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The AI industry is full of blatant lies, but the claim that we can reliably detect AI-generated writing is one of the worst. The idea that these pseudoscientific AI writing detectors are being used to justify punishing young people makes me incandescent with rage.
June 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The AI industry is full of blatant lies, but the claim that we can reliably detect AI-generated writing is one of the worst. The idea that these pseudoscientific AI writing detectors are being used to justify punishing young people makes me incandescent with rage.
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give it a read. it's refreshing
June 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
give it a read. it's refreshing
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Nick Clegg has questions about operationalising a consent-based approach to using artists’ work for building generative AI tools.
I suggest how to operationalise an opt-in (rather than opt-out) approach here: github.com/KairoiAI/Res...
I suggest how to operationalise an opt-in (rather than opt-out) approach here: github.com/KairoiAI/Res...
May 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Nick Clegg has questions about operationalising a consent-based approach to using artists’ work for building generative AI tools.
I suggest how to operationalise an opt-in (rather than opt-out) approach here: github.com/KairoiAI/Res...
I suggest how to operationalise an opt-in (rather than opt-out) approach here: github.com/KairoiAI/Res...
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Value alignment (supposedly aligning LLMs w/ human values) has become powerful not only in AI safety research but also informing regulation. yet, most of it is neither about humans nor human values & every paper=“here’s an algorithm for aligning to human preferences" & a bunch of math & benchmarks
May 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Value alignment (supposedly aligning LLMs w/ human values) has become powerful not only in AI safety research but also informing regulation. yet, most of it is neither about humans nor human values & every paper=“here’s an algorithm for aligning to human preferences" & a bunch of math & benchmarks
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When our privacy is under threat from Big Tech, we do have a choice. Invest in the tools that protect us and each other. Donate to Tor today to keep tools like the 🧅Tor network, Tor Browser, and Tails OS alive. 🧅
#PrivacyIsPossible
blog.torproject.org/sc25/
#PrivacyIsPossible
blog.torproject.org/sc25/
Privacy is possible – even when it feels out of reach | Tor Project
Opting out of Big Tech means investing in better alternatives. That's where Tor, Tor Browser, and Tails come in. Help fuel the development of truly private tools.
blog.torproject.org
May 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When our privacy is under threat from Big Tech, we do have a choice. Invest in the tools that protect us and each other. Donate to Tor today to keep tools like the 🧅Tor network, Tor Browser, and Tails OS alive. 🧅
#PrivacyIsPossible
blog.torproject.org/sc25/
#PrivacyIsPossible
blog.torproject.org/sc25/
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I couldn’t read the whole thing but it starts by mentioning Palantir’s interest in standing for democracy and Peter Thiel just famously does not do that?
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
May 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I couldn’t read the whole thing but it starts by mentioning Palantir’s interest in standing for democracy and Peter Thiel just famously does not do that?
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
open.substack.com/pub/ismaelkh...
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Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
May 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Greyhound, I promise I will never talk smack about you ever again.
Bravo
Bravo
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May 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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let's fucking go
“Content moderators who comb through harmful material uploaded to online platforms have formed a global trade union alliance in a bid to improve working conditions.”
Content moderators are organizing against Big Tech
Workers are fighting for working conditions and mental health support.
www.theverge.com
April 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
let's fucking go
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"The idea of granting rights to a future sentient robot legitimizes a kind of techno-optimist thinking which, much like the current fad of commercial space travel, actually undermines rather than promotes sustainability" firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
April 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
"The idea of granting rights to a future sentient robot legitimizes a kind of techno-optimist thinking which, much like the current fad of commercial space travel, actually undermines rather than promotes sustainability" firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
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"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
"A new dataset, visualized as maps, reveals the extent to which African workers are indirectly employed in the tech sector, doing content moderation, customer service, and data annotation for AI models, among other jobs." restofworld.org/2025/big-tec...
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those who put all sorts of criticism of AI as "anti-AI" not only often misunderstand nuances of AI criticism but they also tend to obnoxious men
April 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
those who put all sorts of criticism of AI as "anti-AI" not only often misunderstand nuances of AI criticism but they also tend to obnoxious men
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It's nice to see a good old fashioned ratio in the wild. Nature is healing.
April 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's nice to see a good old fashioned ratio in the wild. Nature is healing.
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I'm not subscribing to substack to read your post, no matter how good/interesting your post might be
April 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I'm not subscribing to substack to read your post, no matter how good/interesting your post might be
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I genuinely think a lot of men hit their mid forties and have never nurtured the social skills to build deep and lasting male friendships, so suddenly they feel expendable. They look at young men with the envy and weariness of elderly lions. And instead of trying to adjust, they just explode.
Idly wondering: how much of the collapse of democracy is down to middle-aged men with full access to social media who are terrified that the world is passing them by?
April 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I genuinely think a lot of men hit their mid forties and have never nurtured the social skills to build deep and lasting male friendships, so suddenly they feel expendable. They look at young men with the envy and weariness of elderly lions. And instead of trying to adjust, they just explode.
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✋🏾 i'm interested
One day I am going to do a video tutorial which is "how to disable every single feature of GMail added since 2004 so you get a usable email client".
April 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
✋🏾 i'm interested
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One thing I always did in past years was I didn’t bother sticking around if I wasn’t wanted. And it worked for me
April 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
One thing I always did in past years was I didn’t bother sticking around if I wasn’t wanted. And it worked for me
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there will come a day when academic CS/ML/AI research will suffer from lack of credibility due to big tech reputational crisis
April 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
there will come a day when academic CS/ML/AI research will suffer from lack of credibility due to big tech reputational crisis
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Richard Wolff on markets:
"When there's a scarcity of anything, the rich people get it. When people don't have enough money to buy milk for their kids, rich people have money to buy milk for their cats."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdS...
"When there's a scarcity of anything, the rich people get it. When people don't have enough money to buy milk for their kids, rich people have money to buy milk for their cats."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdS...
Economic Update: Unlearning Market Idolatry
YouTube video by Democracy At Work
www.youtube.com
April 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Richard Wolff on markets:
"When there's a scarcity of anything, the rich people get it. When people don't have enough money to buy milk for their kids, rich people have money to buy milk for their cats."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdS...
"When there's a scarcity of anything, the rich people get it. When people don't have enough money to buy milk for their kids, rich people have money to buy milk for their cats."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdS...
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How not to build an AI Institute | Alex Chalmers
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?
How not to build an AI Institute
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?
www.chalmermagne.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:57 AM
How not to build an AI Institute | Alex Chalmers
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?
What went wrong with the Alan Turing Institute?
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I've repeatedly said that teams is malware
Microsoft Teams really is indistinguishable from malware. Just spotted this beauty in my Mac's process list.
April 1, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I've repeatedly said that teams is malware
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"Sora’s model perpetuates sexist, racist, and ableist stereotypes in its results"
*pretends to be shocked*
www.wired.com/story/openai...
*pretends to be shocked*
www.wired.com/story/openai...
OpenAI’s Sora Is Plagued by Sexist, Racist, and Ableist Biases
WIRED tested the popular AI video generator from OpenAI and found that it amplifies sexist stereotypes and ableist tropes, perpetuating the same biases already present in AI image tools.
www.wired.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Sora’s model perpetuates sexist, racist, and ableist stereotypes in its results"
*pretends to be shocked*
www.wired.com/story/openai...
*pretends to be shocked*
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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why do official African events take place in Europe? like half of the tech/AI regulation related events/meetings i get invitations for happen in cities like Brussels
March 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
why do official African events take place in Europe? like half of the tech/AI regulation related events/meetings i get invitations for happen in cities like Brussels
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a working group that i’m a member of voted on whether i should be removed from the group behind my back… i’m fuckign fuming and i can’t say much about it here… apparently majority voted to keep me but i’m still fucking outraged
March 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
a working group that i’m a member of voted on whether i should be removed from the group behind my back… i’m fuckign fuming and i can’t say much about it here… apparently majority voted to keep me but i’m still fucking outraged