Hallie Stern
@thehalliestern.bsky.social
Founder | AI & Technology Fellow | Exploring the Human Side of Innovation | Bridging Technology, Society, and Progress
"As we build increasingly sophisticated AI, are we empowering human potential—or just perfecting the illusion of control?" Latest and greatest—hand to god (pun intended) #AI #Governance #Ethics #Leadership #FutureOfWork #Technology #McCainInstitute #AIethics #Democracy
Psybernomics: Latent Human Potential and The Role of AI in Society - McCain Institute
In the season one finale of Westworld, Dr. Ford confronts an AI host, Dolores, revealing that her autonomy is not her own. An illusion of reality, she is but a carefully constructed reflection of his ...
www.mccaininstitute.org
March 21, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"As we build increasingly sophisticated AI, are we empowering human potential—or just perfecting the illusion of control?" Latest and greatest—hand to god (pun intended) #AI #Governance #Ethics #Leadership #FutureOfWork #Technology #McCainInstitute #AIethics #Democracy
The next crisis won’t come from a cyberattack or pilot error, but from an AI system doing exactly what it was trained to—just not by us.
I break it down here:
#AviationSecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #AdversarialAI #NextGen #Leadership #FAA #DataPoisoning
I break it down here:
#AviationSecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #AdversarialAI #NextGen #Leadership #FAA #DataPoisoning
Rethinking AI in Air Traffic Management
The Hidden Security Risks No One Is Talking About
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The next crisis won’t come from a cyberattack or pilot error, but from an AI system doing exactly what it was trained to—just not by us.
I break it down here:
#AviationSecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #AdversarialAI #NextGen #Leadership #FAA #DataPoisoning
I break it down here:
#AviationSecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #AdversarialAI #NextGen #Leadership #FAA #DataPoisoning
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The best actually real stuff at CES 2025
The best actually real stuff at CES 2025
In this week’s Installer: all the things we saw in Vegas that might actually go on sale.
buff.ly
January 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The best actually real stuff at CES 2025
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This security system shoots paintballs at intruders
This security system shoots paintballs at intruders
Doorbell cameras are standard fare these days. More and more people have invested in connected security systemss, as the technology has become both cheaper and more user friendly. There’s one important thing these system won’t do, however: shoot people…
tcrn.ch
January 10, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This security system shoots paintballs at intruders
AI is inspired by human creativity—which brought us gems like the Urban Window Baby Cage and the Mass Shaving Machine. Truly, innovation at its finest.
#AI #Inventions #innovation #Ingenuity #MachineLearning
#AI #Inventions #innovation #Ingenuity #MachineLearning
30 of the Most Bizarre Inventions of All Time
From doughnut dunkers to yodel meters, take a look at these sometimes wacky inventions that often have not stood the test of time.
www.newsweek.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
AI is inspired by human creativity—which brought us gems like the Urban Window Baby Cage and the Mass Shaving Machine. Truly, innovation at its finest.
#AI #Inventions #innovation #Ingenuity #MachineLearning
#AI #Inventions #innovation #Ingenuity #MachineLearning
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I found the future of creativity in a Brooklyn kitchen and why human creativity will thrive in the AI age.
A story about hope, innovation, and dancing with machines: link.medium.com/ApFEbQjgYPb
#Creativity #AI #Innovation
A story about hope, innovation, and dancing with machines: link.medium.com/ApFEbQjgYPb
#Creativity #AI #Innovation
link.medium.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I found the future of creativity in a Brooklyn kitchen and why human creativity will thrive in the AI age.
A story about hope, innovation, and dancing with machines: link.medium.com/ApFEbQjgYPb
#Creativity #AI #Innovation
A story about hope, innovation, and dancing with machines: link.medium.com/ApFEbQjgYPb
#Creativity #AI #Innovation
I’m actually nerding out pretty hard about this one! No #conspiracies. No #aliens. Just ancient texts our #ancestors left behind—a not-so-secret secret #hobby of mine.
Excited to see how #AI breathes new life into these stories. See? AI can be used for good! … until it conjures the #elders. 😉
Excited to see how #AI breathes new life into these stories. See? AI can be used for good! … until it conjures the #elders. 😉
How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history
From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.
www.nature.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:02 AM
I’m actually nerding out pretty hard about this one! No #conspiracies. No #aliens. Just ancient texts our #ancestors left behind—a not-so-secret secret #hobby of mine.
Excited to see how #AI breathes new life into these stories. See? AI can be used for good! … until it conjures the #elders. 😉
Excited to see how #AI breathes new life into these stories. See? AI can be used for good! … until it conjures the #elders. 😉
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More than half (56%) of businesses are delaying major investments in generative AI until there is clarity on AI standards and regulations. At least 72% say they are willing to forgo generative AI benefits due to ethical concerns.
#AIEthics #ProtectDID
#AIEthics #ProtectDID
Why ethics is becoming AI's biggest challenge
Teams designing AI should include linguistics and philosophy experts, parents, young people, everyday people with different life experiences from different socio-economic backgrounds.
www.zdnet.com
December 30, 2024 at 11:38 AM
More than half (56%) of businesses are delaying major investments in generative AI until there is clarity on AI standards and regulations. At least 72% say they are willing to forgo generative AI benefits due to ethical concerns.
#AIEthics #ProtectDID
#AIEthics #ProtectDID
Humanity's end may come not through violent uprising, but a gradual, almost imperceptible loss of relevance. Do I think AI robots are going to destroy all of us? No. -But if we're not careful, I think it'll ripple through our downfall in every other way. #ItsComplicated #AIEthics #TrustAndSafety
Whimper, Not War: Reimagining the AI Apocalypse
“This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends.
www.linkedin.com
December 29, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Humanity's end may come not through violent uprising, but a gradual, almost imperceptible loss of relevance. Do I think AI robots are going to destroy all of us? No. -But if we're not careful, I think it'll ripple through our downfall in every other way. #ItsComplicated #AIEthics #TrustAndSafety
Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” warns: a 50% chance AI could lead to humanity’s extinction within 30 years.
Let that sink in.
If we knew an invention had a coin-flip chance of ending humanity, would we still build it—who gets to decide?
#AI #EthicsInAI #FutureOfAI #ArtificialIntelligence
Let that sink in.
If we knew an invention had a coin-flip chance of ending humanity, would we still build it—who gets to decide?
#AI #EthicsInAI #FutureOfAI #ArtificialIntelligence
‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next 30 years | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10% to 20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast
amp.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:06 AM
Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” warns: a 50% chance AI could lead to humanity’s extinction within 30 years.
Let that sink in.
If we knew an invention had a coin-flip chance of ending humanity, would we still build it—who gets to decide?
#AI #EthicsInAI #FutureOfAI #ArtificialIntelligence
Let that sink in.
If we knew an invention had a coin-flip chance of ending humanity, would we still build it—who gets to decide?
#AI #EthicsInAI #FutureOfAI #ArtificialIntelligence
Google Colab vs. Jupyter Notebooks: Which is your go-to for data science and development? 🤔 Kind of feels like picking between an Apple and an Android, doesn’t it? 😄 What do you think?—cloud convenience or offline flexibility? #DataScience #MachineLearning #GoogleColab #JupyterNotebooks #AI
December 23, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Google Colab vs. Jupyter Notebooks: Which is your go-to for data science and development? 🤔 Kind of feels like picking between an Apple and an Android, doesn’t it? 😄 What do you think?—cloud convenience or offline flexibility? #DataScience #MachineLearning #GoogleColab #JupyterNotebooks #AI
Linear thinking works great when you’re solving X, but life offers no fixed solutions. Relationships are dynamic, systems are entangled—and your data powers the AI threading through it all, adding an extra layer of complexity just to keep things interesting.
#ComplexSystems #AIPolicy
#ComplexSystems #AIPolicy
How Complexity Thinking Can Help the World Navigate AI
A new paper examines how complexity thinking can help make sense of advanced artificial intelligence.
www.newamerica.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:05 AM
Linear thinking works great when you’re solving X, but life offers no fixed solutions. Relationships are dynamic, systems are entangled—and your data powers the AI threading through it all, adding an extra layer of complexity just to keep things interesting.
#ComplexSystems #AIPolicy
#ComplexSystems #AIPolicy
AI trained by humans getting more dangerous? Almost like the tech isn’t the problem 🙃.
Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous
AI creates what it’s told to, from plucking fanciful evidence from thin air, to arbitrarily removing people’s rights, to sowing doubt over public misdeeds.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2024 at 8:39 PM
AI trained by humans getting more dangerous? Almost like the tech isn’t the problem 🙃.
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The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
December 11, 2024 at 11:18 PM
The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK
Well… creativity is subjective. The good news is, we still shape the data behind the output. The bad news is, we still shape the data behind the output….
#AIForGood #AIforAll #AI #HumanSignalDynamics #Swagger
#AIForGood #AIforAll #AI #HumanSignalDynamics #Swagger
The Good News Is Everyone Can Create AI Content. The Bad News Is Everyone Can Create AI Content. - SWAGGER Magazine
By: Meg Button, Fantastic Day As AI tools spread across creative industries, we hear talk of a future where anyone can create anything, from a feature-length film to a fully…
www.swaggermagazine.com
December 12, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Well… creativity is subjective. The good news is, we still shape the data behind the output. The bad news is, we still shape the data behind the output….
#AIForGood #AIforAll #AI #HumanSignalDynamics #Swagger
#AIForGood #AIforAll #AI #HumanSignalDynamics #Swagger
December 11, 2024 at 4:30 AM
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"More effective, openly available tooling for trust and safety practices... could lower barriers to the development of and competition among a diversity of services, making it so that each organization does not have to reinvent the wheel."
Read more on Trust & Safety open tooling in Techdirt:
Read more on Trust & Safety open tooling in Techdirt:
To Foster Competition In Social Media, Invest In Open Source Trust And Safety Tools
Over the last decade, a small handful of large platforms have become de facto arbiters of how people communicate and share information with one another. As concerns about that concentrated power an…
www.techdirt.com
July 28, 2023 at 7:17 PM
"More effective, openly available tooling for trust and safety practices... could lower barriers to the development of and competition among a diversity of services, making it so that each organization does not have to reinvent the wheel."
Read more on Trust & Safety open tooling in Techdirt:
Read more on Trust & Safety open tooling in Techdirt:
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🌐 MONDAY, JULY 31 | 1:00 PM ET🌐
Join @dfrlab.bsky.social and @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social as we welcome expert panelists and Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to discuss the launch of the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.
RSVP in-person or online:
Join @dfrlab.bsky.social and @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social as we welcome expert panelists and Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to discuss the launch of the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.
RSVP in-person or online:
The National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy: Unleashing America's cyber talent
An in-depth discussion on the opportunities, goals, and anticipated challenges with the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
July 24, 2023 at 7:44 PM
🌐 MONDAY, JULY 31 | 1:00 PM ET🌐
Join @dfrlab.bsky.social and @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social as we welcome expert panelists and Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to discuss the launch of the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.
RSVP in-person or online:
Join @dfrlab.bsky.social and @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social as we welcome expert panelists and Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to discuss the launch of the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.
RSVP in-person or online:
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New blog post! How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves? https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/07/22/how-fast-can-we-communicate-with-light-and-radio-waves/ 🧪
How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves?
I'm pretty forgiving about reading mildly inaccurate physics stuff, especially when it's in science fiction stories, but every once in a while I read a real zinger that nearly causes me physical pain....
skullsinthestars.com
July 22, 2023 at 8:37 PM
New blog post! How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves? https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/07/22/how-fast-can-we-communicate-with-light-and-radio-waves/ 🧪
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Very interesting shift in content moderation preferences expressed in the survey over the past 3 years.
Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online https://pewrsr.ch/3NZ7vFt
Most Americans favor restrictions on false information, violent content online
Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.
pewrsr.ch
July 21, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Very interesting shift in content moderation preferences expressed in the survey over the past 3 years.
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In April, TikTok announced a policy to ban climate change denial. Research published by BBC Verify has found this is wholly unenforced, but are bigger issues at play? I spoke to @BBCWorld about the perils of content-removal approaches in tackling mis-/disinfo.
/THREAD
https://youtu.be/Tdk0qm2-RRQ
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https://youtu.be/Tdk0qm2-RRQ
ISD's Jennie King on BBC World News, speaking on TikTok's content removal failures
ISD's Head of Climate Research and Policy, Jennie King, features on BBC World News speaking on TikTok's content removal policy, and better approaches when it...
youtu.be
July 5, 2023 at 4:24 PM
In April, TikTok announced a policy to ban climate change denial. Research published by BBC Verify has found this is wholly unenforced, but are bigger issues at play? I spoke to @BBCWorld about the perils of content-removal approaches in tackling mis-/disinfo.
/THREAD
https://youtu.be/Tdk0qm2-RRQ
/THREAD
https://youtu.be/Tdk0qm2-RRQ
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One month ago, @dfrlab.bsky.social launched its groundbreaking report from the Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web: Scaling Trust on the Web. This comprehensive report was put together at breakneck speed and charts an actionable path forward to support human dignity and mitigate harms online.
Scaling trust on the web
The Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web's report captures analysis of the systems gaps and critical opportunities that will define how the next generation of online spaces will be constructed.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
July 21, 2023 at 3:41 PM
One month ago, @dfrlab.bsky.social launched its groundbreaking report from the Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web: Scaling Trust on the Web. This comprehensive report was put together at breakneck speed and charts an actionable path forward to support human dignity and mitigate harms online.