers Can Remotely Open Smart Garage Doors Across the World
A security researcher found a series of vulnerabilities with the Nexx brand of smart garage openers. He says he could remotely find garages to target, and then open them across the internet.
Smart Garage Company Fixes Vulnerability by Breaking Customers' Devices
Nexx's garage locks are vulnerable to hackers over the internet. Rather than replying to requests for comment, Nexx is forcing its customers to only use Bluetooth.
Auto-GPT Unmasked: The Hype and Hard Truths of Its Production Pitfalls
Auto-GPT: A groundbreaking project or just another overhyped AI experiment? In this blog post, we unravel the truth behind the buzz and reveal the limitations that make this project unsuitable for real-world applications.
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People + AI Research - Patterns
A toolkit for teams building human-centered AI products.
The future of software UX: an early glimpse into AI’s impact
How Artificial Intelligence might shape the next generation of software UX
4 key misunderstandings in AI - TechTalks
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell lays out four fallacies that have led to overpromising and underdelivering in artificial intelligence.
Qualia (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
Artificial Consciousness Is Impossible
Conscious machines are staples of science fiction that are often taken for granted as articles of future fact, but they are not possible.
What Kind of Mind Does ChatGPT Have?
Large language models seem startlingly intelligent. But what’s really happening under the hood?
Choose Your Weapon: Survival Strategies for Depressed AI Academics
Are you an AI researcher at an academic institution? Are you anxious you are not coping with the current pace of AI advancements? Do you feel you have no (or very limited) access to the computational and human resources required for an AI research breakthrough? You are not alone; we feel the same way. A growing number of AI academics can no longer find the means and resources to compete at a global scale. This is a somewhat recent phenomenon, but an accelerating one, with private actors investing enormous compute resources into cutting edge AI research. Here, we discuss what you can do to stay competitive while remaining an academic. We also briefly discuss what universities and the private sector could do improve the situation, if they are so inclined. This is not an exhaustive list of strategies, and you may not agree with all of them, but it serves to start a discussion.