Abeba Birhane

@abeba.bsky.social

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

New paper! We evaluated 14 models trained on 400M & 2B samples on classification using CFD as probe.
As training data increased, so did the probability of misclassifying human images as offensive classes such as criminal

Paper:https://t.co/nyIETpH9EW
Code:https://t.co/Re44VlQYih

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

my god! this (not sentient machine or AGI) is what scares me about the current AI situation we're in

[Johnny @j00ny369T]

The current state of education. She has a point.

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

@vukosi thank you and yes pls!!! come come, we'll organise a proper welcome

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

yes! thrilled this is finally out in the world

[Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin]

We are delighted to announce the launch of the AI Accountability Lab.

Led by Dr @Abebab and housed in the @AdaptCentre in @tcddublinscss, the AIAL will play a leading role in advancing AI accountability research.

Read more at: https://t.co/H8GL7Bi1ML

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

@AnnaRDavies @WiringTheBrain @siliconrepublic @tcddublin @AdaptCentre not at the moment

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

more on bsky! come over!

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

friends, I'm thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) (@theaial.bsky.social), a research lab I'm leading at Trinity College Dublin, is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024

https://t.co/qaoY6MBruo

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

and i'm hiring

https://t.co/t8o4xrUdEo

[Kevin Mitchell @WiringTheBrain]

An expert group to keep AI accountable launched at Trinity https://t.co/xG0fkjH7iX via @siliconrepublic - led by my fab @tcddublin colleague @Abebab! 👏

[Eric Bourdages @EZE3D]

Generative AI is a predator, an existential risk to art careers. While I'm confident many artists will figure out a way forward, many kind and talented people will be left by the wayside if we continue to normalize corporate exploitation in this field.

Article in next post 👇

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

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[B.M. @ireallyhateyou]

Tel Aviv University invites students to come volunteer on an IOF base, packaging combat rations for the soldiers committing genocide on the front lines.

Now would be a good time for all global institutions to start boycotting Israeli academia - it is fully complicit in genocide.

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

A Jewish organisation based in Amsterdam, Erev Rav, blames the Zio Israeli hooligans for what happened in Amsterdam

Why is the mainstream media not listening to these native Jews?

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

evergreen

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

gentle reminder: all large language models are good at is predict the next word in a sequence based on previous words they've seen. that's all. there's no understanding of meaning whatsoever

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

here's a Share Link with a personalized URL for 50 days' free access to my article. No sign up, registration or fees are required to read or download, valid till Dec 6, 2024

https://t.co/svAMSsW0q0

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

Cognition and AI: Promises and pitfalls from yours truly

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

@kyisfa አይይ የፎቶ አንሽዉ አንግል ነው ባክህ። 😂

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

yes, I also emphasised how these technologies inherently infringe on fundamental rights, rights to freedom of expression/movement, and fuel genocide

[Council of Europe Democracy @CoEDemocracy]

During #CoE_WFD Talk 3 Abeba Birhane emphasized that #AI has the potential to cause catastrophic impacts and argued that regulation is crucial to ensure that harmful AI systems are thoroughly tested before being released, thereby protecting #HumanRights.

[inqilāb @tastefullysaucy]

Americans would not last a day in the foreign policy they export to the global south lmao.

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

@e_kazakos awh, too kind! thank you

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

@infosecafrica 🙏🏾

[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

great to be part of this important conversation on AI & democracy at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg & tomorrow I'll address the Council on pervasive data harvesting practice & its insidious impact on freedom of speech/movement using IDF's "Lavander" as an extreme example

[Council of Europe Democracy @CoEDemocracy]

"We all want #AI to benefit society but there is a massive gap between wanting that and what happens on the ground [...] impact of technologies is not new, but what we tend to forget is that [...] these technologies harm the most #DisadvantagedMinorities" - @Abebab.

#CoE_WFD

[Seth Abramson @SethAbramson]

This is not a joke.

You should very much consider Elon Musk and Peter Thiel to be co-Presidents of the United States.

You will not understand how they have become the first trillionaires on Earth, or a significant chunk of our domestic or foreign policy, if you do not get this.