The convergence of new technologies endangering human agency - Friends of Europe
Digital Ethics
Just Because ChatBots Can’t Think Doesn’t Mean They Can’t Lie
Or that they haven’t already started to pollute Google searches. And if publishers win their lawsuit against the Internet Archive, verifying facts and quotes will get a lot harder.
Opinion | Technology of the future shouldn’t trap people in the past
A wave of state and local reforms could lead to predictive algorithms that change lives for the better, instead of the worse.
The ChatGPT grift - Salon via inkl
Silicon Valley is agog over the capabilities of ChatGPT. They shouldn't be
Illustration competitions grapple with generative AI - Axios via inkl
AI's unique legal and ethical considerations have prompted some organizations to take a definitive public stance.
‘We are a little bit scared’: OpenAI CEO warns of risks of artificial intelligence - The Guardian via inkl
Sam Altman stresses need to guard against negative consequences of technology, as company releases new version GPT-4
‘ChatGPT said I did not exist’: how artists and writers are fighting back against AI - The Guardian via inkl
From lawsuits to IT hacks, the creative industries are deploying a range of tactics to protect their jobs and original work from automation
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
GPT-4’s successes, and GPT-4’s failures
How GPT-4 fits into the larger tapestry of the quest for artificial general intelligence
AI ethics alliance to put Australian businesses ahead of global curve - InnovationAus via inkl
Australian employer, business tech and research groups have formed an alliance to tackle responsible AI by developing best practice guidance, tools and training for Australian companies using the high-risk technology. The Responsible AI Network to be launched Thursday includes the industry groups alongside standards, ethics and research organisations. No consumer…
Report: Microsoft cut a key AI ethics team
Expert calls decision "damning," says it's time for regulators to get involved.
ChatGPT: why it will probably remain just a tool that does inefficient work more efficiently
The AI is not a major threat to human employment.
Emily M. Bender (she/her) (@emilymbender@dair-community.social)
A journalist asked me to comment on the release of GPT-4 a few days ago. I generally don't like commenting on what I haven't seen, but here is what I said: #DataDocumentation #AIhype #OpenAI #GPT4
El Mahdi El Mhamdi | mastodon.social/@elmahdi on Twitter
Unsurprisingly, after the pre-mature release of #ChatGPT, and the race to the bottom in terms of safety caused by Microsoft, Google or Facebook, GPT-4 is out.It claims to "solve" a physics @polytechnique entry exam. This will make it harder to calm down the hype in France… pic.twitter.com/dG47v4Rr8N— El Mahdi El Mhamdi | mastodon.social/@elmahdi (@L_badikho) March 14, 2023
Responsible AI - Cloud Adoption Framework
Learn more about how Microsoft views the development of ethical AI, including principles, guidelines, and tools for accomplishing this.
Resisting dehumanization in the age of AI - Emily Bender
Deception, exploited workers, and cash handouts: How Worldcoin recruited its first half a million test users
The startup promises a fairly-distributed, cryptocurrency-based universal basic income. So far all it's done is build a biometric database from the bodies of the poor.
Thousands scammed by AI voices mimicking loved ones in emergencies
In 2022, $11 million was stolen through thousands of impostor phone scams.
They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam.
Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress. Loved ones are falling for it and losing thousands of dollars.
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Huxley vs Orwell
A clever comic over on the accuracy of George Orwell's predictions about future society over those of Aldous Huxley. It's informative and scary at the same time. "In short, Orwell feared that what we hate would ruin us. Huxley that what we love will ruin us." It's unfortunate that Huxley got it right because the latter is much less obvious.
The CNET Fake News Fiasco, Autopilot, and the Uncanny Cognitive Valley
Some things we all need to watch out for.
12ft | Smartphones and social media are destroying children’s mental health | Financial Times
ChatGPT invented a puzzle game that already exists | Digital Trends
ChatGPT invented a hit puzzle game called Sumplete that could rival Wordle. There's just one problem: It already exists.
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We come to bury ChatGPT, not to praise it.
The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off
Blame it on the pandemic and "supply chain problems," says the school district's assistant superintendent of finance.
The Nordic Pile
How we work with training data for GPT-SW3
OpenAI challenged to enter ChatGPT into new AI regulatory sandbox
OpenAI is on a 'path to AGI' or artificial general intelligence that will require strong guidelines and boundaries for tools like ChatGPT.
'Horribly Unethical': Startup Experimented on Suicidal Teens on Social Media With Chatbot
Koko, a mental health nonprofit, found at-risk teens on platforms like Facebook and Tumblr, then tested an unproven intervention on them without obtaining informed consent. “It’s nuanced,” said the founder.
F.T.C. Intensifies Investigation of Twitter’s Privacy Practices
The commission is seeking an interview with Elon Musk, who has made major cuts at the company since acquiring it last year.