If ChatGPT were a person, they’d be well-versed in the classic novels you probably read in high school. But there’s also a good chance they’d watch Doctor Who and know their way around a Dungeons and Dragons game… ahhh!!
@dbamman, @KentKChang, @soni_sandeep, and undergrad apprentice @kenziehanh published a study that found that ChatGPT was trained on reading materials widely available on the web 📚
Specifically:
- Sci-fi/fantasy
-Books in public domain
https://t.co/petT1j2P7k
Three-time UC Berkeley graduate Nitin Kohli (MIDS ’15, Ph.D. ’21) has been awarded the prestigious iSchools Doctoral Dissertation Award!
His dissertation examined how to design algorithms to create “privacy-protective statistics.” 🔍 @Cal
https://t.co/eVGsZP54nS
Deepfake technology is getting more advanced, but it's not fooling the courts.
Hany Farid speaks on the challenges of detecting #deepfakes in court @NPR
https://t.co/ei7y2HKwpj
This makes me so proud to be a part of the I School! These students are stellar examples of the outstanding interdisciplinary research at the intersection of technology and society happening @BerkeleyISchool 💙
Ph.D. students @NaitianZhou, @chasejstokes, and @lauren_marietta were awarded the highly prestigious @NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award! 👏 👏
Find out more:
https://t.co/td0QAKPCk5
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In 2020, I School Prof. @jblumenstock, his @UCBerkeley lab & @GiveDirectly used AI to help deliver aid in Togo to those hardest hit by the pandemic. Now, a similar approach is being used in the U.S., helping residents in the wake of Hurricane Ian —https://t.co/y3YoEOYSoy
We're very excited about this upcoming event with @NewLitProject! Lauren Groff, acclaimed author of 'Matrix' and winner of the 2022 Joyce Carol Oates Prize, will be in conversation with NLP Simpson Fellow Ryan Lackey. October 13th at 6:30, Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room (Rm.315).
Are you tuning in to Dr. Farid's talk on Disinformation & Deepfakes? https://t.co/2Www8q56EL
Sharing some of the research and links he is referencing below⬇️
ANNOUNCING our Fall 2022 Distinguished Speaker Series on Trustworthy Information! 💬
5 luminaries in their fields: Dr. Hany Farid, @jeffhancock, @JessicaHullman, @katestarbird, & @DG_Rand, will discuss the challenges of battling misinformation.
🔗 https://t.co/Q8rwSzS8gg
Oh for fuck's sake. GOP what's your reasoning here? It's so damn important to you that domestic abusers be able to buy guns?!?!! What is wrong with you?
A quick thread on extremists targeting Pride and drag queen events:
You’re not imagining it. Threats against these communities are increasing.
Targeted threats canceled Pride events and forced people out of their homes in the last week.
It's part of a new anti-trans "machine."
#BerkeleyTalks 🎧“Remember that when you’re on the right side, everything is going to try to tell you that you’re not, that you’re wrong."—@timnitGebru to @BerkeleyISchool grads #podcast https://t.co/OMrZkw8oAI
As access barriers to in-person abortion care increase due to legal & COVID-related disruptions, individuals turn to the internet for info on at-home medication abortions.
New #BerkeleyResearch from @BerkeleyISchool @UCBerkeleySPH & @BerkeleyDataSci.
https://t.co/QGWO3AAK8r
I can’t stop thinking about this post by my younger son’s kindergarten teacher. This is his class in Berkeley, CA. She’s teaching 5 year olds how to read, how to be part of a class community, and how to hide and be very quiet. And putting their lives ahead of her own. My god. 1/
…to save theirs. I don’t think about how my two boys would have to life without a mother. I think of your children. And what I would do to protect them. School should be a safe place and a sanctuary of love. This must stop now.” 3/