Lots of people are talking about Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute right now. So I thought I'd put together a thread about Yudkowsky for the general public and journalists (such as those at @TIME). I hope this is useful. 🧵
In a new article, Professor Rob Cover and his team analyse some of the proposed ‘remedies’ to disinformation and fake news, using a cultural approach that recognises disinformation’s roots in everyday cultural practices: https://t.co/g93IsIddFq
#DERCresearchers@ResearchRMIT
Meet Reliebo- a robot developed by a team from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Through Touch Reliebo reduced anxiety and pain and is currently used to encourage vaccination. (best pic I could find! might be blurry but still damn cute)
@micronarrative I like that doggo gently pushes robot doggo aside. One of my dog probably would be far more violent and angry if robo_doggo ate her food
A thought-provoking @RadioNational with @YolandeStreng on whether voice assistants should use the voices of our loved ones: https://t.co/vxrJuwjX6U
What are your thoughts?
@emergingtechlab
@annahm Looks fabulous..and I have only read the book abstract! Looking forward to the read.Wouldcalso like to connect further on your experiences working with community groups